| Description | A shorter mounding Switch grass with blue-green leaves that take on a smokey purple color. Color intensifies with cooler weather. |
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| Pronunciation | (PAN-ih-kum)(veer-GAH-tum) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Grass Ornamental |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, tolerates dryness once established |
| Soil & Site | average, dry once established |
| Flowers | smokey purple panicums in billowy sprays above the foliage |
| Leaves | blue green, some leaves take on a wine red color that intensifies in cooler weather |
| Dimensions | 3-4 by 2-3 feet, mounding |
| Maintenance | cut back to the ground in the spring before new growth appears |
| Propagation | division |
| Native Site | Panicums are North American native Prairie grasses. |
| Cultivar Origin | Mark Brand at the University of Connecticut, USA (U. S. Plant Patent PP17, 944 was issued on August 28, 2007) |
| Notes & Reference | #217-Chicago Botanic Garden (www.chicagobotanic.org) |
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