Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'
£12.95
(Switch Grass) Native to North America, this perennial, deciduous grass creates a stunning architectural display from early summer through until winter when its dried stems and flowers stand pale gold against grey skies.
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Native to North America, this perennial, deciduous grass creates a stunning architectural display from early summer through until winter when its dried stems and flowers stand pale gold against grey skies.
'Heavy Metal' is a particularly upright form and at 1 m in height slightly shorter than most, with narrow green leaves liberally tinged with dark steely grey.
The seedheads appear in late summer as a diffuse cloud of reddish purple spikelets. Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal' is a very attractive grass suitable for mixed borders.
- Position: Full sun or light, dappled shade.
- Soil: Well drained, fertile soil.
- Hardiness: Hardy.
- Flowering Period: August.
- Rate of Growth: Moderate.
- Habit: Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal' grows to be a small to medium sized, clump forming grass.
- Height: 100 cm (3 ft)
- Spread: 60 cm (2 ft)
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Data sheet
- How Much Sun
- Full Sun, Light Shade
- Eventual Size
- Grass - Medium
- Growing Conditions
- Soil: Not Fussy, Soil: Acid, Soil: Alkaline, Site: Windy, Soil: Dry/Sandy
- Special Features
- Foliage - Blue/Silver, Suitable for Containers
(Switch Grass) Native to North America, this perennial, deciduous grass creates a stunning architectural display from early summer through until winter when its dried stems and flowers stand pale gold against grey skies.