Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal' - pot 9x9 cm
Vingergras
€2.20 per unit (incl. vat)
Product information "Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal' - pot 9x9 cm"
HEIGHT:
0.6 to 1.2 m
STANDING PLACE:
Full sun or semi shade
NUMBER PER M²:
7 to 9 plants
Heavy metal may sound rugged but this ornamental grass is anything but. It has narrow leaves with a blue-gray color. It blooms in late summer with fine purple-brown flower spikes that turn yellow fairly quickly. The leaves also take on a yellow sheen in the fall. At the beginning of spring you can prunethis ornamental grass back to 15cm from the ground.
Product specifications
| Application / use plant: | Border planting |
|---|---|
| Average number per m²: | 7 |
| Bloom Month: | July, August, September, October |
| Bloom color: | Pink |
| Branches / bark: | Unknown - n/a |
| Flower color - details: | Soft pink |
| Frost hardiness - details: | Good (-23 to -18°c), usda zone 6 |
| Frost resistance: | Very good winter hardy |
| Fruit: | Unknown - n/a |
| Full grown plant height: | 150 cm |
| German plant name: | Garten-Ruten-Hirse, Zierhirse |
| Growth habit : | Airy branched |
| Growth habit - details: | Tight upright |
| Humidity/Soil: | Moist soil |
| Latin plant family: | Poaceae |
| Leaf / Foliage: | Blue, Green, Autumn color |
| Leaf / foliage - details: | Deciduous, greygreen, in autumn red |
| Location: | Halfshadow, Full sun |
| Location - details: | Sun till half-shade |
| Minimum growing height (in cm): | 150 |
| Plant characteristic: | Autumn colouring, Rabbit-proof |
| Plant family: | Grass family |
| Planting distance: | 5-8 pieces per m² (35-45 cm apart) |
| Pruning period: | March |
| Winter foliage: | Losing leaf |
| maximal growth height (in cm): | 150 |
| type of crop: | Ornamental grass |
| type of soil: | Clay soil (calcareous), Normal soil, Sand soil |
| type of soil / ground - details: | Any good garden soil |
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