Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) 'Indian Steel' is an exceptional native grass, featuring metallic blue foliage with hints of light green and large, showy golden-brown blooms. After the first fall frost, the foliage will turn a handsome coppery-brown. The large, flowery panicles rise up tall above the foliage clump and look similar to the very popular nonnative grass Feather Reed Grass 'Karl Foerster', making this a great native substitution. This beautiful grass is extremely drought tolerant and low maintenance, and supports song and gamebirds by providing food and habitat. Plant 'Indian Steel' in garden beds and borders, along walkways or back borders in modern planting styles, in pairie plantings, or on slopes for stabilization. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and suitable for city sites. This plant naturally grows along washes in southern Utah, where periodic flooding from rain is common. This plant will look its best with supplemental irrigation and poor soil. Too much fertilizer and rich soil will cause flopping and poor growth.