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Schizachyrium scoparium 'Liberty Blue'
Liberty Blue Chalky Bluestem
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Shop Available SchizachyriumItem #: 10804
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 42" tall
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Liberty Blue' is a 2018 Plant Delights Nursery introduction of a plant we originally discovered in 2003 in Liberty County, Florida, and previously identified as Andropogon glaucopsis. The 18" tall x 30" wide clump of narrow powder-blue leaves are topped, starting in late August with 42" tall, wispy blue flower stalks, flushed with lavender. We think this is one of the most heat and humidity tolerant blue-foliage grasses that we've ever grown, and despite living naturally in bogs and pond edges, we've found it amazingly content growing in the garden with dryland agaves.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Schizachyrium
Flower Color: Brown/Tan
Leaf Color: Silver/Grey
Bloom Time: Summer
Container Role: Thrillers
Garden Themes: Green Roofs , Southwest Garden Plants
Other: Medicinal Plants , North American Native Plants , North Carolina Native Plants , Ornamental Seed or Fruit , Perennial Plant of the Year , Plant Delights Introductions , Texas Native Plants , Xeriscaping Plants , Colored Foliage , Plant Delights Creations and Discoveries , United States Native Plants