Dancing WindDancing WindAndropogon gerardii 'Dancing Wind' Blue Stem Grass

Dancing Wind

Andropogon gerardii, is a tall, Missouri native, perennial, warm season grass that was the dominant grass of the tallgrass prairie which once covered large parts of the Midwest. It may be grown as an ornamental grass because of its attractive foliage which changes color seasonally, its good architectural height and it's interesting flower/seed heads. It features an upright clump of stems with flattened leaves (to 2' long and 3/8" wide) which emerge gray to blue green in spring, mature to green with red tinges in summer and turn reddish bronze with lavender tones in autumn after frost. Flowering stems rise in late summer above the foliage clump bearing purplish 3-parted, finger-like flower clusters (to 4" long) purportedly resembling turkey feet (hence the additional common name of turkeyfoot grass for this species). Flowering stems bring total height of this grass to 4-8' tall (typically at the taller end in moist soils and the shorter end in dry soils).

Height:
3'
Spread:
3'
Plant Type:
grass
Zone:
5
Sun:
Part Sun
Bloom Time:
July to September
Bloom Colour:
Silver
Quantity Available:
0

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