The foliage displays a rich blue-green hue in spring and summer, creating a relaxed and calming effectĪs fall approaches, the leaves transition to vibrant shades of bronze and reddish-purple, infusing your landscape with warm and fiery tones. Its upright growth habit gives it a commanding presence, making it a perfect choice for creating dramatic backdrops or adding vertical interest to your landscape. Standing at an impressive height of up to 6 feet, the Big Bluestem commands attention with its towering presence. With its slender, upright stems and deep green foliage, this plant showcases a timeless elegance reminiscent of the expansive North American prairies. With its striking appearance, impressive height, and graceful movements, the Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) will captivate the senses and create a stunning focal point in any garden or meadow.Įach Big Bluestem plant is carefully selected and cultivated to ensure its health, vigor, and ability to thrive in various environmental conditions. Foliage has a reddish tint.It is introducing our Big Bluestem Plant, a majestic and iconic grass species that will add a touch of natural beauty and ecological significance to your landscape. wide green leaves in summer which turns copper-orange in fall and retains color well into winter. Leaves: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Leaf Color: Brown/Copper Green Red/Burgundy Deciduous Leaf Fall Color: Gold/Yellow Orange Hairs Present: No Leaf Length: The inflorescence is good in cut or dried arrangements. The inflorescence has densely clustered, bushy bracts at top of stems. Flowers: Flower Color: Gray/Silver Pink White Flower Value To Gardener: Good Cut Good Dried Flower Bloom Time: Fall Winter Flower Description: This plant has interesting beard-like flowers that bloom from September to October.Fruit: Display/Harvest Time: Fall Fruit Description: Fruit displays from October to November.
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Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Soil Drainage: Moist Occasionally Wet NC Region: Coastal Mountains Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Native Plant Ornamental Grasses and Sedges Perennial Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Erect.Play Value: Wildlife Food Source Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems): deer, moist and damp soil Dimensions: Height: 2 ft. Seeds are eaten by songbirds and small mammals. This plant also supports various Skipper larvae. Adult Common Wood-Nymph butterflies feed on rotting fruit and flower nectar. Attributes: Genus: Andropogon Species: glomeratus Family: Poaceae Life Cycle: Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Seed Fire Risk Rating: extreme flammability Wildlife Value: Members of the genus Andropogon supports Common Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis pegala) larvae which have one brood from late May to October.Tags: #full sun tolerant #fall flowers #orange leaves #cover plant #winter interest #fall interest #ornamental grass #small mammals #moist soil #fire extreme flammability #NC native #deer resistant #copper leaves #skipper butterflies #native garden #cutting garden #native ornamental grass #dried arrangements #larval host plant #food source fall #food source herbage #Coastal FACW #Piedmont Mountains FACW #wet soils tolerant #bird friendly #food source hard mast fruit #mammals #butterfly friendly #Audubon #common wood-nymph butterfly #various skipper butterflies #perennial #food source winter #perennial grass #wildlife friendly See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: Leaves: Fall Bloom: Fall Fruit/Seed/Nut: Fall/Winter
Habitat: Swamps, wet savannas, pine flatwoods, bogs, fens, depression ponds, interdune swales and ponds, wet disturbed sitesįire Risk: This plant has an extreme flammability rating and should not be planted within the defensible space of your home. Select plants with a low flammability rating for the sites nearest your home. Interesting, beard-like flowers appear in fall. This plant prefers moist to damp sites and is not drought tolerant. Phonetic Spelling an-dro-POH-gon glaw-mer-AY-tuss Descriptionīush Bluestem is a tufting, sturdy, warm-season grass that may grow 2 to 4 feet in height.
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