Elevate the beauty and ecological function of your outdoor spaces with the Grassy Gala collection, a curated selection of native grasses and rushes designed to provide year-round texture, architectural interest, and vital wildlife support. This collection brings natural movement to pathways, borders, and garden beds while requiring minimal maintenance.

Each species has been selected for its adaptability and resilience, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional landscaping. When planted alongside native wildflowers, these grasses create a complete habitat. While flowers provide nectar, these grasses offer the structural support butterflies need to thrive.

What’s Included:

• Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis): A warm-season grass prized for its airy, cloud-like purple plumes that create a striking visual effect in late summer and fall.
• Side Oats Grama Grass (Bouteloua curtipendula): A clump-forming grass featuring unique oat-like seed heads that sway gracefully and provide a nutritious food source for songbirds.
• Path Rush (Juncus tenuis): A hardy, fine-textured rush with upright green stems, perfect for softening garden edges and thriving in naturalized walkways.

Key Features:

• Wildlife Magnet: Provides critical habitat, nesting materials, and seeds for birds and beneficial insects.
• Structural Windbreaks: The clump-forming growth habit creates sheltered microclimates, making it easier for butterflies to land on nearby wildflowers.
• Nutritious Seeds: Mature seedheads offer a valuable food source for songbirds long after the summer blooms have faded.
• Overwintering Sites: Leaving the stems standing through the fall provides crucial winter cover and nesting sites for beneficial insects.
• Drought-Tolerant & Resilient: Deep root systems help stabilize soil and allow the plants to thrive in dry, sandy, or rocky conditions once established.
• Seasonal Movement: Adds dynamic texture and color that shifts through the seasons, from early greenery to soft tan winter interest.
• Low Maintenance: Naturally unappealing to deer and requires very little care once mature.
• Pollinator-Safe: Grown non-GMO and free of harmful neonicotinoids, promoting a healthy ecosystem for pollinators and wildlife.

Available in collections of nine, 18, or 27 plants to fit any porch, patio, or garden size.

Planting Tips:

1. Location: Best in full sun to part shade; thrives in well-drained, sandy, or rocky soils.
2. Watering: Water regularly during the first growing season to establish roots; highly drought-tolerant once mature.
3. Maintenance: Minimal care required. There's no need to deadhead the flowers, as allowing them to go to seed provides a valuable food source for birds. Leaving the stems standing in the fall offers overwintering sites for beneficial insects. If desired, cut back the stems in late spring after pollinators have emerged.

For more information on planting, view our How to Plant Your Native Plants guide and other planting tips in the Garden for Wildlife Learning Center.  

Shipping Range:

• CT
• DC
• IA
• IL
• IN
• KY
• MD
• ME
• MN
• MO
• NC
• NJ
• NY
• OH
• PA
• TN
• VA
• WI
• WV

Zip Code Verification: Our plants are grown regionally to thrive where you live and help local wildlife. Confirm availability for your area using the zip code checker near the add to cart button above.

Returns: Due to the nature of our products, we are unable to offer order cancellations, returns or exchanges. In order to guarantee your satisfaction, all plants are covered by our Plant Guarantee.

*To ensure your plants arrive healthy, we may delay shipments to certain areas during times of extreme temperatures, natural disasters, or other conditions that will impact the plants during transit

Sizing: At the time of shipment, our plants have a developed root mass and emerging foliage around 4-8” high.

Recommended container sizes (in width) for container planting:

• 24 In
• 36 In
• 48 In