PANICUM virgatum 'Warrior', switchgrass, graminée Le Jardin d'eau
Description Switchgrass is a perennial, warm-season ornamental grass that is native to North Carolina. This plant is one of the more dominant species of the tallgrass prairie, but it is found all over North America growing along moist roadsides, streambanks, and woodlands.Switch Grass is one of the easiest and most attractive ornamental grasses, with no tendency to spread or become troublesome. This selection forms a tall, upright mound of green leaves, bearing airy heads of tiny gr. Plant Type: Perennial Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9 Warrior Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum 'Warrior'): Switch grass was an important part of the tall grass prairie providing an important food source and winter shelter for a range of insects, small mammals and birds, even bison. Panicum virgatum 'Warrior' is a deciduous perennial grass (or at least grassy in appearance) with pink and green foliage and cream flowers in summer and fall. It can grow 2 FT - 3 FT - wide, 5 FT - 6 FT - tall. It contributes grassy texture to the garden. To grow well, it prefers sun - mostly sun and regular water. Grows best in well-drained and average soil.
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A stately sight in the landscape, Panicum virgatum (Switch Grass) is a clump-forming perennial grass forming an erect-stemmed and narrow clump of bright green leaves throughout the growing season. Panicum virgatum, commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55°N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico. Switchgrass is one of the dominant species of the central North American tallgrass prairie and can be found in remnant prairies, in native grass pastures, and naturalized along. Switch Grass Our Panicums are warm season prairie grasses native to North America. Resistant to heat, drought and extreme cold, Switch Grass hosts a cloud of inflorescences—a mystifying hologram of tiny red seeds that mature to black in late summer. If grown in drifts and not cut back until early spring, Panicums promise a lively winter show. Panicum virgatum 'Warrior' Forms a dense upright clump of green leaves with slight hints of red Grass is topped with red airy cloud-like panicles Leaves turn a dark red in late summer, starting at the tips The foliage and flower turn beige-brown for the winter Bloom Time: Late summer Flower Height: 150 cm Foliage Height: 120 cm
Panicum virgatum Warrior Panic Graminée vert bleuté virant au rouge brun
'Warrior' is a narrowly upright, deciduous perennial grass with flat, linear, mid-green leaves turning yellow in autumn, and panicles of tiny, dark purple flowers spikelets in autumn. Season of interest Height and spread Metric | Imperial Where to grow Soil type Clay Loamy Sandy Soil drainage Well-drained Soil pH Acid Alkaline Neutral Sunlight Panicum virgatum Warrior, commonly known as Switch Grass, is a popular ornamental grass variety that produces attractive foliage and flowers. Tolerant of most conditions this grass will flourish in most areas and create a lovely display during summer and autumn, when the flowers will change from green to orange and then to red. Panicum virgatum 'Warrior' is a clump forming perennial grass with upright vivid green leaves in late spring turning mid green later on in summer. Once established elegant, bronze-purple flower panicles appear above the leaves in late summer/early autumn. Good autumn colours. Panicum - Poaceae. We use cookies and other technologies.. Panicum virgatum 'Warrior' Habit. Open upright to arched . Size. 100/140 cm height . Leaves. Red-brown leaf tips, yellow autumn colour . Flowers. Red, in panicles appearing from July to September. Flowering time. VII-IX . Density.
