Red Switch Grass

Panicum virgatum 'Rotstrahlbusch'

Matchcode: PAVROTST

Height: 90 - 125cm (36 - 48 IN.)

Spread: 60 - 90cm (24 - 36 IN.)

Upright, warm-season grass with smaller, more narrow blades than other switch grass. Red tinge turns burgundy-red in fall. Finely textured, pink-tinged stems in spring flaunt branched panicles. Seeds mature to straw-yellow then beige over winter. Tolerates a wide range of soils.

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