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How to Grow
Water
Low - Medium
Water sparingly, allowing the mix to nearly dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Soil
Dry, sandy soils. Sandy, Sandy Loam, Medium Loam
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Sep, Oct, Nov
Plant Type
Grass/Grass-like, Native Plant, Ornamental Grasses and Sedges, Perennial; caespitose. Culms erect; 50-100 cm long. Culm-nodes glabrous. Leaf-sheaths keeled; glabrous on surface, or hispid; outer margin glabrous, or hairy. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blades flat, or conduplicate; 10-20 cm long; 2-5 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous.
Lifespan
Perennial
Plant Height
3-6 ft.
Flower
The flower inflorescence appears in September, turns bright orange in fall, and is attractively silver when back lit., Anthers 3.
Fruit
Fruit displays from October to November.
Benefits
Ornamental
Attractive. Grows in clumps
Attracts
Birds
Butterflies
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Taxonomy
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Andropogon
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