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Beginner
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0.75m
max. spread |
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1m
max. height |
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2-5 years
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1 hour care
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Botanical name: Panicum virgatum 'Squaw'
Other names: Switch grass 'Squaw'
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Genus: Panicum
Variety or cultivar: 'Squaw' _ 'Squaw' is a narrowly upright, clump-forming, deciduous perennial grass with flat, linear, red-flushed, mid-green leaves turning reddish-purple in autumn and weeping panicles of tiny, pink-flushed flowers in late summer and early autumn.
Panicum virgatum 'Squaw' is: Deciduous
Flower: Flushed pink, Green in Summer; Green, Flushed pink in Autumn
Foliage: Mid-green in Spring; Mid-green in Summer; Reddish-purple in Autumn
Habit: Clump-forming, Upright
Panicum virgatum 'Squaw' (Switch grass 'Squaw') will reach a height of 1m and a spread of 0.75m after 2-5 years.
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Suggested uses: Architectural, Beds and borders, Low Maintenance, Prairie planting, City, Cottage/Informal
Cultivation: Grow in full sun in moderately fertile, well-drained or moist but well-drained soil.
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Chalky, Clay, Loamy, Sandy (will tolerate most soil types) |
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Moist but well-drained, Well-drained |
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Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
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| Light: |
Full Sun |
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North, South, East, West |
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| Exposure: |
Exposed, Sheltered |
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| Hardiness: |
Hardy (H4) |
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