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Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass
Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition'
Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass blooms from July through August.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass
Plant it in full sun. It prefers low water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–9. Expect it to reach about 2.5 ft tall and 2.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (a house reading).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass
Plant Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from July to August.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass get?
2.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult2.5 ftwideSee Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass about 2.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass' height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 11 published sources on October 11, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and diseases
- Plant Addictsthe queue's store page; Brand field Plant Selectheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- plantselect.orgPlant Select (the Colorado plant program that named it a 2011 selectio...height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- Proven Winnersheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- High Country Gardensthe introducer's storeheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and soil
- Internet Archive (archived page)Hoffman Nursery (a wholesale grass grower; Wayback Machine capture of...height, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Society (RHS)height, spread, sun, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Internet Archive (archived page)UC Landscape Plant Irrigation Trials, UC Davis (Wayback Machine captur...height, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
- NC State ExtensionBouteloua gracilis, species pageheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, trait tags, soil and diseases
- US plant patent (Google Patents)U.S. Plant Patent PP22,048 (Google Patents), the breeder's registrationheight, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
- Plants For A FutureBouteloua gracilis, species pagesun, trait tags, soil and toxicity
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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