· Height: 3-4 feet
· Spread: 3-4 feet
· Bloom Time: August to October
· Bloom: reddish-pink airy seedheads
· Light: full sun to part shade
· Soil: will tolerate dry, sandy or clay soils, but refers moist soil
· Moisture: average to moist, consistent
· Use: specimen or massed in groups, perennial borders, meadows, rain gardens, naturalized areas; erosion control; provides winter interest
· Care: low maintenance; cut down to 6 inches in late fall
· Concerns: no serious insect or disease prblems
· Native to: Wisconsin and North America; but is a cultivated, not wild, variety of the native switch grass
· Notes: foliage emerges bluish-green but rapidly turns burgundy-red; tolerates black walnuts; clumper, not a spreader
· Supplier: The Flower Factory
· Teaching Garden Location & Code: Naturalistic Garden H029
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