Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Fire' Deer Resistant The green and purple shades

The green and purple shades pair well with warm oranges and yellows or cooler blues and greens

vigorous and easier to grow

Hardy in zones 4 through 8

It blooms earlier than your typical paniculata phlox

Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Fire' Deer Resistant The green and purple shadesNative switchgrass is easy to grow and great for beginners. Forming 4 5 tall clumps, Prairie Fire has strong vertical upright stems that develop blue green and pull in streaks of burgundy and red early in the summer. Most switchgrass takes most of the season to develop red streaks, but not Prairie Fire. Youll start to see the characteristic reds streak through the leaves as the grass is still reaching maturity early in the summer. In late summer the