Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Sky' ~ Prairie Sky Switch Grass Size:1 GALLON IMAGE: peganum from Small Dole

IMAGE: peganum from Small Dole

The distinctively flat flower stems hold pale lavender-blue flowers with yellow eyes in late spring and early summer

Unnoticeable tiny white flowers bloom in spring that gives way to small amounts of fruit

and rhizomes are edible

Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Sky' ~ Prairie Sky Switch Grass Size:1 GALLON IMAGE: peganum from Small DolePrairie Sky Switch Grass is a tall fast growing ornamental grass native to the prairies of North America. The stiff upright powdery blue foliage turns yellow in fall and brown in winter. In mid summer stems holding airy clusters of tiny deep red flowers raise above the foliage like a cloud which turn brown in fall and persist through winter. Prefers part sun and moist well drained soils. Type: Orn. Grass Origins: Central and East N. America; GA Native