zone: 5 - 9
height: 3 - 6 ft
bloom time: jul - feb
sun: full sun - part shade
water: medium - wet
habitat value: food and shelter for songbirds, gamebirds, and small mammals, larval host for Delaware skipper butterfly
Switchgrass is one of the few native grasses that thrives across a wide moisture range—from upland prairie to rain garden edges—making it ideal for stormwater management and erosion control. In mid to late summer, it sends up airy clouds of delicate, pink-tinged flower panicles that shimmer above its upright, vase-shaped clumps of blue-green to golden foliage. By fall, the plant turns rich shades of gold, bronze, and russet, standing tall through winter snow and wind—providing stunning four-season interest. This is an incredibly vigorous and outstanding native warm season grass.
Switchgrass is one of the few native grasses that thrives across a wide moisture range—from upland prairie to rain garden edges—making it ideal for stormwater management and erosion control. In mid to late summer, it sends up airy clouds of delicate, pink-tinged flower panicles that shimmer above its upright, vase-shaped clumps of blue-green to golden foliage. By fall, the plant turns rich shades of gold, bronze, and russet, standing tall through winter snow and wind—providing stunning four-season interest. This is an incredibly vigorous and outstanding native warm season grass.
zone: 5 - 9
height: 3 - 6 ft
bloom time: jul - feb
sun: full sun - part shade
water: medium - wet
habitat value: food and shelter for songbirds, gamebirds, and small mammals, larval host for Delaware skipper butterfly