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Andropogon virginicus
Broom Sedge (Whiskey Grass)
A xeriscape grass with a distinctive, erect, columnar habit. The orange-brown colour during the warmer months fades to straw-coloured during the winter. Fluffy seedheads appear in the fall.
- » Narrow clumps of green stems and leaves turn purplish-red
- » Fall colour is a bright orange changing to straw-yellow in the winter
- » Prolific seed producer with high germination rates
- » Brown seedheads
- » Bloom Time: Late summer into fall
- » Grass Type: Warm Season
Growth Rate
| • | Medium |
Critter
| • | Deer Resistant |
Attributes
| • | Native to Ontario |
| • | Cut Flower/Foliage |
| • | Deciduous |
| • | Dried Flower/Foliage |
| • | Drought Tolerant |
| • | Fall Color |
| • | Heat Tolerant |
| • | Long Blooming |
| • | Low Maintenance |
| • | Xeriscape |
Foliage Color
| • | Green |
Planting instructions
| • | Container Plants |
Additional Information about Andropogon virginicus
Warm Season Grasses: These grasses are much slower starting in the spring. They do not push new growth until temperatures warm in early to midsummer. They flower later in the summer or fall with most blooms remaining into the winter. Most warm season grasses tolerate heat, humidity and drought; some even thrive in these conditions.
Growing & Maintenance Tips for Andropogon virginicus
This aggressive species thrives in poor soils, tolerates a range of habitats, is less palatable to grazing animals than other pasture plants, and competes by one method of allelopathy; it releases herbicidal chemicals from its dying tissues.