Description
Panicum virgatum Prairie Winds 'Cheyenne Sky'
Height: 3ft
Spread: 18in
Zone: 4-9
Exposure: Full sun
Bloom Time/Color: July-August; wine red
Uses: Massing, specimen, borders, screen, rock garden, containers, naturalizing
Maintenance: Low
Other: Fall color
'Cheyenne Sky' switchgrass is a hardy red grass that is ideal in containers. 'Cheyenne Sky' is the perennial substitute of the popular Purple Fountain Grass that is an annual in Iowa (zone 9). This grass forms a tight, vase-shaped clump of blue-green foliage that begins turning wine red in early summer. By late summer, nearly the entire clump is drenched in color and is topped by matching wine-red flower panicles held just above the foliage. It makes a dynamite specimen plant and is even more eye-catching when planted en masse.
The PRAIRIE WINDS® trademark is owned by Walters Gardens, Inc.
Panicum virgatum is an Iowa native.
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