Panicum virgatum 'HEAVY METAL'

Panicum virgatum 'HEAVY METAL'
switch grass
switch grass
SIZE/TYPE | mid-sized perennial |
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USUAL HEIGHT | 1-1.5m |
USUAL WIDTH | 0.8-1m |
LEAVES | deciduous broadleaf |
COLOUR OF LEAVES |
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FLOWERS | showy |
COLOUR OF FLOWERS |
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BLOOMING TIME | August - October |
LOCATION | full sun |
USDA zone (lowest) | 5 (down to -29°C) |
WINTER PROTECTION | |
FOR ZONE 5+6 |
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FOR ZONE 7 |
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BELONGS TO CATEGORIES | Bamboos and grasses |
Crab grass is a genus of about 470 species of annual and perennial grasses. They can be found in most tropical parts of the world and temperate zones of USA and Canada. In our Central European continental climate mostly switch grass is cultivated. It comes from S. Canada, USA, and Mexico. It is an ornamental grass of variable habit, mostly upright or even congested, sometimes more open and rarely with wide leaves. It flowers profusely in late summer.
Heavy Metal is an upright variety of switch grass with pale green leaves with steel blue hues. In late summer appear fine, tan inflorescences which never overgrow the foliage level completely, and dance in the wind with the leaf tips. Young plants are columnar and the older and thicker the clump gets the more open it is at the top, looking like a perfect bouquet in a vase.
Switch grass is quite soil adaptable - it can take dry or moist ground, but hates water-logging. It is best grown in sunny and warm areas, no fertilizing is necessary. It is recommended to tie up the leaves before winter or to provide dry mulch. Cut back in early spring after all frosts. Fully hardy to about -29°C (USDA zone 5).
Last update: 19-02-2019
Heavy Metal is an upright variety of switch grass with pale green leaves with steel blue hues. In late summer appear fine, tan inflorescences which never overgrow the foliage level completely, and dance in the wind with the leaf tips. Young plants are columnar and the older and thicker the clump gets the more open it is at the top, looking like a perfect bouquet in a vase.
Switch grass is quite soil adaptable - it can take dry or moist ground, but hates water-logging. It is best grown in sunny and warm areas, no fertilizing is necessary. It is recommended to tie up the leaves before winter or to provide dry mulch. Cut back in early spring after all frosts. Fully hardy to about -29°C (USDA zone 5).
Last update: 19-02-2019
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