Panicum virgatum
(switchgrass)
(switchgrass)
Category: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes
Photo Credits: Steven N. Rodie
Height: 48 – 72 inches
Spread: 48 inches
Location: Bottom, Sides, Top of Berm
Native Status: NE
Comments & Cautions:
can reseed aggressively; consider planting after establishment of other garden plants to help limit spreading; may flop in rich soils
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Wet or Medium
This plant prefers Loam or Clay soil.
This plant DOES have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
broad dense upright mounds; warm season native; spreads by rhizomes and seed
Foliage
bright green to blue-green; medium texture
Flowers
airy, cloudlike panicles above foliage; red, silver, white, or blue appearance; July-August; panicles persist into fall