Tall upright switch grass with powder-blue blades and airy golden seed heads

Switch Grass 'Totem Pole'

3 Gallon
$67.99
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Tall upright switch grass with powder-blue blades and airy golden seed heads
  • Tall upright switch grass with powder-blue blades and airy golden seed heads
  • Tall upright switch grass with powder-blue blades and airy golden seed heads
Switch Grass 'Totem Pole'
Grass · Zones 4–9
Panicum virgatum

Switch Grass 'Totem Pole'

$67.99
Size3 Gallon
The short version

A grass for full sun or part sun.

Native variety. Bees can get in.

Zones 4–9Full sun · Part sunLow waterNot pet-safe
Stock
In stockTracking the day it leaves
Promise
Arrives aliveOr we replace it. How
From Natorp's, Mason, Ohio Meet them
Spacing and size

2–3 ft apart; a row makes a neat summer screen.

Full growing guide
The story

Blue, upright and unbending.

Powder-blue blades in a tight, columnar clump that stands straight even after heavy rain. Golden seed heads appear in late summer, and the whole plant goes buttery yellow in fall.

Light

Full sun keeps it stiff and blue.

Water

Water weekly the first season. Then drought tolerant.

Planting

Plant in spring or early fall, crown at soil level.

A native grass with strong vertical lines and real blue color.

The facts
Size4–6 ft tall, 2–3 ft wideShowSeed heads late summer into fallLightFull sun, Part sunZones4–9WaterLow, let it dryGood forNative variety, Deer-resistant, DroughtPetsNot pet-safe; keep out of reach
Who it feeds
  • Caterpillars About 24 kinds of native butterflies and moths raise their caterpillars on Panicum, going by the median county in a nationwide study. Caterpillars are what songbirds feed their chicks. Source
Full growing guide: feeding, pruning, the year, troubleshooting →
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