Andropogon glaucopsis Carolina Blue Calanthe but the stalks are procumbent

but the stalks are procumbent (growing sideways)

yet is completely missing from our winter woodland garden landscape palette

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

Tricyrtis perfoliata is an endangered Japanese endemic toad lily that hails from the moist cliffs of the Nanuki River on Japan's Kyushu Island

Andropogon glaucopsis Carolina Blue Calanthe but the stalks are procumbentAndropogon 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