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Products > Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition' PP22,048
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| Category: Grass |
| Family: Poaceae (Gramineae) (Grasses) |
| Origin: Southwest (U.S.) (North America) |
| Flower Color: Chartreuse |
| Bloomtime: Summer |
| Synonyms: [Chondrosum gracile] |
| Height: 1-2 feet |
| Width: 1-2 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: < 0 °F |
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Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition' PP22,048 (Blonde Ambition Blue Grama) A long-lived warm season tufted perennial grass with fine-textured gray-green leaves to 12 to 18 inches tall with dainty flowers that are held like small horizontal flags on stems that rise above the foliage to 2 1/2 feet tall in early summer and hold seed heads through fall. This selection is more robust with larger flowers than typical Blue Grama and these flowers are a chartreuse color that age to blond instead of the typical dark purplish flowers of the species. Plant in full sun in most any soil so long as it is well-drained. Water occasionally to very little - plants fill in faster and look best when irrigated but this is a drought tolerant grass and is very cold tolerant. It has proven itself in many situations such as in alkaline and saline soils but does poorly in acidic soils or those kept too moist. Blue Grama, also called Mosquito Grass, is native to much of North America from Manitoba Canada south and west across the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and Midwest states to Mexico. This selection discovered and introduced by David Salman of High Country Gardens originated as a sport off of Bouteloua gracilis `Hatchita` that was found in a residential yard in July 2007 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. National Home Gardening Club Magazine named this plant one of its 2011 Plant Select® winners. Images and plants courtesy of High Country Gardens. This plant received US Plant Patent 22,048 in July 2011. Some recent sources (2013), including The Plant List (the collaboration between the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and Missouri Botanic Gardens), list the current species name of this plant as Chondrosum gracile, while other reputable sources, such as the Jepson Project (the Bible of all plants Californian) and the Flora of North America list the current name as Bouteloua gracilis. We are sticking with the familiar name until such time as this name change get much wider recognition.
The information displayed on this page about Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition' PP22,048 is based on the research we have conducted about it in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.
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