Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'
Heavy Metal Switch Grass
- Ornamental grass
- Robust grower
- Awesome metallic blue foliage
- Colorful flower heads
- Foliage offers great golden winter color
- Use in the shrub or perennial border
- Category: Ornamental Grass
- Hardiness Zone: 5-9
- Height: 4-5 ft
- Spread: 24-36 in
- Bloom Color: Pink
A stiff metallic blue variety that changes to yellow, orange and red in the fall. Plant stays upright throughout the winter.
Attracts Wildlife
| • | Attracts Songbirds |
Critter Resistance
| • | Deer Resistant |
Exposure
| • | Full Sun |
Attributes
| • | Border or Bed |
| • | Cut Flower/Foliage |
| • | Dried Flower/Foliage |
| • | Drought Tolerant |
| • | Fall Color |
| • | Fast Growing |
| • | Great Foliage |
| • | Mass Planting |
| • | Naturalizing |
| • | Ornamental Grass |
| • | Rock Garden |
Habit
| • | Upright |
Growing & Maintenance Tips for Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'
Panicum is very easy to grow and is a good grass for beginners. It will grow in any soil, from sand to clay, is drought tolerant once established, and even withstands periodic flooding. Grow this grass in full sun. It will tolerate light shade, but will flop over if the shade is too heavy. Panicum is wind and salt tolerant, making it a good choice for seaside gardens or along roads that are salted in winter.