PANICUM virgatum 'PRAIRIE SKY'

Switchgrass 'Prairie Sky'

PANICUM virgatum 'PRAIRIE SKY'

Switchgrass 'Prairie Sky'

  • Maintenance advice : Cut down the dry grass near to the ground, at the end of winter. Water abundantly and regularly for the first 2 years.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Found on a railway track by Roger Gettig (US)
  • Use group : Bamboo and Grass
  • Height at 10 years : 1,5 m
  • Width at 10 years : 1 m
  • Growth : Fast
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Full sun
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : bush, spreading
  • Colour of leaves : Blue green
  • Colour of flowers : Brown
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Border
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A lovely blue grass plant, easy to grow. Delicate beige-pink inflorescences in July-August, giving a light and airy aspect to the whole. Excellent plant for gardens ; versatile, easy growing, robust and long-living, keeping a solid structure and attracting birds in winter. Once well established, this plant will tolerate drought and brief flooding, in any type of soil, preferably dry, poor and planted in full sun. Easily self seeds, so it is better to cut down flowers in autumn before they disperse.