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'Prairie Dog’ Switchgrass brings vertical form, movement, and year-round interest to any setting. It emerges in spring with strong upright growth, it is a good choice for smaller settings. Clean blue-green foliage gives way to airy rosy summer blooms, which provide food and cover for birds and wildlife. Swaying in a summer breeze, it adds beautiful color and motion to the garden or meadowscape. Deer-resistant ‘Prairie Dog’ grass will naturalize gradually and is attractive when mass planted. (Panicum virgatum PP32736)
To determine if a plant is sufficiently cold hardy, the USDA created numbered zones indicating winter low
temperatures; the lower the zone number the colder the winter.
If the coldest winter temperature expected in your area is -15°F (zone 5) then any plants rated zones 3-5 will
survive the winter temperatures in your area.
If you live in very warm winter areas (zones 9-11) plants with zones 3-4 ratings are not recommended. The lack
of freezing winter temperatures do not provide a time for winter dormancy (rest).
‘Prairie Dog’ Switchgrass is a selection of the easy-to-grow native species Panicum virgatum. Switchgrass has a very wide native range across North America, including all United States except for California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Hawaii. It is happy in a sunny location in sand, clay, or loam soil with moderate to wet moisture, and will be drought tolerant once established. Resilient Switchgrass grows dense, fibrous roots several feet deep. This means they are a great choice for erosion control, they are very long-lived, and they are tolerant to floods and drought. Switchgrass is also salt tolerant and happy along roadsides or coastal areas. Panicum virgatum is the preferred larval host plant of pink streak moths, and it is a larval host for the Delaware Skipper and the Hobomok Skipper.
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Associated SKUs
AM020967 AM020936 (Tray of 16) AM020935 (Plant - 3" Pot)
Common Name
Prairie Dog Switchgrass
Botanical Name
Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Dog' PP#32736
Patent Number
PP#32736
Zones
5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Light Requirements
Full Sun
Flower Color
Pink
Mature Height
4-5 ft tall
Mature Spread
24-36" wide
Bloom Time
Mid summer to early fall
Planting Depth
The base of the stem(s) should be just at the soil surface after watering in - Learn More
Ships As
Potted Plant
Foliage
Silvery blue-green, crisp blades
Soil Type
Average Soil, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil, Clay Soil
Soil Moisture
Moist / Wet
Advantages
Attract Birds, Deer Resistant, Native, Great For Mass Plantings, Winter Interest, Low Maintenance
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