During spring, the foliage of Prairie Flame emerges blue green, and by early summer the leaves turn wine red, held above blue-green stems. Panicum virgatum is a popular clump-forming, warm-season, American Indian ornamental grass that tolerates a wide range of growing conditions and performs well across USDA Hardiness Zones 4-9. Being a warm-season grass, they do not begin to flush in the spring until the temperatures are conducive for plant growth; usually they begin growing in late March or April. Prairie Flame forms large upright clumps reaching 4-5 ft. tall and 18-24 inches wide. Red switch grass is very versatile and is commonly used as accent plants, background plantings, mass plantings or in mixed containers.
Grass ‘Prairie Flame’ Panicum virgatum
Description
During spring, the foliage of Prairie Flame emerges blue green, and by early summer the leaves turn wine red, held above blue-green stems. Panicum virgatum is a popular clump-forming, warm-season, American Indian ornamental grass that tolerates a wide range of growing conditions and performs well across USDA Hardiness Zones 4-9. Being a warm-season grass, they do not begin to flush in the spring until the temperatures are conducive for plant growth; usually they begin growing in late March or April. Prairie Flame forms large upright clumps reaching 4-5 ft. tall and 18-24 inches wide. Red switch grass is very versatile and is commonly used as accent plants, background plantings, mass plantings or in mixed containers.