
Big Bluestem
- Botanical Name
- Andropogon gerardii
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 5 to 8 feet
- Width
- 2 to 3 feet
- Flowers
- Late summer: 2 to 4 inch, purplish-red, 3-parted, finger-like, resembling a turkey foot
- Fall Color
- Reddish-bronze
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Dry to medium
- Planting & Care
- Tolerates a wide range of soil conditions
- Extensive root system that is slow to establish
- Excellent drought tolerance once established
- Cut back stems in late winter
- Provides food, cover and nesting sites to at least 24 species of songbirds
- Larval host to Delaware Skipper and Dusted Skipper butterflies
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