Prairie Sky Switchgrass

Prairie Sky is widely considered the bluest of the switchgrasses — powdery, steel-blue blades that hold their cool color all season under an airy cloud of pinkish-silver seed heads in late summer. It's a fine-textured, upright native selection that brings height, color, and movement to large borders, meadows, and water-wise plantings, then turns golden in fall and stands tan through winter. Tough as the prairie it came from, it shrugs off drought, sandy soil, salt, and New England cold, and deer leave it alone — a low-maintenance four-season grass for sun-baked sites.

Key Features

• Powdery steel-blue foliage — among the bluest of any switchgrass — holding color all season
• Airy, pinkish-silver seed clouds in late summer rising above the blades
• Golden-yellow fall color fading to warm tan for winter structure
• North American native selection; seeds feed birds and clumps shelter wildlife
• Drought-, salt-, and sandy-soil tolerant; reliably deer-resistant
• Water-wise and low-maintenance; rarely needs dividing