Simple Landscape

Love Grass

Eragrostis ( Love Grass )
A group of perennial grasses that are great for massing, that prefer full sun.

Eragrostis elliottii ( Field Love Grass )
A compact, clump-forming grass, reaching up to 3 x 3 feet.
The attractive finely-textured foliage is blue.
The flower plumes last early summer into autumn.
Hardy zones 6 to 9 in full sun on dry, very well drained soil. It is very drought tolerant.

* featured in this excellent video found on Youtube


Eragrostis spectabilis ( Purple Love Grass )
Forms a clump, reaching up to 2 x 3 feet, that is native from Manitoba to Quebec to Maine; south to Arizona to Florida.
The bright green foliage turns orange and red during fall.
Fluffy pink flower plumes cover the plant during autumn.
Hardy zones 5 to 9 in full sun on well drained soil that is preferrably sandy.. It generally does not survive for more than 5 years ( unless in ideal conditions and uncrowded ) to allow a few seedlings to develop.

* photos taken on Aug 25 2013 @ University of Maryland, College Park

* photo taken on Sep 23 2013 in Burtonsville, MD


Eragrostis trichoides ( Sand Love Grass )
Reaches up to 5 feet with bronze colored flower inflorescences.
Hardy zones 5 to 9 in full sun.