Location: Rain Garden

Names:

• Common Name: Bushy Bluestem
• Botanical Name: Andropogon glomeratus
• AKA: Brushy Bluestem

Description: Flowers in sessile spikelets are aggregated toward the upper part of the 2-5 ft. stems and are striking in fall and winter when the fine hairs of the bold, feathery racemes catch the sunlight. The sheaths surrounding the racemes take on a salmon-orange color in fall.

Best Growing Conditions: Full Sun; Medium Water Demand; Moist or Wet Soil; Clay, Loam, Sand; Poor Drainage fine or even preferred

Landscape Use: Border - Mixed, Deer Resistant, Erosion Control

Wildlife Value: Birds