Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilisnative · Hill Countrysold locally
Blue Grama is a grass native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–3 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in early summer. Good for birds and butterflies.
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The facts
6 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Early Summer · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on calcareous, clay, dry, granitic, gravelly, loam, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland Prairie
33 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Sold at local nurseries. Confirmed in stock at a Central Texas grower in these sizes:
2.5 and 4 inch pots1 gallon
From the growers we read so far — a short list, not the whole trade. Call ahead.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.