Big bluestem

Big Bluestem native prairie grass has been rediscovered as a useful and beautiful landscape plant. Drought tolerant and easy to maintain.

Native to prairies across North America, big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) is used in landscaping, agriculture, and landscape conservation.

This native prairie grass turns from green to red for long-lasting late-season interest. Learn more about big bluestems here.

Big bluestem grass or Turkey Foot Grass is a perennial bunchgrass with greenish-blue stems that can grow between 4 to 8 feet tall. It has interesting seed heads

Native Ornamental grass seeds drought tolerant Xeriscape landscaping

A small, non-spreading, clump-forming grass with blue-green leaves that turn reddish orange in the fall. Fluffy silver seedheads are ornamental through winter. Host plant for larvae of a number of […]

Big Bluestem is a native ornamental grass. It’s finger-like flower clusters (to 4" long) sort of resemble a turkey’s foot - hence the additional common name of Turkey Foot. Big Bluestem and Indian Grass are the two most common grasses that you will see in the prairies at the PGT. Andropogon gerardi

Big Bluestem native prairie grass has been rediscovered as a useful and beautiful landscape plant. Drought tolerant and easy to maintain.

Here's a fun look at the many colors of native grass The Blues Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues'). Photos taken at the Discovery Garden, Sarah P. Duke Gardens in Durham, North Carolina.

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Today was another cold one but we do see the “warming trend” with temperatures now well above zero degrees F at least! It was a beautiful day outside and … Continue reading "Big Bluestem – Trending!"

Big Bluestem grass. I have "Windwalker". Andropogon gerardii. This site says it can handle part sun.

Virtues: Once the iconic, dominant grass of the tallgrass prairie but now all too rare, big bluestem can offer a strong sense of place in planted landscapes. It can grow...

Prairie Blues Little Bluestem is grown for its consistent blue-grey foliage color. The narrow blades turn orange to red in the fall and are interesting throughout the winter. It has small seed heads that rise above the plant in the fall. It works well for foundation plantings, mixed borders, massings, and low-maintenance areas. This plant…