Panicum virg. 'Niagara Falls' - P9

Description
With its blue-grey leaf colouring, Garten-Ruten-Hirse 'Niagara Falls' (Panicum virgatum) is a decorative design element in the garden, which also adorns pots on balconies or terraces thanks to its funnel-shaped, clump-forming growth. The creamy white flower panicles adorn this grass from summer onwards. It feels most at home in a sunny location with a well-drained, humus-rich, loose soil. In favourable conditions, this hardy grass reaches a height of approx. 1.2 m and grows up to 1.2 m wide.

Bulletpoints
* beautiful foliage * very beautiful in containers * attractive flower spikes * drought-resistant, tolerates soil salts, deer-resistant

Leaves
High foliage ornamental value. The wintergreen leaves of Garten-Ruten-Hirse 'Niagara Falls' are blue-grey, linear.

Frost hardiness
The Garten-Ruten-Hirse 'Niagara Falls' has good frost hardiness.

Growth
Cluster-forming, funnel-shaped.

Water
Water regularly and allow the soil to dry out in the meantime.

Location
Preferred location in a sunny position.

Soil
Standard container plant soil. Normal soil.

Planting time
Container plants can be planted all year round, except when the ground is frozen and in summer heat (over 30°C).

Planting partner
The Garten-Ruten-Hirse 'Niagara Falls' sets beautiful accents together with: Smooth aster, rudbeckia.

Care
This plant should not be cut back in autumn, as it looks pretty in winter, or the dead plant parts serve as winter protection. Only prune in spring before new shoots appear.

Flower
The creamy white flowers of Garten-Ruten-Hirse 'Niagara Falls' appear in panicles from July to September.

Use
Tub, solitary, steppe garden, perennial border, balcony/patio, small/front garden