Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Grass
Cactus or Succulent
Origin
-
Southwestern United States, Mexico
Types
Switchgrass
Dasylirion acrotrichum, Dasylirion berlandieri, Dasylirion cedrosanum
Number of Varieties
4506
0
40000
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Habitat
Wet lands
Desert, Dry areas, Rocky areas
USDA Hardiness Zone
-999912-15
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
12-10
Sunset Zone
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
-
Rosette/Stemless
Plant Size
Minimum Height
60.00 cm17.78 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
40.00 cm10.16 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Indigo
Yellow
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
Brown
Tan
Leaf Color in Spring
-
Green, Blue Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green, Blue Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
Green, Blue Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Green, Blue Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Grass like
Narrow
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
-
Slow
Type of Soil
Moist
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Average
Well drained
Bloom Time
-
Spring
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Leaf Cutting, Seedlings, Stem Cutting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires watering in the growing season
Does not require lot of watering, Water occasionally
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Moist
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Fertilzer with low nitrogen content
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
-
Bold
Foliage Sheen
-
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Deers
Bees, Butterflies
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
small hedge
Ground Cover
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Diuretic, Prevention of convulsion
-
Part of Plant Used
Leaves
-
Other Uses
Used as Biofuel
useful as a ground cover
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
-
Container, Dried Flower, Everlasting, Feature Plant, Rock Garden, Wall, Wildflower
Botanical Name
PANICUM
DASYLIRION berlandieri
Common Name
Panicum
Blue Giant, Blue Twister, Desert Spoon, Zaragosa
In Hindi
panikom
Blue Giant Grass
In German
panikom
Blue Giant Grass
In French
panikom
Blue Giant Herbe
In Spanish
panikom
Blue Grass gigante
In Greek
Panicum
Μπλε Giant Grass
In Portuguese
Panicum
Blue Grass gigante
In Polish
Panicum
Błękitny Gigant Trawa
In Latin
Panicum
Giant herba blue
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
-
Order
Poales
Asparagales
Family
Poaceae
Agavaceae
Genus
Panicum
Dasylirion
Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Angiosperms, Monocots
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
Panicoideae
Nolinoideae
Number of Species
45022
1
27800
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