The definitive cultivar selection of America's most iconic prairie grass — and a genuine improvement on an already outstanding species. Discovered growing in a trial bed in Landenberg, Pennsylvania amongst plants of 'The Blues,' 'Standing Ovation' was selected for one outstanding quality: it stays strictly, dramatically upright all season long, even in the richer soils and higher rainfall of eastern gardens where straight species plants sometimes flop. The result is a grass of exceptional architectural presence — powdery blue summer blades with red-tipped foliage that transition into one of the most brilliant copper-orange-red fall displays of any plant in the native garden, then bleach to gleaming silver-tan through winter, all while staying perfectly erect. Four true seasons of ornamental interest from a single clump. Tolerates Black Walnut, drought, clay and poor soils. Deer, rabbit and rust resistant. Outstanding in borders where the straight species might sprawl. Excellent winter structure.