Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)
grows 3-6 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers medium to wet soils
blooms pink-red from July-November
natural habitat: dry or moist prairies, bluffs, stream banks, and open woods
not a host plant
resistant to black walnut toxicity (juglone)
deer resistant
companion plants: Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster), Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower), Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’ (Rough Goldenrod), Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (Aromatic Aster), Rudbeckia fulgida (Black-Eyed Susan), Schiazachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)
grows 3-6 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers medium to wet soils
blooms pink-red from July-November
natural habitat: dry or moist prairies, bluffs, stream banks, and open woods
not a host plant
resistant to black walnut toxicity (juglone)
deer resistant
companion plants: Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster), Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower), Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’ (Rough Goldenrod), Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (Aromatic Aster), Rudbeckia fulgida (Black-Eyed Susan), Schiazachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)
grows 3-6 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers medium to wet soils
blooms pink-red from July-November
natural habitat: dry or moist prairies, bluffs, stream banks, and open woods
not a host plant
resistant to black walnut toxicity (juglone)
deer resistant
companion plants: Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster), Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower), Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’ (Rough Goldenrod), Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (Aromatic Aster), Rudbeckia fulgida (Black-Eyed Susan), Schiazachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)