Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal' ~ Heavy Metal Switch Grass Size:3 GALLON Stoke's Aster

Stoke's Aster

providing late season nectar and pollen for native pollinators and butterflies

Grows best in full sun and dry to medium well-drained soils

which may require staking

then after the first frost turns candy-apple-red mixed with scarlet

Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal' ~ Heavy Metal Switch Grass Size:3 GALLON Stoke's AsterHeavy Metal Switch Grass is a dense fast growing ornamental grass native to the prairies of North America. The stiff upright metallic blue foliage turns yellow in fall and fades to tan in winter. In mid summer stems holding airy clusters of tiny pink flowers raise above the foliage like a cloud which turn brown in fall and persist through winter. Prefers part sun and moist well drained soils. Type: Orn. Grass Origins: Central and East N. America; GA