ANDROPOGON GERARDII ACORN FARMS

BIG BLUESTEM
ANDROPOGON GERARDII

Andropogon gerardii

photo courtesy of Bailey Nursery
ANDROPOGON GERARDII

Genus: ANDROPOGON
trademark info Protected Series:
Height: 4-5 Feet Tall
Spread: 2-3 Feet Wide
Color: purple flower
Full Sun Plants
Full Sun Grass Plants
Grass
Zone: 4
#5870  
            native *  


BIG BLUESTEM

Upright clump of stems emerge gray to blue green in spring, mature to green with red tinges in summer, then turn reddish bronze with lavender tones after frost. Purplish 3-parted, finger-like flower clusters in late summer. Cut stems to the ground in late winter before new shoots appear.






Available cultivars in this genus: