fitting well into the border and also useful in containers

Three to five blooms per stem

Sun Exposure: Full Sun

Edible fiddleheads but caution

Great performance and durability

Switch Grass ‘Heavy Metal’ (Panicum virgatum) Pot Size:15 cm fitting well into the borderSwitch Grass was an important component of the Tall grass Prairie that once covered much of the Great Plains. This outstanding selection forms a stiffly upright clump of powdery blue leaves, bearing airy heads of tiny green flowers in late summer. Leaf tips turn burgundy in the fall. Usually attractive in the garden all winter long. Flowers are good for cutting, fresh or dried. Trim back to the ground in early spring. Clumps are easily divided in