The Plants
Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'
switch grass
£7.99
metallic blue-grey leaves, turning yellow in autumn. Broad, diffuse, weeping panicles to 50cm long of tiny purple-green spikelets in early autumn.
Type
- Grasses
Foliage: Deciduous
Hardiness: Hardy
Vigour: Medium growing
Uses
- Beds and borders
- Flower arranging
- Cottage style garden
- Contemporary style garden
- Specimen
Special features
- Attractive to wildlife
- Low maintenance
- Winter interest
- Autumn interest
- Architectural
Care instructions
Grow in moist but well-drained soil in full sun.
Cut down to the ground in late winter, before the new foliage appears
Dimensions
Size: Medium
Pot size: 2 litre
Eventual height: 100cm
Eventual spread: 45cm
Positions
- Sun
Aspects
- South
- East
- West
Soil types
- Sandy
- Normal
Soil pH ranges
- Acid
- Neutral
- Alkaline