Light
Sun supports upright growth; shade can make stems flop.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Ornamental grasses · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) has a clumping / columnar / dense / erect growth form. Flower colours recorded: gold/yellow, pink, purple/lavender, red/burgundy.
A space where it can thrive
Growth habit: clumping, columnar, dense, erect. Outdoor hardiness is listed below; choose a sheltered growing site appropriate to your plant and pot.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions. Botanical photo reference: Forest and Kim Starr · Source · CC BY 4.0.
Your care routine
Watering
Moist soil is suitable; established plants can tolerate some drying.
Soil & drainage
Suitable textures: Clay, Sand.
Outdoor hardiness
Outdoor winter hardiness reported: USDA zones 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. This is not an indoor temperature setting.
Through the seasons
Leave seed heads for winter interest, then cut back in late winter or early spring.
Pets & little ones
This record does not provide a toxicity assessment. That does not establish safety for people or pets; do not ingest plant material.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
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Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.