How to grow switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
When to plant switchgrass
Switchgrass is a warm-season perennial grass established from seed or by division. NC State directs you to prune it back severely in late winter to early spring, so set out new plants or divisions as that spring growth resumes.
Switchgrass is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Spacing
- 36 to 72 in apart
- Sun
- Full sun
Sources
- North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (NC State Extension): Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)
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