Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Sky'
switch grass
A great, back of border, architectural grass from the prairies of North America. Blue-green foliage topped with drooping,...
2 litre pot
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3 × 2 litre pots
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Plant description
A great, back of border, architectural grass from the prairies of North America. Blue-green foliage topped with drooping, hazy, bluish-tinted flowers appear in early autumn and turns a blaze of orange-yellow as the season comes to an end. Leaving the seedheads on during winter will add interest as the delicate spikelets shiver and shimmer in the frosted breeze.
Eventual height & spread
Plant features
Position
Full sun
Rate of growth
Fast-growing
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil, or peat-free general purpose compost
Hardiness
Fully hardy
How to care for Panicum virgatum Prairie Sky:
Cut back in early spring when it starts to look tatty, and lift and divide congested clumps between mid-spring and summer.
Please note:
This grass dies back to below ground level each year in autumn, then fresh new growth appears again in spring.
