species
Panicum virgatum
Switch grass
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Panicum virgatum belongs to the family Poaceae, also known as Switch grass, introduced to the UK. It reaches 1.5 m tall and 80 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam, sand or clay soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in well drained or moist conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It tolerates coastal exposure. It flowers from August to September. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1.5 m tall × 80 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Sand, Clay
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained, Moist
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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