Native Plants Teaching Garden

Panicum virgatum (Switch grass) is generally noted for its stiff, columnar form, which typically grows to 3' tall, and typically retains its vertical shape throughout the growing season. When in flower, the panicles may bring total plant height to 6'. Switch grass is a warm-season grass with deep, fibrous roots, making it an outstanding plant for erosion control and soil stabilization. It features medium green leaves which turn yellow (sometimes with orange tints) in autumn, fading to tan-beige in winter. Foliage clump is topped in mid-summer by finely-textured, pink-tinged, branched flower panicles which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud. Panicles turn beige as the seeds mature in fall with the seed plumes persisting well into winter. It provides cover and nesting material for birds, and seeds are a food source for birds in winter. This is an essential larval host for most banded skippers and most of the satyrs. Grows primarily in clumps, but may flop in overly rich soils. It might slowly spread by slightly creeping rhizomes. Generally performs best in full sun. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. Plants may self-seed in optimum growing conditions, but cultivars may not come true from seed.

Scientific Name: Panicum virgatum

Common Name: Switch Grass

Function: Structural grass

Seasonal Interest: deciduous, upright form, seedheads

Height (ft): 3-6

Width (ft): 2-3

Exposure: Full - part sun

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries

Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium (Common Little

Bluestem) is an herbaceous perennial in the Grass family (Poaceae). Common Little Bluestem occurs in prairies, in pastures, in open pine forests, and in woodland openings. Leaves are linear and usually glabrous. The leaf sheath is glabrous and keeled. Flowers are produced in pairs of spikelets arranged in a raceme. The spikelets are pubescent with long hairs. One spikelet of the pair is sessile, the other pedicellate. Sessile spikelets have 2 florets and the glumes exceed the florets in length. The upper floret is fertile and has 3 anthers. The lower floret is sterile and often consists of just a lemma. The lemmas have long twisted awns. The pedicellate spikelets lack a lemma. Pedicellate spikelets have one floret that is ether sterile or staminate. Pedicellate spikelets lack awns or have very short, straight awns. A clump bunchgrass with fine-textured foliage that forms very dense mounds 18-24 inches tall with a fibrous root system. Slender blue-green stems reach 3 feet by September and become radiant mahogany-red with white, shining seed tufts in the fall. Color remains nearly all winter. This mid-prairie species gets its name from the bluish color of the stem bases in the spring, but most striking is the plants reddish-tan color in fall, persisting through winter snows. The seeds, fuzzy white at maturity, are of particular value to small birds in winter. It was once a major component of prairie grasslands and of the Longleaf Pine/Wiregrass community. Common Little Bluestem is It is also available as seed and is recommended for a “filler” in wildflower meadows and prairie restoration projects. Common Little Bluestem tolerates a wide variety of soil and moisture types but does require full sun. 

Scientific Name: Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium

Common Name: Common Little Bluestem

Function: Groundcover layer, nesting materials, pollution filter, drought and erosion tolerant

Seasonal Interest: Seasonal theme, showy flower, fall color

Height (ft): 2-4

Width (ft): 1-2

Exposure: Full sun

Soil Moisture: dry-avg

Bloom Period: Aug-Oct

Bloom Color: Purplish bronze

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries

Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass) is a North American prairie grass. A vigorous native warm-season grass with rich gold-and-purple sprays of flowers that seeds in the fall. It grows in clumps, and attracts butterflies, songbirds and mammals, and provides nesting material. It provides pollen for bees. It is a larval host for the Pepper-and-Salt Skipper butterfly. It is drought tolerant and offers benefits of erosion control.

Scientific Name: Sorghastrum nutans

Common Name: Indian Grass

Function: Structural grass

Seasonal Interest: deciduous, upright form, seedheads, fall color

Height (ft): 3-5

Width (ft): 1-2

Exposure: Full sun

Soil Moisture: dry-avg

Provenance: Overhill Gardens

Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium (Common Little Bluestem) is an herbaceous perennial in the Grass family (Poaceae). Common Little Bluestem occurs in prairies, in pastures, in open pine forests, and in woodland openings. Leaves are linear and usually glabrous. The leaf sheath is glabrous and keeled. Flowers are produced in pairs of spikelets arranged in a raceme. The spikelets are pubescent with long hairs. One spikelet of the pair is sessile, the other pedicellate. Sessile spikelets have 2 florets and the glumes exceed the florets in length. The upper floret is fertile and has 3 anthers. The lower floret is sterile and often consists of just a lemma. The lemmas have long twisted awns. The pedicellate spikelets lack a lemma. Pedicellate spikelets have one floret that is ether sterile or staminate. Pedicellate spikelets lack awns or have very short, straight awns. A clump bunchgrass with fine-textured foliage that forms very dense mounds 18-24 inches tall with a fibrous root system. Slender blue-green stems reach 3 feet by September and become radiant mahogany-red with white, shining seed tufts in the fall. Color remains nearly all winter. This mid-prairie species gets its name from the bluish color of the stem bases in the spring, but most striking is the plants reddish-tan color in fall, persisting through winter snows. The seeds, fuzzy white at maturity, are of particular value to small birds in winter. It was once a major component of prairie grasslands and of the Longleaf Pine/Wiregrass community. Common Little Bluestem is It is also available as seed and is recommended for a “filler” in wildflower meadows and prairie restoration projects. Common Little Bluestem tolerates a wide variety of soil and moisture types but does require full sun.

Scientific Name: Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium

Common Name: Common Little Bluestem

Function: Groundcover layer, nesting materials, pollution filter, drought and erosion tolerant

Seasonal Interest: Seasonal theme, showy flower, fall color

Height (ft): 2-4

Width (ft): 1-2

Exposure: Full sun

Soil Moisture: dry-avg

Bloom Period: Aug-Oct

Bloom Color: Purplish bronze

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries

Panicum virgatum (Switch grass) is generally noted for its stiff, columnar form, which typically grows to 3' tall, and typically retains its vertical shape throughout the growing season. When in flower, the panicles may bring total plant height to 6'. Switch grass is a warm-season grass with deep, fibrous roots, making it an outstanding plant for erosion control and soil stabilization. It features medium green leaves which turn yellow (sometimes with orange tints) in autumn, fading to tan-beige in winter. Foliage clump is topped in mid-summer by finely-textured, pink-tinged, branched flower panicles which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud. Panicles turn beige as the seeds mature in fall with the seed plumes persisting well into winter. It provides cover and nesting material for birds, and seeds are a food source for birds in winter. This is an essential larval host for most banded skippers and most of the satyrs. Grows primarily in clumps, but may flop in overly rich soils. It might slowly spread by slightly creeping rhizomes. Generally performs best in full sun. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. Plants may self-seed in optimum growing conditions, but cultivars may not come true from seed.

Scientific Name: Panicum virgatum

Common Name: Switch Grass

Function: Structural grass

Seasonal Interest: deciduous, upright form, seedheads

Height (ft): 3-6

Width (ft): 2-3

Exposure: Full - part sun

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries

Sporobolus heterolepis (Prairie Dropseed) is a tufted perennial grass with narrow fine textured leaves. Plants hold soil with their vigorous fibrous roots and expand slowly from short underground rhizomes. The fall color is a wonderful orange, changing to cream in winter. It is extremely tolerant of dry sites, and has a wonderful flowery fragrance when planted in mass. The seeds are relished by sparrows, juncos and other seed-eating songbirds. Sporobolis is from Greek words meaning "seed", and "throw" and refers to the dispersion of seeds. They grow 24” high with an 18” spread.

Scientific Name: Sporobolus heterolepis

Common Name: Prairie Dropseed

Function: Groundcover Layer - grass

Seasonal Interest: Ground Cover, naturalize, bird attractant, showy, winter interest

Height (ft): 2-3

Width (ft): 2-3

Exposure: Full sun

Soil Moisture: dry-avg

Bloom Period: Aug-Oct

Bloom Color: Pink/brown-tinted

Provenance: Overhill Gardens

Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium (Common Little

Bluestem) is an herbaceous perennial in the Grass family (Poaceae). Common Little Bluestem occurs in prairies, in pastures, in open pine forests, and in woodland openings. Leaves are linear and usually glabrous. The leaf sheath is glabrous and keeled. Flowers are produced in pairs of spikelets arranged in a raceme. The spikelets are pubescent with long hairs. One spikelet of the pair is sessile, the other pedicellate. Sessile spikelets have 2 florets and the glumes exceed the florets in length. The upper floret is fertile and has 3 anthers. The lower floret is sterile and often consists of just a lemma. The lemmas have long twisted awns. The pedicellate spikelets lack a lemma. Pedicellate spikelets have one floret that is ether sterile or staminate. Pedicellate spikelets lack awns or have very short, straight awns. A clump bunchgrass with fine-textured foliage that forms very dense mounds 18-24 inches tall with a fibrous root system. Slender blue-green stems reach 3 feet by September and become radiant mahogany-red with white, shining seed tufts in the fall. Color remains nearly all winter. This mid-prairie species gets its name from the bluish color of the stem bases in the spring, but most striking is the plants reddish-tan color in fall, persisting through winter snows. The seeds, fuzzy white at maturity, are of particular value to small birds in winter. It was once a major component of prairie grasslands and of the Longleaf Pine/Wiregrass community. Common Little Bluestem is It is also available as seed and is recommended for a “filler” in wildflower meadows and prairie restoration projects. Common Little Bluestem tolerates a wide variety of soil and moisture types but does require full sun.

Scientific Name: Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium

Common Name: Common Little Bluestem

Function: Groundcover layer, nesting materials, pollution filter, drought and erosion tolerant

Seasonal Interest: Seasonal theme, showy flower, fall color

Height (ft): 2-4

Width (ft): 1-2

Exposure: Full sun

Soil Moisture: dry-avg

Bloom Period: Aug-Oct

Bloom Color: Purplish bronze

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries

Panicum virgatum (Switch grass) is generally noted for its stiff, columnar form, which typically grows to 3' tall, and typically retains its vertical shape throughout the growing season. When in flower, the panicles may bring total plant height to 6'. Switch grass is a warm-season grass with deep, fibrous roots, making it an outstanding plant for erosion control and soil stabilization. It features medium green leaves which turn yellow (sometimes with orange tints) in autumn, fading to tan-beige in winter. Foliage clump is topped in mid-summer by finely-textured, pink-tinged, branched flower panicles which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud. Panicles turn beige as the seeds mature in fall with the seed plumes persisting well into winter. It provides cover and nesting material for birds, and seeds are a food source for birds in winter. This is an essential larval host for most banded skippers and most of the satyrs. Grows primarily in clumps, but may flop in overly rich soils. It might slowly spread by slightly creeping rhizomes. Generally performs best in full sun. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. Plants may self-seed in optimum growing conditions, but cultivars may not come true from seed.

Scientific Name: Panicum virgatum

Common Name: Switch Grass

Function: Structural grass

Seasonal Interest: deciduous, upright form, seedheads

Height (ft): 3-6

Width (ft): 2-3

Exposure: Full - part sun

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries

Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium (Common Little Bluestem) is an herbaceous perennial in the Grass family (Poaceae). Common Little Bluestem occurs in prairies, in pastures, in open pine forests, and in woodland openings. Leaves are linear and usually glabrous. The leaf sheath is glabrous and keeled. Flowers are produced in pairs of spikelets arranged in a raceme. The spikelets are pubescent with long hairs. One spikelet of the pair is sessile, the other pedicellate. Sessile spikelets have 2 florets and the glumes exceed the florets in length. The upper floret is fertile and has 3 anthers. The lower floret is sterile and often consists of just a lemma. The lemmas have long twisted awns. The pedicellate spikelets lack a lemma. Pedicellate spikelets have one floret that is ether sterile or staminate. Pedicellate spikelets lack awns or have very short, straight awns. A clump bunchgrass with fine-textured foliage that forms very dense mounds 18-24 inches tall with a fibrous root system. Slender blue-green stems reach 3 feet by September and become radiant mahogany-red with white, shining seed tufts in the fall. Color remains nearly all winter. This mid-prairie species gets its name from the bluish color of the stem bases in the spring, but most striking is the plants reddish-tan color in fall, persisting through winter snows. The seeds, fuzzy white at maturity, are of particular value to small birds in winter. It was once a major component of prairie grasslands and of the Longleaf Pine/Wiregrass community. Common Little Bluestem is It is also available as seed and is recommended for a “filler” in wildflower meadows and prairie restoration projects. Common Little Bluestem tolerates a wide variety of soil and moisture types but does require full sun.

Scientific Name: Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium

Common Name: Common Little Bluestem

Function: Groundcover layer, nesting materials, pollution filter, drought and erosion tolerant

Seasonal Interest: Seasonal theme, showy flower, fall color

Height (ft): 2-4

Width (ft): 1-2

Exposure: Full sun

Soil Moisture: dry-avg

Bloom Period: Aug-Oct

Bloom Color: Purplish bronze

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries

Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium (Common Little Bluestem) is an herbaceous perennial in the Grass family (Poaceae). Common Little Bluestem occurs in prairies, in pastures, in open pine forests, and in woodland openings. Leaves are linear and usually glabrous. The leaf sheath is glabrous and keeled. Flowers are produced in pairs of spikelets arranged in a raceme. The spikelets are pubescent with long hairs. One spikelet of the pair is sessile, the other pedicellate. Sessile spikelets have 2 florets and the glumes exceed the florets in length. The upper floret is fertile and has 3 anthers. The lower floret is sterile and often consists of just a lemma. The lemmas have long twisted awns. The pedicellate spikelets lack a lemma. Pedicellate spikelets have one floret that is ether sterile or staminate. Pedicellate spikelets lack awns or have very short, straight awns. A clump bunchgrass with fine-textured foliage that forms very dense mounds 18-24 inches tall with a fibrous root system. Slender blue-green stems reach 3 feet by September and become radiant mahogany-red with white, shining seed tufts in the fall. Color remains nearly all winter. This mid-prairie species gets its name from the bluish color of the stem bases in the spring, but most striking is the plants reddish-tan color in fall, persisting through winter snows. The seeds, fuzzy white at maturity, are of particular value to small birds in winter. It was once a major component of prairie grasslands and of the Longleaf Pine/Wiregrass community. Common Little Bluestem is It is also available as seed and is recommended for a “filler” in wildflower meadows and prairie restoration projects. Common Little Bluestem tolerates a wide variety of soil and moisture types but does require full sun.

Scientific Name: Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium

Common Name: Common Little Bluestem

Function: Groundcover layer, nesting materials, pollution filter, drought and erosion tolerant

Seasonal Interest: Seasonal theme, showy flower, fall color

Height (ft): 2-4

Width (ft): 1-2

Exposure: Full sun

Soil Moisture: dry-avg

Bloom Period: Aug-Oct

Bloom Color: Purplish bronze

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries

Panicum virgatum (Switch grass) is generally noted for its stiff, columnar form, which typically grows to 3' tall, and typically retains its vertical shape throughout the growing season. When in flower, the panicles may bring total plant height to 6'. Switch grass is a warm-season grass with deep, fibrous roots, making it an outstanding plant for erosion control and soil stabilization. It features medium green leaves which turn yellow (sometimes with orange tints) in autumn, fading to tan-beige in winter. Foliage clump is topped in mid-summer by finely-textured, pink-tinged, branched flower panicles which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud. Panicles turn beige as the seeds mature in fall with the seed plumes persisting well into winter. It provides cover and nesting material for birds, and seeds are a food source for birds in winter. This is an essential larval host for most banded skippers and most of the satyrs. Grows primarily in clumps, but may flop in overly rich soils. It might slowly spread by slightly creeping rhizomes. Generally performs best in full sun. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. Plants may self-seed in optimum growing conditions, but cultivars may not come true from seed.

Scientific Name: Panicum virgatum

Common Name: Switch Grass

Function: Structural grass

Seasonal Interest: deciduous, upright form, seedheads

Height (ft): 3-6

Width (ft): 2-3

Exposure: Full - part sun

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries

Panicum virgatum (Switch grass) is generally noted for its stiff, columnar form, which typically grows to 3' tall, and typically retains its vertical shape throughout the growing season. When in flower, the panicles may bring total plant height to 6'. Switch grass is a warm-season grass with deep, fibrous roots, making it an outstanding plant for erosion control and soil stabilization. It features medium green leaves which turn yellow (sometimes with orange tints) in autumn, fading to tan-beige in winter. Foliage clump is topped in mid-summer by finely-textured, pink-tinged, branched flower panicles which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud. Panicles turn beige as the seeds mature in fall with the seed plumes persisting well into winter. It provides cover and nesting material for birds, and seeds are a food source for birds in winter. This is an essential larval host for most banded skippers and most of the satyrs. Grows primarily in clumps, but may flop in overly rich soils. It might slowly spread by slightly creeping rhizomes. Generally performs best in full sun. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. Plants may self-seed in optimum growing conditions, but cultivars may not come true from seed.

Scientific Name: Panicum virgatum

Common Name: Switch Grass

Function: Structural grass

Seasonal Interest: deciduous, upright form, seedheads

Height (ft): 3-6

Width (ft): 2-3

Exposure: Full - part sun

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries

Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium (Common Little Bluestem) is an herbaceous perennial in the Grass family (Poaceae). Common Little Bluestem occurs in prairies, in pastures, in open pine forests, and in woodland openings. Leaves are linear and usually glabrous. The leaf sheath is glabrous and keeled. Flowers are produced in pairs of spikelets arranged in a raceme. The spikelets are pubescent with long hairs. One spikelet of the pair is sessile, the other pedicellate. Sessile spikelets have 2 florets and the glumes exceed the florets in length. The upper floret is fertile and has 3 anthers. The lower floret is sterile and often consists of just a lemma. The lemmas have long twisted awns. The pedicellate spikelets lack a lemma. Pedicellate spikelets have one floret that is ether sterile or staminate. Pedicellate spikelets lack awns or have very short, straight awns. A clump bunchgrass with fine-textured foliage that forms very dense mounds 18-24 inches tall with a fibrous root system. Slender blue-green stems reach 3 feet by September and become radiant mahogany-red with white, shining seed tufts in the fall. Color remains nearly all winter. This mid-prairie species gets its name from the bluish color of the stem bases in the spring, but most striking is the plants reddish-tan color in fall, persisting through winter snows. The seeds, fuzzy white at maturity, are of particular value to small birds in winter. It was once a major component of prairie grasslands and of the Longleaf Pine/Wiregrass community. Common Little Bluestem is It is also available as seed and is recommended for a “filler” in wildflower meadows and prairie restoration projects. Common Little Bluestem tolerates a wide variety of soil and moisture types but does require full sun.

Scientific Name: Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium

Common Name: Common Little Bluestem

Function: Groundcover layer, nesting materials, pollution filter, drought and erosion tolerant

Seasonal Interest: Seasonal theme, showy flower, fall color

Height (ft): 2-4

Width (ft): 1-2

Exposure: Full sun

Soil Moisture: dry-avg

Bloom Period: Aug-Oct

Bloom Color: Purplish bronze

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries

Panicum virgatum (Switch grass) is generally noted for its stiff, columnar form, which typically grows to 3' tall, and typically retains its vertical shape throughout the growing season. When in flower, the panicles may bring total plant height to 6'. Switch grass is a warm-season grass with deep, fibrous roots, making it an outstanding plant for erosion control and soil stabilization. It features medium green leaves which turn yellow (sometimes with orange tints) in autumn, fading to tan-beige in winter. Foliage clump is topped in mid-summer by finely-textured, pink-tinged, branched flower panicles which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud. Panicles turn beige as the seeds mature in fall with the seed plumes persisting well into winter. It provides cover and nesting material for birds, and seeds are a food source for birds in winter. This is an essential larval host for most banded skippers and most of the satyrs. Grows primarily in clumps, but may flop in overly rich soils. It might slowly spread by slightly creeping rhizomes. Generally performs best in full sun. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. Plants may self-seed in optimum growing conditions, but cultivars may not come true from seed.

Scientific Name: Panicum virgatum

Common Name: Switch Grass

Function: Structural grass

Seasonal Interest: deciduous, upright form, seedheads

Height (ft): 3-6

Width (ft): 2-3

Exposure: Full - part sun

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries

Panicum virgatum (Switch grass) is generally noted for its stiff, columnar form, which typically grows to 3' tall, and typically retains its vertical shape throughout the growing season. When in flower, the panicles may bring total plant height to 6'. Switch grass is a warm-season grass with deep, fibrous roots, making it an outstanding plant for erosion control and soil stabilization. It features medium green leaves which turn yellow (sometimes with orange tints) in autumn, fading to tan-beige in winter. Foliage clump is topped in mid-summer by finely-textured, pink-tinged, branched flower panicles which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud. Panicles turn beige as the seeds mature in fall with the seed plumes persisting well into winter. It provides cover and nesting material for birds, and seeds are a food source for birds in winter. This is an essential larval host for most banded skippers and most of the satyrs. Grows primarily in clumps, but may flop in overly rich soils. It might slowly spread by slightly creeping rhizomes. Generally performs best in full sun. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. Plants may self-seed in optimum growing conditions, but cultivars may not come true from seed.

Scientific Name: Panicum virgatum

Common Name: Switch Grass

Function: Structural grass

Seasonal Interest: deciduous, upright form, seedheads

Height (ft): 3-6

Width (ft): 2-3

Exposure: Full - part sun

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries

Panicum virgatum (Switch grass) is generally noted for its stiff, columnar form, which typically grows to 3' tall, and typically retains its vertical shape throughout the growing season. When in flower, the panicles may bring total plant height to 6'. Switch grass is a warm-season grass with deep, fibrous roots, making it an outstanding plant for erosion control and soil stabilization. It features medium green leaves which turn yellow (sometimes with orange tints) in autumn, fading to tan-beige in winter. Foliage clump is topped in mid-summer by finely-textured, pink-tinged, branched flower panicles which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud. Panicles turn beige as the seeds mature in fall with the seed plumes persisting well into winter. It provides cover and nesting material for birds, and seeds are a food source for birds in winter. This is an essential larval host for most banded skippers and most of the satyrs. Grows primarily in clumps, but may flop in overly rich soils. It might slowly spread by slightly creeping rhizomes. Generally performs best in full sun. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. Plants may self-seed in optimum growing conditions, but cultivars may not come true from seed.

Scientific Name: Panicum virgatum

Common Name: Switch Grass

Function: Structural grass

Seasonal Interest: deciduous, upright form, seedheads

Height (ft): 3-6

Width (ft): 2-3

Exposure: Full - part sun

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries

Panicum virgatum (Switch grass) is generally noted for its stiff, columnar form, which typically grows to 3' tall, and typically retains its vertical shape throughout the growing season. When in flower, the panicles may bring total plant height to 6'. Switch grass is a warm-season grass with deep, fibrous roots, making it an outstanding plant for erosion control and soil stabilization. It features medium green leaves which turn yellow (sometimes with orange tints) in autumn, fading to tan-beige in winter. Foliage clump is topped in mid-summer by finely-textured, pink-tinged, branched flower panicles which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud. Panicles turn beige as the seeds mature in fall with the seed plumes persisting well into winter. It provides cover and nesting material for birds, and seeds are a food source for birds in winter. This is an essential larval host for most banded skippers and most of the satyrs. Grows primarily in clumps, but may flop in overly rich soils. It might slowly spread by slightly creeping rhizomes. Generally performs best in full sun. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. Plants may self-seed in optimum growing conditions, but cultivars may not come true from seed.

Scientific Name: Panicum virgatum

Common Name: Switch Grass

Function: Structural grass

Seasonal Interest: deciduous, upright form, seedheads

Height (ft): 3-6

Width (ft): 2-3

Exposure: Full - part sun

Provenance: NorthCreek Nurseries