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Cloud Nine Switch Grass (Panicum Virgatum) - 8 Pack Of 1 Gallon Pots

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Cloud Nine Switch Grass (Panicum Virgatum) – 8 Pack Of 1 Gallon Pots

Original price was: $169.97.Current price is: $98.99.

SKU: D2LSC 6648554255 Categories: NATIVE PLANTS, PLANTS & TREES

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‘Cloud Nine’ Switch Grass

Panicum virgatum ‘Cloud Nine’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Ornamental Grass

Height at Maturity: 7-8′

Width at Maturity: 5-8′
Spacing: 5′ for mass plantings, 10’+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Clumping, Grassy, Upright, Vase Shape

Growth Rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink tinged

Flower Size: Small in large cloud-like panicles

Flowering Period: Summer

Flower Type: Airy Spikelets

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Blue-Gray turning to Deep Gold and Orange shades in Fall

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun

Water Needs: Average to Low

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well-Drained to Wet or Dry

Soil pH: 6.0 – 8.0

Maintenance / Care: Very Low

Attracts: Visual Attention, Birds

Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbits, Wet Soil

Description

At up to 8 feet tall and equally as wide, ‘Cloud Nine’ is an impressive giant among the Switch Grasses…and is as equally beautiful as it is large. This North American native grass forms a vase shape clump of stunning blue-gray foliage topped in mid summer by airy, pink tinted cloud-like flower plumes that persist through fall and into winter. The foliage turns handsome shades of deep gold to orange in fall and finally to a tan-beige in winter. Needless to say this one takes up space at the back of the perennial or ornamental grass garden but also stands well on its own as a specimen or centerpiece in the landscape or garden. As with others in the Panicum genus, Cloud Nine tolerates poor soil, dry or moist conditions, full sun and never needs fertilizer. Panicum virgatum ‘Cloud Nine’ is a great native grass substitution for Miscanthus or Pampas Grass.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 7 to 8 feet tall and equally as wide, the Cloud Nine Switch Grass is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or as a hedge or background in landscape borders. Also effective in groupings or mass plantings on sunny slopes and embankments or as a background or centerpiece in perennial borders, bird and wildlife gardens, native plant gardens, prairies, meadows or naturalized areas. Because it tolerates dry conditions and poor soils it is a fine addition to the xeriscape (low water needs)

Suggested Spacing: 5 feet apart for mass plantings; 10 feet or more apart for space between plants

How To Measure for Total Square Feet

How Many Plants to Fill a Planting Area

Growing Preferences

A North American native grass, Cloud Nine are very easy to grow in a wide range of soil, even clay, sandy and dry soils, though they prefer the soil to be moist. They don’t like an organically rich soil so there’s no need to add compost or humus to the native soil when planting. Switch Grass grow, best in full sun but will tolerate some light shade. That said, too much shade and plants might become floppy. Maintenance is minimal. No need to feed. Cut clumps back to just above the ground in late winter before new growth begins to emerge.

Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Switch Grasses.

How To Plant And Care For Switch Grass Plants

How To Measure for Total Square Feet

How Many Plants to Fill a Planting Area

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