{"product_id":"june-grass-koeleria-macrantha","title":"June Grass (Koeleria macrantha)","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"42\" data-end=\"79\"\u003eJune Grass \u003cem data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"79\"\u003e(Koeleria macrantha)\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"411\"\u003eJune Grass is a small, early-blooming native grass that quietly does a lot of work. It stays compact and tidy with fine, narrow leaves that emerge early in spring and quickly form soft clumps. By early summer, it sends up pale, silvery-green flower heads that catch the light and move easily in the breeze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"413\" data-end=\"720\"\u003eUnlike many prairie grasses that wait until midsummer to show themselves, June Grass is already active when the garden is just waking up. That early presence makes it especially valuable for filling space, adding texture, and giving structure to spring plantings before taller warm-season grasses take over. Because it blooms and finishes early, June Grass pairs beautifully with later-emerging warm-season grasses, creating a layered, season-long rhythm. We use it as a connective layer that helps everything around it feel more cohesive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1010\" data-end=\"1254\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1010\" data-end=\"1032\"\u003eGrowing Conditions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1032\" data-end=\"1035\"\u003eLight: Full sun\u003cbr data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1053\"\u003eSoil: Dry to medium, well-drained; tolerates sandy and gravelly soils\u003cbr data-start=\"1138\" data-end=\"1141\"\u003eHeight: 12–24 inches (in bloom)\u003cbr data-start=\"1172\" data-end=\"1175\"\u003eSpread: 12–18 inches, clump-forming\u003cbr data-start=\"1210\" data-end=\"1213\"\u003eZones: 3–9\u003cbr data-start=\"1223\" data-end=\"1226\"\u003eBloom time: May through June\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1256\" data-end=\"1435\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1256\" data-end=\"1274\"\u003eWildlife Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1274\" data-end=\"1277\"\u003eJune Grass provides early-season cover for insects and is a larval host for several skipper butterflies. Its seeds are also used by birds later in the season.\u003cstrong data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1468\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1873\" data-end=\"2142\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1873\" data-end=\"1893\"\u003eBlooms Alongside\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1893\" data-end=\"1896\"\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prettywildnursery.com\/products\/golden-alexander-zizia-aurea\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGolden Alexander (Zizia aurea)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prettywildnursery.com\/products\/blue-wild-indigo-baptisia-australis\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBlue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/prettywildnursery.com\/products\/hairy-beardtongue-penstemon-hirsutus\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHairy beardtongue (\u003cem data-start=\"1949\" data-end=\"1969\"\u003ePenstemon hirsutus\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prettywildnursery.com\/products\/lanceleaf-coreopsis-coreopsis-lanceolata\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis Lancelota)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pretty Wild","offers":[{"title":"plug","offer_id":45588111360179,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/0633\/1827\/files\/file.jpg?v=1769526324","url":"https:\/\/prettywildnursery.com\/products\/june-grass-koeleria-macrantha","provider":"Pretty Wild","version":"1.0","type":"link"}