Heavy Metal Switch Grass

Native Switch Grass and taller Switch Grass cultivars can become floppy, but 'Heavy Metal' is shorter and the steely blue-green foliage is very upright. Next to the cultivar, 'Dallas Blues,' 'Heavy Metal' looks petite. It is well-suited to the border or to bioswale use.

Shorter and more upright than native species Steel-blue foliage

Excellent in borders and bioswales

On Midwestern prairies and bottomland sites, Switch Grass develops long rhizomes (underground stems) that grow horizontally to interlace and form a thick, dense sod. On upland sites, Switch Grass grows as a bunchgrass.