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Plant: Dancing Wind - Big Bluestem Grass
Andropogon gerardii 'Dancing Wind'
Size: 1 gal
Light
Bloom
More about this plant
Dancing Wind is a big bluestem selection standing 5 to 6 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide, with thin blue-green leaves that turn bold red in fall and hold into winter. It wants full sun and dry, well-drained soil and is drought tolerant once established. Use it in mass plantings, at the back of a mixed bed, as a screen or on an embankment; birds and small animals eat the seed.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 4-9
Plant description
Dancing Wind is a big bluestem selection standing 5 to 6 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide, with thin blue-green leaves that turn bold red in fall and hold into winter. It wants full sun and dry, well-drained soil and is drought tolerant once established. Use it in mass plantings, at the back of a mixed bed, as a screen or on an embankment; birds and small animals eat the seed.
