Panicum virgatum Cloud Nine Pellaea Garden Value:

Garden Value:

orientalis

we leave the seed stalks as a delicacy for goldfinches

Amorphophallus titanum is the Holy Grail of the plant kingdom

occur only in early fall

Panicum virgatum Cloud Nine Pellaea Garden Value:Panicum 'Cloud 9' is a superb selection of native switchgrass from Maryland's defunct Bluemount Nursery truly a panicum on steroids! I first saw Panicum 'Cloud Nine' at Longwood Gardens, where visitors were gawking, snapping pictures, and making notes. The strongly growing, 8' tall, vertical clumps of metallic blue foliage are topped by giant, reddish brown, cloud like plumes in late summer through fall. As the flowers fade, their sheer size causes