Panicum virgatum ‘Niagara Falls’
Panicum virgatum 'Niagara Falls' is a dramatic switch grass with arching powder blue foliage and creamy seedheads.
Description:
Panicum virgatum 'Niagara Falls' is a visually dramatic ornamental grass. This switch grass offers beautiful architectural arching powder blue foliage and, in early fall, sprays of creamy inflorescenses that form a textural cloud. Part of the Prairie Winds collection, this cultivar is the broadest in the group with less height to four feet tall and wide but with amazing presence. A very sturdy grass with beautiful movement and audible rustling with the breeze. Spectacular in the sunny garden, as a specimen, mass planting, and in containers. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Switch Grass
Family: Aceraceae (The Maple Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Sun
Height: 4-6'
Width: 3-5'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Class: Deciduous
Type: Grass
Bloom Time: Late Summer
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry, Drought Tolerant
Stem Colour: Blue
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Prairies and in openings and savannas throughout the eastern United States. It is one of the co-dominant grass species of the original tallgrass prairie.
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Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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