Anatherum glomeratum - grass, bushy bluestem

Height: 2’ to 6’
Spread: 2’ to 3’
Light Needs: full sun
Water: average to moist, not very drought tolerant
Flower color: silvery 
Bloom time: September to February

This is a clumping grass with slender, upright leaves. Large numbers of small flowers are produced in large, feathery clusters on tall stalks. These stalks persist into the winter. Seeds are scattered in the wind and will produce volunteer seedlings where conditions are good. The leaves and flower spikes turn golden-brown in fall and persist through the winter. It is a plant for informal gardens and naturalizing. It is a host plant for satyr butterflies and various skippers. Its seeds are eaten by birds. Deer tend to leave grasses alone.

This grass was previously known as Andropogon glomeratus.