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Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Sky'

switch grass

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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.

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.
Eventual height:
1.5m
Eventual spread:
1m
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

  • InformationThis grass dies back to below ground level each year in autumn, then fresh new growth appears again in spring.

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