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Andropogon gerardii |
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| Common name |
big bluestem grass |
| Family |
poaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z3-8) |
| Flowers |
bronze (Aug-Oct) |
| Size |
5-8' |
| Light |
full sun |
| Cultural notes |
not fussy, drought-tolerant |
From seed  |
give 2 weeks cold, then germinate at room temperature with light exposure
detailed seed-starting info below
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American prairie native grass. Warm-season: doesn't really take off until summer. Clumps get bigger every year, but don't spread agressively. Our main stand gets squeezed between pushy neighbors, so that it has no choice but to flop in the only open direction - that's why the stems go near-horizontal in the photo; its natural habit is much more upright.
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| Up close, you can see the intriguing two flower parts: yellow hanging bits (male), and fuzzy bits (female)
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Lily | Nov 30, 2009 | Thank you for this site |
- Seed from JL Hudson, 1998. Baggy, cold 2 wks, 70F with light (85%G, 5-7d)
- Seed from '07 garden. Baggy 35F (31d) - 70F (3w; 10%G, 6d)
- Seed from '07 garden. Baggy 35F (2w) - 70F (3%G, 9d)
Excellent long-term seed viability! Plants stay small in their first year.
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