USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b  Find Your Zone

Plant Type:  Ornamental Grass

Flower Color:  Cream

Flower Size:  Small

Flowering Period:  Mid-Summer through Winter

Flower Type:  Seedheads for airy cloud

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color:  Blue-Grey

Fragrant Foliage:  No 

Berries:  No

Berry Color:  na

Attracts:  Visual Attention, Birds

Resistances:  Cold Temperatures (-30F), Deer - more info, Disease, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbits

An exceptionally pretty Switch Grass with a graceful look, 'Niagara Falls' was named for its arching foliage that weeps to the ground more like a maiden or pampas grass. A robust and wider grower than other switch grasses, Niagara Falls forms an impressive, dense clump of blue-grey foliage to a height of around 4 feet tall and equally as wide that is topped with cream color, cloud-like plumes from late summer persisting through fall and well into winter. The flowers are excellent for use in fresh or dried flower arrangements, and quail and songbirds gobble up the tiny seeds while using the sturdy foliage clumps as a cold weather shelter. One of our favorites of the more recent Switch Grass introductions, and and native that is very easy to grow!

North American native Switch Grasses are very easy to grow in a wide range of soil, even clay, sandy and dry soils, though they prefer the soil to be moist. They don't like an organically rich soil so there's no need to add compost or humus to the native soil when planting. Switch Grass grow best in full sun but will tolerate some light shade. That said, too much shade and plants might become floppy. Maintenance is minimal. Cut clumps back to the ground in late winter before new growth begins to emerge.

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