Andropogon-Red October 1C Holiday deep green heart shaped leaves

deep green heart shaped leaves with contrasting

charcoal stems which carry the lemon yellow flowers in late spring to early summer

this is a narrow

very interesting gray bark is almost muscular in appearance

a distinct improvement on the species

Andropogon-Red October 1C Holiday deep green heart shaped leavesThis new Big Bluestem cultivar was originally chosen for its narrow leaves and upright habit but its the foliage color everyone is talking about. Leaves start deep green with red highlights in spring. As fall approaches the red increases and deepens to burgundy. Then after the first frost foliage turns candy apple red hues mixed with scarlet. Even the turkey foot shaped seed heads of Red October Big Bluestem are shades of red.