A great plant for winter interest! Prairie Moon Nursery says that Switch Grass is “most attractive late summer to fall, with emerging, purple cloud-like seed heads that sport tiny attractive flowers, to dried golden foliage in fall. Consider not cutting Switch Grass back late fall in your garden; it holds up well in heavy snow providing winter cover for small mammals and land birds. Birds will also feed on the seeds and the dried foliage adds a splash of pale yellow to the winter landscape. In addition to the many birds and mammals that use Switch Grass, the Tawny-edge Skipper and the Delaware Skipper also use it as a host plant. Switch Grass is clump-forming and rhizomatous. It is a dominant grass of what was the vast tallgrass North American prairie. A prolific self seeder, it should be used with caution in very small landscapes. Switch Grass is a warm-season grass; it actively grows during the summer when soil temperatures are warm.” Full-Partial Sun, Medium-Dry Soil, Ht: 4 ft, Bloom Time: July-Sept, Plant Spacing: 2-4’ image credit: prairie moon nursery *** Most of the new native perennials will say "We have run out of stock for this item or it is out of season" for now, so we don't overpromise. If you would like to purchase one of our native varieties that says this, we urge you to click the "Notify Me when Available" button to get a notification emailed to you when we know we have some available for purchase. This is because native plants have different growth habits than the other plants we start under grow lights. In fact, most of them need a long cold period in the soil before germinating in the spring or summer, or even a year after being sown. Therefore, it is a bit more challenging to predict when and how many will be ready for pick up in the spring. Click HERE for more info on our native perennials
