When it blooms
In bloom: September
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How to grow it
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Dry, Moist
- Size
- 100–180 cm
- Family
- Poaceae
- Native to
- Manitoba
What it feeds
Big Bluestem is a host plant local wildlife depends on. These are the beings it brings back.
Eastern MeadowlarkThreatenedBirdA grassland bird losing its grasslands. Native bunchgrasses bring back the insects and cover it needs.
BobolinkThreatenedBirdA bubbling song of summer meadows, now threatened. Native grasses rebuild the habitat it raises its young in.
Photos: Photo by Ken Thomas, public domain · Photo by Paul Engel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Plant it with
Other native plants the Bobolink also depends on. Grow a few together and you give it food across the whole season.
Grow Big Bluestem where you live
Add it to your garden on Hortus, get a free report card of the wildlife it brings back, and find a nursery near you that carries it.