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'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass

Panicum virgatum

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Proven Winners - Prairie Winds® 'Cheyenne Sky' - Red Switch Grass - Panicum virgatum tan plant details, information and resources.

Sun FullWater Medium
'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — Proven Winners - Prairie Winds® 'Cheyenne Sky' - Red Switch Grass - Panicum virgatum tan plant details
'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — information and resources'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — Forms a dense, upright clump of blue-green leaves that turn wine red in early summer'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — This petite red grass is ideal for containers., One of the easiest ornamental grasses to grow in full sun'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — Purple flower panicles appear just above the foliage in late summer'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — Does well in any soil from sand to clay'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — Cut back in spring before new growth appears+5

Culture

Sun
Full
Water
Medium

Shape & size

Mature height
3–3 Ft.
Mature width
1.5–1.5 Ft.

Classification

Family
Poaceae

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'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — Proven Winners - Prairie Winds® 'Cheyenne Sky' - Red Switch Grass - Panicum virgatum tan plant details
'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — information and resources
'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — Forms a dense, upright clump of blue-green leaves that turn wine red in early summer
'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — This petite red grass is ideal for containers., One of the easiest ornamental grasses to grow in full sun
'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — Purple flower panicles appear just above the foliage in late summer
'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — Does well in any soil from sand to clay
'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — Cut back in spring before new growth appears
'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — tan flowers in the garden
'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — Proven Winners - Prairie Winds® 'Cheyenne Sky' - Red Switch Grass - Panicum virgatum tan plant, image 9
'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — information and resources; forms a dense, upright clump of blue-green leaves that turn wine red in early
'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — Forms a dense, upright clump of blue-green leaves that turn wine red in early summer; information and
'Cheyenne Sky' Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) — Purple flower panicles appear just above the foliage in late summer; proven Winners - Prairie Winds®

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