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Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Sky'

Blue Switchgrass

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Item #: 2327

Zones: 4a to 9b

Dormancy: Winter

Height: 72" tall

Culture: Sun to Part Sun

Origin: United States

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


If you're a gardener who enjoys the blues, then you have to try this selection of our native switchgrass, prized for its powdery blue foliage. Found in Wisconsin along a railroad track by Roger Gettig, it is similar in growth habit to P. 'Heavy Metal', but taller with a less rigid habit, and much more powdery blue. In late summer, billowing plumes of amber brown top the clump.