{"product_id":"indiangrass","title":"Indiangrass","description":"\u003cp\u003eLight Requirements\u003cbr\u003e•    Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) is required for optimum growth.\u003cbr\u003e•    Intolerant of shade: It does not perform well in full shade conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoil Preference\u003cbr\u003e•    Prefers average, dry to medium, well-drained soils.\u003cbr\u003e•    Highly adaptable to heavy clays, poor, dry, and infertile soils, as well as shallow-rocky textures.\u003cbr\u003e•    Handles moist, occasionally dry, or occasionally wet drainage conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote on Soil Quality: In moist, highly rich soils, the grass has a strong tendency to open up and flop over.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWildlife Benefit\u003cbr\u003e•    Year-Round Cover: Provides excellent, continuous winter and year-round cover\/habitat for birds and mammals.\u003cbr\u003e•    Ecosystem Food Source: Fallen seeds are a preferred food resource for songbirds and small mammals, while the foliage serves as herbage for various grasshopper species.\u003cbr\u003e•    Larval Host: Functions as a host plant for butterflies.\u003cbr\u003e•    Audubon-Approved: Formally recognized as a bird-friendly prairie asset by the Audubon Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuman Uses\u003cbr\u003e•    Landscape \u0026amp; Theme Design: Mass planted as a warm-season ornamental grass clump within native, butterfly, stormwater, pond margin, and rain gardens. It delivers excellent yellow-orange fall interest and lingering gray panicle shapes into winter.\u003cbr\u003e•    Floral Material: The long, feathery yellow-orange flower panicles serve as high-value dried floral material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResistance to Challenges\u003cbr\u003e•    Foraging Mammals: Highly resistant to deer grazing damage.\u003cbr\u003e•    Environmental\/Chemical Pressures: Remarkably tough against drought, dry soil, soil erosion, air pollution, and black walnut toxicity.\u003cbr\u003e•    Pest \u0026amp; Disease Resilience: Reliable and low-stress with no serious insect or plant disease problems reported.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote on Management: Can naturalize aggressively by self-seeding under optimum conditions; cutting it back to the ground in late winter is advised.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thistlebird Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48917048197363,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/9635\/0963\/files\/Indiangrass-1.jpg?v=1786442683","url":"https:\/\/thistlebirdfarm.com\/products\/indiangrass","provider":"Thistlebird Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}