Habit: Grass/Grasslike

Duration: Perennial

Range: throughout North America
Height: 4-5 ft.
Hardiness Zone: 4 to 9

Bloom Color: Yellow, Green, Brown

Bloom Period: Aug. - Nov.

Light: Sun

Soil: Dry, Average

Atttracts: Birds

Cultivar Comments: This southeastern native ornamental grass has bluish-grey foliage and produces decorative cloudlike reddish-brown seed heads from midsummer to fall. A single specimen can be used as a softening accent. The cultivar 'Cloud Nine'™ was selected for its steely blue foliage. 'Cloud Nine'™ grows as tall as 6 feet, making a rounded mound of its distinctive blue-green foliage. Many species of bird eat the seeds of switchgrass; it is also of value for the cover it provides.