Andropogon glaucopsis Carolina Blue Calanthe surviving -15 degrees F without

surviving -15 degrees F without protection

with 4' tall stalks

along comes Hosta 'Barbara Ann'

just past the town of Vrhovine

but the stalks are procumbent (growing sideways)

Andropogon glaucopsis Carolina Blue Calanthe surviving -15 degrees F withoutAndropogon 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