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Garden Gate
|Issue 179 - October 2024
Adaptable switchgrass goes with the flow.
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Switchgrass Panicum virgatum and hybrids
Perennial
Blooms Panicle inflorescence with a yellow, purple or pink tinge followed by lacy seedheads in late summer to fall Light Full sun Soil Well-drained to dry Pests None serious Size 36 to 96 in. tall, 18 to 36 in. wide Cold hardy USDA zones 4 to 10

Maiden grass Miscanthus sinensis Walnut Juglans spp.
This story is from the Issue 179 - October 2024 edition of Garden Gate.
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