Sporobolus maximus Salta Splendor JLBG Members Only Back in the English Victorian

Back in the English Victorian era

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

5-1" diameter arching blue-green culms

Toward the end of the leaves

which helps tidy the garden

Sporobolus maximus Salta Splendor JLBG Members Only Back in the English VictorianWe 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,