Pickup or free shipping. These are dormant, bare-roots that will ship or get picked up in September/October (fall orders).
Size: 1/4” round roots
These should be planted 1” deep immediately after receiving them (or stored in a fridge for up to 2 weeks). They can be planted outside as long as the soil is thawed. DO NOT store in a warm room, in the freezer, or in freezing temperatures.
Yellow Star Grass (Hypoxis hirsuta) is a very small prairie flower with tiny yellow flowers that bloom in May. It is a rarer prairie flower and typically is found in high quality native habitats. The leaves look like grass which is what gives Yellow Star Grass its name.
We enjoy planting Yellow Star Grass alongside other short prairie plants such as Hoary Puccoon, Pasque Flower, and Prairie Smoke. It does well along edges of a garden where it can be seen in bloom. It sometimes goes dormant in mid-summer but re-sprouts from a corm—or bulb—the next spring.
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Dry, Medium, Medium-Wet
Height: 6-12 inches
Blooms: May, June
Color: Yellow
Spacing: 12”
Spreads: A little by seed
Zones: 3-8
Benefits: Pollinators
Yellow Star Grass (Hypoxis hirsuta) is so short that it should be planted next to other short companion plants such as Pale Spiked Lobelia, Shooting Star, and Prairie Smoke where it won’t be overwhelmed.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Hoary Puccoon
Pasque Flower
Prairie Smoke
Pickup or free shipping. These are dormant, bare-roots that will ship or get picked up in September/October (fall orders).
Size: 1/4” round roots
These should be planted 1” deep immediately after receiving them (or stored in a fridge for up to 2 weeks). They can be planted outside as long as the soil is thawed. DO NOT store in a warm room, in the freezer, or in freezing temperatures.
Yellow Star Grass (Hypoxis hirsuta) is a very small prairie flower with tiny yellow flowers that bloom in May. It is a rarer prairie flower and typically is found in high quality native habitats. The leaves look like grass which is what gives Yellow Star Grass its name.
We enjoy planting Yellow Star Grass alongside other short prairie plants such as Hoary Puccoon, Pasque Flower, and Prairie Smoke. It does well along edges of a garden where it can be seen in bloom. It sometimes goes dormant in mid-summer but re-sprouts from a corm—or bulb—the next spring.
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Dry, Medium, Medium-Wet
Height: 6-12 inches
Blooms: May, June
Color: Yellow
Spacing: 12”
Spreads: A little by seed
Zones: 3-8
Benefits: Pollinators
Yellow Star Grass (Hypoxis hirsuta) is so short that it should be planted next to other short companion plants such as Pale Spiked Lobelia, Shooting Star, and Prairie Smoke where it won’t be overwhelmed.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Hoary Puccoon
Pasque Flower
Prairie Smoke
