Family: Poaceae

Scientific Name: Bouteloua gracilis Blond Ambition

Common Name: Blond Ambition

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.

Plant TypeAll Plants, Grass Ornamental
Hardiness Zone3-9
Sunlightfull
Moisturedry to medium
Soil & Siteaveage, well drained
Flowersflowers suspended above the foliage on long stems, found mostly on one side
Fruitpersistent blond seed heads
Dimensions2.5 feet tall, spreads to 1.5 feet
Propagationdivision
Native SiteSpecies plant native to
Misc FactsGenus 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)
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