Description | Blond Ambition Side-Oats Grama is a cultivar of Side-Oats Grama with chartreuse flowers instead of purple and a blonde colored seed heads. |
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Plant Type | All Plants, Grass Ornamental |
Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | dry to medium |
Soil & Site | aveage, well drained |
Flowers | flowers suspended above the foliage on long stems, found mostly on one side |
Fruit | persistent blond seed heads |
Dimensions | 2.5 feet tall, spreads to 1.5 feet |
Propagation | division |
Native Site | Species plant native to |
Misc Facts | Genus name honors two Spanish brothers Claudius (d. 1842) and Exteban Boutelou (d. 1813) professors of botany and agriculture respectively. |
Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #222-The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes (Rick Darke) |