Broomsedge
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus

Height: 3-4 ft
Spread: 1-2 ft
Warm Season, Blooms September-October
Sunlight: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Moist, Medium, Dry, Very Dry
​Life Cycle: Perennial

Unlike non-native grasses, this warm season native is clump-forming, providing openings near its base where birds, small mammals, and other wildlife can move about and find shelter. Broomsedge grows 3 to 4 feet tall. During the summer months, it is a green/blue color, and later in fall and winter, it turns golden. It keeps its upright structure during the cold months and produces fluffy seeds that birds enjoy throughout the winter. Broomsedge is a host plant for the caterpillars of Common Wood-Nymph butterflies. Deer Resistant.