Northwind Switch Grass

Panicum virgatum

PAN-ih-kum ver-GAY-tum

Perennials: Ornamental grass

Switch Grass

A tall ornamental grass which features one of the best vertical forms of any Panicum. The leaves are olive-green to bluish-green. The plant forms a compact, narrow, thick leafed, erect clump. Topped in late summer by finely textured yellow plumes. Foliage turn yellow-beige in fall. Tolerates dry and wet soil, drought and air pollution.