Broomsedge Bluestem Grass (Andropogon Virginicus) – 1 Gallon Pot

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-8b  Find Your Zone

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Plant Type:  Ornamental Grass

Flower Color:  Yellow opening to silky White hairs

Flower Size:  Small 

Flowering Period:  Summer through Winter

Bloom Type:  Spikelet opening to silky white, cotton-like puffs

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color:  Green in Spring and Summer, Golden-Orange in Fall

Fragrant Foliage:  No 

Berries:  No

Berry Color:  NA

Attracts:  Visual Attention, Birds

Resistances: Air Pollution, Disease, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbits, High Salt Tolerance

Exceptionally hardy and adaptable, Broomsedge Bluestem Grass is a very easy-to-grow North American native grass with an extremely upright or vase shaped habit perfect for a vertical accent in the landscape. Spring and summer stems and leaves are a bright to medium green turning to a pleasing orange to orange-red color in fall and finally to golden in winter. In late summer, the stems are topped with panicles of bristle tipped flower spikelets that become covered in soft tufts of silky white hairs which give a feathery appearance. On late winter afternoons, a grouping of Broom Sedge is quite a spectacle with glowing coppery foliage and silvery hairs that refract the sunlight. This low-maintenance drought and flood tolerant pioneer grass thrives in sunny sites with average to poor infertile soils and its dense roots are great for stabilizing soil. Hard to go wrong with that!

Broomsedge Bluestem Grass is exceptionally easy to grow in well-drained average to poor soil with dry to medium moisture in full sun. It tolerates a wide range of soil types ranging from clay to sandy. Good drought resistance once established and likes moist soil as well. Cut plants back to just above the ground in late winter or early spring before new growth appears.