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Perfect for cutting down maintenance in your garden and providing graceful height and interest. Panicum virgatum Warrior Grasses (Switchgrass) look wonderful at the back of a border, in a Mediterranean or prairie style garden, or as a feature in a large courtyard garden, and are incredibly striking in swathes along a sunny border adding gentle elegance to your planting schemes. They are also ideal for planting near ponds or streams. Alternatively, plant with other ornamental grasses, with Rudbeckia and Verbena for a natural look, or at the back of a border with Campanula, Nepeta and Lychnis planted in front and amongst them. The beauty of these grass giants is that they will maintain their upright nature even in strong winds or heavy rain.

For best results with Panicum virgatum Warrior grasses (Switchgrass), plant them in full sun, in fertile, moist, but well drained soil, though they will tolerate drier soils once established. Cut back old growth close to ground level in late Winter or early Spring (use the cuttings on your border as a natural mulch!).

How to grow Panicum virgatum Warrior

Position: Full sun

Foliage: Deciduous, perennial

Soil and site: Best in moist, fertile, well-drained soil

Flowering time: Late Summer to Autumn

Growth rate: Moderate/fast

Ultimate height and spread: Height to 230cm, spread to approximately 100cm

Hardiness: Hardy

Aftercare: Cut back old dead growth close to ground level in late Winter or early Spring.

Orders are being despatched within 3-5 working days, delivery is 1-2 days after we despatch.

Delivery is free for most orders above our free delivery thresholds, these are displayed above our prices in the product listings and summarized below. If you don’t need that many plants it’s not a problem, you can choose to pay our delivery charge and only order what you need.

Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait in, we will leave your parcel in the safe place that you nominate.

Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds your plants only travel the small hop to our packing shed before being sent to you, they are usually delivered within 5-7 working days.

Delivery is reliable – we have been selling and delivering Hedging Plants to our customers nationwide since 1992. We have a lot of experience in packing them safely and only use tried and tested delivery partners.

Smaller Plants (Parcel Delivery)

Location	Order Value	Price
UK Mainland excluding Highlands	Up to £90	£15.00
UK Mainland excluding Highlands	Over £90	Free
Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight	All orders	£24.00

Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)

Location	Order Value	Price
UK Mainland excluding Highlands	Up to £420	£72.00
UK Mainland excluding Highlands	Over £420	Free
Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight	All orders	£72.00

Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)

Location	Order Value	Price
Mainland England and Wales only	Under £1800	Please call us
Mainland England and Wales only	Over £1800	Free
All other areas	All orders	Not available

Exceptions to our delivery charges are Scottish Highland and Isle of Wight delivery areas where we need to charge a little extra to cover the cost of deliveries to these outlying areas. We don’t currently delivery to other offshore addresses including Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.

Tall plants over 2.5 metres have to be delivered by our own specialised transport, our delivery area is limited to mainland England and Wales only.

For pleached tree orders we can often deliver smaller orders of £600 or more (£500 plus VAT) with a contribution towards delivery, so please do call our sales team on 01580 765 600 or take a look at our Delivery Information page.

Please note there is a minimum order value of £50 for orders containing smaller plants and £250 for orders containing heavier plants

Complete delivery information can be viewed on our Delivery Information page