Andropogon glaucopsis Carolina Blue Calanthe with 4' tall stalks

with 4' tall stalks

yet is completely missing from our winter woodland garden landscape palette

Crinum 'Elizabeth Traub' produces very tall

Our breeding focus has been on spikes that rise well above the foliage

Andropogon glaucopsis Carolina Blue Calanthe with 4' tall stalksAndropogon glaucopsis 'Carolina Blue' is a 2026 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of an exceptional, but virtually unknown native ornamental grass. Despite its natural range along the Southeastern US coastal plain, it's suffered in taxonomic purgatory for decades, being incorrectly assigned to both Andropogon virginicus and Andropogon glomeratus. Naturally growing in average to moist soils, it forms chalky blue clumps to 2' tall x 3' wide. In late