4605 Olive Street
Saint Louis, Missouri 63108

314 · 454 · 6868

Andropogon gerardii

Big Bluestem

Purplish flower spikes, three-branched seedheads resembling a turkey foot. Blue-green to silver-blue foliage turns reddish-copper in fall.

Growing & Maintenance Tips
Medium-wet soils in full sun. Useful as a tall background plant or screen. At home in mass plantings or naturalized areas, it excels along highways and is a good plant to use for erosion control; open prairies.

Interesting Information
Big Blue Stem has a good fall color in varying bronze tones, and the color persists into winter. Use cut flowers in fresh or dried arrangements.

Plant Type Ornamental Grass		Bloom Color Purple		Foliage Color Rough Blue-Green
Height 5-6 Feet		Spread 2-3 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone 4-10		Patented No

Baptisia australis (Blue False Indigo )	Aster novae-angliae (New England Aster )
Helianthus salicifolius (Willow-Leaved Sunflower )

Characteristics & Attributes