Switch Grass

3

• Pink

• Photo Courtesy of Fernridge Landscaping

120 cm-200 cm

75 cm-100 cm

• Full Sun
• Partial Sun/Shade

• Average to Dry Soils
• Moist to Average
• Well-drained

• Attracts Birds

• Fast

• Green

• Deer Resistant

• Cut Flower/Foliage
• Deciduous
• Dried Flower/Foliage
• Fall Color
• Heat Tolerant
• Juglan Tolerant
• Long Blooming
• Low Maintenance
• Native to Ontario
• Salt Tolerant

• Lt. Sum-Fall
• Summer

• Clumping
• Upright

• Naturalizing
• Roadside planting
• Screening (privacy)

• Grows best in a moist soil, in full sun, is tolerant of a dry soil in partial shade and can be used for slope stabilization. It should be pruned back to 10 cm above ground level in early spring.

• Native to OntarioWarm Season Grasses: These grasses are much slower starting in the spring. They do not push new growth until temperatures warm in early to midsummer. They flower later in the summer or fall with most blooms remaining into the winter. Most warm season grasses tolerate heat, humidity and drought; some even thrive in these conditions. Conversely, extra care should be taken when planting in early spring or late fall.Larval host for skipper butterflies such as the Delaware Skipper. The foliage provides excellent nesting cover for game birds, and the seeds are enjoyed by song birds, game birds, and mammals. Deer avoid the foliage, but will eat the rhizomes if they can.