Panicum virgatum
‘Prairie Sky’
at Digging Dog

Blue Switch Grass

Panicum

Switch Grass

The Panicums we’ve chosen are warm season prairie grasses native to North America. Resistant to heat, drought, and even extreme cold, Switch Grass boasts a cloud of inflorescences—a mystifying hologram of tiny red seeds that mature to black in late summer.

If grown en masse and not cut back until early spring, Panicums promise a lively winter show. After a frost, they stiffen and adopt the warm glowing color and soft rustling sound of wheat.

Panicum virgatum ‘Prairie Sky’ 

The bluest of the Panicums and hardiest of the virgatums, this superb selection was discovered growing wild in a Wisconsin meadow by Roger Gettig. ‘Prairie Sky’s silvery inflorescences have tiny rust-colored accents, while its fast growing foliage echoes the bluish gray leaves of Cardoon in our mixed border.

Blooms July–October.

Size: 3'–5' high x 2-1/2' wide; hardy to zone 4.

Panicum virgatum Prairie Sky (G-0080)
Each $7.50
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