Panicum amarum Dewey Blue Multicolor Flowering Plants hailing from the foothills and

hailing from the foothills and disturbed lower slopes to 7

then cut the entire clump to the ground

often starting for us in early- to mid-July

Each 18" stem is clothed with soft spiny three-lobed leaves

Persicaria polymorpha is native to high-elevation gravelly slopes in China and Japan but has made a superb garden plant for us in full sun

Panicum amarum Dewey Blue Multicolor Flowering Plants hailing from the foothills andThanks to Rick Darke, author of "The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses," we now have a selection of another great native deer resistant panicum. Panicum amarum is a soil stabilizing, clump forming beach grass that grows in dry sand between dunes from Connecticut to Louisiana. Rick selected Panicum 'Dewey Blue' for its graceful habit and lovely glaucous foliage. In late summer, the 4' tall clumps (shorter in dry sand) are topped by light airy