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Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal' WW39 Switchgrass N2-

Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal' WW39 Switchgrass N2- (Kurt Bluemel) Blue Switchgrass, Mature plant size: 5x3ft., gray-blue foliage beneath airy pink-tinged blooms, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month -, In Garden Bed N2 for 350 DAYS (KBK). Planted in 2021.

 

Digging Dog Nursery: One of the most upright of the blue-leafed varieties, this Kurt Bluemel selection struts glaucous gray-blue foliage beneath airy pink-tinged blooms. Autumn brings warm pecan-brown hues to ‘Heavy Metal’s vertical stance, which looks especially dynamic when planted in swaths.

 

Blooms September–October

Size: 4' 0" – 5' 0" high x 3' 0" wide.

Hardy to zone 5.

 

Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2022:

 

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Uploaded on October 1, 2022
Taken on October 1, 2022