Andropogon \u2013 Beard grass \u2013 Bluestem <\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

There are over 100 species of annuals or perennials that are vigorous and upright clump forming grass, in this genus. \u00a0It produces flat harsh texture linear leaves, which are tinted bluish, purplish, or reddish, curling at the tips as they age. \u00a0In mid or late summer it bears racemes or feathery panicles of small spikelet on erect sometimes-branching stems.<\/p>\n

Grow in light fertile well-drained, preferably sandy soil in full sun. \u00a0It does not tolerate excessive winter moisture. \u00a0Cut back old stems to the ground in early spring before growth begins. \u00a0Divide from mid spring to early summer.<\/p>\n

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Andropogon gerardii <\/b><\/strong>\u2018Roundtree\u2019<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Big Bluestem \u2013 Turkey Foot<\/b><\/strong> \u2013 Grows 6-7\u2019 feet tall and 2\u2019 feet wide. \u00a0This densely tuft perennial tolerates harsh conditions. \u00a0The narrow erect or arching foliage has blue color at the base taking on a red tinged when mature or in autumn. \u00a0On 6\u2019 feet tall stems it bears 3-6 terminal finger like usually purplish 4\u201d long seed heads that turn a rich orange wheat color in autumn.<\/p>\n

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Andropogon \u2013 Beard grass \u2013 Bluestem There are over 100 species of annuals or perennials that are vigorous and upright clump forming grass, in this genus. \u00a0It produces flat harsh texture linear leaves, which are tinted bluish, purplish, or reddish, curling at the tips as they age. \u00a0In mid or late summer it bears racemes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[52,18,33,30,21,71,54,16,20],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160251771"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3356"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3356"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}