Sporobolus maximus Salta Splendor Manfreda is equally at home in

is equally at home in a rock garden or among stepping stones

and Caesalpinia mexicana

but the uniformity made us reconsider that assumption

This splendid introduction from the late Eleanor Lachman is one of the most stunning hostas from her renowned breeding program

Sporobolus maximus Salta Splendor Manfreda is equally at home inWe first met the amazing Sporobolus maximus 'Salta Splendor' on a 2002 trip to Northern Argentina, and was instantly in love. There it grew native, only in a narrow band around lakeshores with the native pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana). While giant dropseed lives fine for us in the southeast US, it never thrives or flowers like it does in more desert climates. This stunning, tightly clumping ornamental grass tops out at 8' tall when in plume,