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Prairie Sky Red Switch Grass (Panicum Virgatum) – 1 Gallon Pot
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‘Prairie Sky’ Red Switch Grass
Panicum virgatum ‘Prairie Sky Red’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Ornamental Grass
Height at Maturity: 5-6′
Width at Maturity: 2-3′
Spacing: 24″ for mass plantings, 6′ or more for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Clumping, Grassy, Upright, Vertical, Narrow
Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast
Flower Color: Rose Pink
Flower Size: Tiny in cloud-like panicles
Flowering Period: Mid Summer into Fall
Flower Type: Airy Cloud-like Panicles
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Powder Blue turning to Gold in Fall
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: na
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Average
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained to temporary Wet or Dry
Soil pH: 6.0 – 8.0
Maintenance / Care: Very Low
Attracts: Visual Attention, Birds
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbits, Wet Soil
Description
A beautiful and low-maintenance North American native, Prairie Sky Switch Grass forms attractive upright clumps of powdery sky blue foliage topped with airy, cloud-like plumes of rose-pink flowers in mid summer that persist through fall. The brick red seed heads are carried on showy plumes displayed in abundance from late summer to mid fall. The leaves turn red on the tips as the season progresses turning to a gorgeous gold in the fall. Performing best in full to mostly sun and tolerating both moist and dry conditions, Prairie Sky supplies an ideal wildlife habitat providing shelter and food for songbirds. In case you were wondering, Switch Grass gets its name from the calming swishing sound produced with a gentle breeze.
Landscape & Garden Uses
growing 5 to 6 feet tall and maybe half as wide, the Prairie Sky Red Switch Grass is a compact selection that is great for containers or as an accent, in groupings or natural hedge in the landscape. Looks especially nice in combination plantings with yellow, orange or white flowering shrubs, trees, perennials and other flowering plants. A fine addition to ornamental grass gardens, bird gardens, red theme gardens and native gardens.
Spacing: 24 inches apart for mass plantings; 5 feet or more for space between plants
How To Measure for Total Square Feet
How Many Plants to Fill a Planting Area
Growing Preferences
A North American native grass, Prairie Sky Red Switch Grasses is very easy to grow in a wide range of soil, even clay, sandy and dry soils. They don’t like an organically rich soil so there’s no need to add compost or humus to the native soil when planting. They grow best in full sun but will tolerate some light shade…but not too much or plants might become floppy. Maintenance is minimal. Cut clumps back to the ground in late winter before new growth begins to emerge.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Switch Grasses.
How To Plant And Care For Switch Grass Plants
How To Measure for Total Square Feet
How Many Plants to Fill a Planting Area
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