Add vibrant color, texture, and wildlife value to your landscape with Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis). This warm-season native perennial grass transforms throughout the seasons—starting with fine, blue-green foliage in spring, then bursting into a stunning purplish-pink haze in summer as delicate reddish-purple flower panicles emerge. The airy, cloud-like blooms shimmer in the light, creating a soft, ethereal effect that enhances meadows, borders, and pathways.

Not just a visual standout, purple lovegrass supports local wildlife. Its tiny seeds provide food for birds, while its dense foliage offers shelter for insects and small creatures. This resilient species thrives in full sun and prefers dry to medium, well-drained soils, making it drought-tolerant, low-maintenance, and an excellent choice for sustainable landscapes.

Key Features:

• Dynamic Seasonal Interest: Striking purple-pink haze in summer, transitioning to warm golden hues in fall.
• Wildlife-Friendly: Seeds support birds, while foliage provides habitat for beneficial insects.
• Thrives in Sun & Well-Drained Soil: Prefers dry to medium moisture conditions and tolerates poor soils.
• Deer-Resistant & Drought-Tolerant: Once established, requires little water and resists browsing.
• Pollinator-Safe: Grown non-GMO and free of harmful neonicotinoids, promoting a healthy ecosystem for pollinators and wildlife.

Available in sets of three, six, or 12 plants to suit gardens of any size. 

Planting Tips:

1. Location: Requires full sun (at least 6 hours daily) for best performance. Prefers dry to medium, well-drained soil; thrives in poor or sandy soils.
2. Watering: Water regularly during establishment; 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. 

Introduce Purple Lovegrass to your landscape for a low-maintenance, drought-tolerant, and wildlife-friendly addition that delivers stunning color and movement throughout the seasons!

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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 365-Day 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:

• 12 In
• 18 In
• 24 In
• 36 In
• 48 In