Sporobolus maximus Salta Splendor JLBG Members Only compared with the more common

compared with the more common bisexuality found in this species

which helps tidy the garden

the typical dark purple bell-like flowers with white stripes dangle from 42" scapes

the clumps are topped with medium lavender flowers on 44" scapes

Sporobolus maximus Salta Splendor JLBG Members Only compared with the more commonWe first met the amazing Sporobolus maximus 'Salta Splendor' on a 2002 trip to Northern Argentina, and was instantly in love. There it grew native, only in a narrow band around lakeshores with the native pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana). While giant dropseed lives fine for us in the southeast US, it never thrives or flowers like it does in more desert climates. This stunning, tightly clumping ornamental grass tops out at 8' tall when in plume,