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The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.

When planted in small groups in your garden, sideoats grama grass (Bouteloua curtipendula) forms the basis of a naturalized landscape, recalling the naturally occurring prairie and woodlands of the ...

The grama grasses (now that's a bit redundant isn't it?) belong to the genus Bouteloua, which is a fun Latin name to pronounce. Side Oats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) is a native, warm-season grass ...

Bouteloua gracilis ‘Blonde Ambition’ on 40% ETo in Sept. 2016. Photo: SK Reid. Bouteloua gracilis ‘Blonde Ambition’ on 60% ETo in Sept. 2016. Photo: SK Reid. Bouteloua gracilis ‘Blonde Ambition’ on 20 ...

Intolerant of shade and acidic soils. Plants have a prostrate growth habitat. It naturally grows in mixed stands, primarily with buffalograss (Bouteloua dactyloides), needle-and-thread ( Hesperostipa ...