Andropogon glomeratus
(bushy bluestem)
(bushy bluestem)
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Height: 48 – 72 inches
Spread: 36 inches
Location: Bottom, Sides
Native Status: IL
Comments & Cautions:
generally intolerant of dry soils; can aggressively self-seed in optimum growing conditions
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Wet
This plant prefers Loam or Clay soil.
This plant DOES have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
clump-forming
Foliage
flattened blue-green leaf blades; coppery-orange fall color persists into winter
Flowers
club-shaped flowers and bushy inflorescences; showy; September bloom