Grow guide
How to grow Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
- Type
- Ornamental grass
- Zones
- USDA zones 3–9
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 300–400 days
- Spacing
- 18″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Very hardy
- Sowing
- Direct sow
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water As needed
- Prune Annual
- Mulch As needed
Notes
Native prairie perennial to 3-6 ft; airy panicles in mid-summer; cold-stratify seed 30 days before spring sowing or direct sow in fall.
More ornamental grass varieties
Grows well nearby
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