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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

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  • Category:Grasses
  • Hardiness Zone:3
  • Height:100-125 cm
  • Spread:40-60 cm
  • Bloom Color: Brown
Exposure
Full Sun
Partial Sun/Shade
Growth Rate
Medium
Critter
Deer Resistant
Flowering Time
Lt. Sum-Fall
Fall
Habit
Clumping
Upright
Foliage Color
Green
Planting instructions
Container Plants
Additional Information about Andropogon virginicus

Native to Ontario 

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.

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