Andropogon gerardii Blackhawks PP 27949 India 5" flowers that dangle like

5" flowers that dangle like large yellow spiders

the lower three petals are mostly white with some red flecking while the upper three petals are mostly red with some white flecking

I picked Carex divulsa up in Arizona in 2003

Avoid soggy soil

Andropogon gerardii Blackhawks PP 27949 India 5" flowers that dangle likeAndropogon 'Blackhawks' is an incredibly exciting new selection of the native (Canada south to Mexico) prairie grass Andropogon gerardii from Illinois' Brent Horvath. The 4' tall stalks on this narrow selection of big bluestem, turn dark black purple, starting for us in mid summer, topped soon after with terminal flowers like a miniature miscanthus. Andropogon 'Blackhawks' offers amazing design possibilities that simply didn't exist before this