Prized for its powdery blue foliage, 'Prairie Sky' is similar in growth habit to 'Heavy Metal', but is taller, boasts a less rigid habit and is much more powdery blue. Billowing plumes of amber brown top the clump in late summer.
| Perennial | |
| Panicum | |
| Switch Grass | |
| Zone 4 | |
| 4-6+ hours | |
| Clay, Dry, Moist, Sandy | |
| Accent perennial | |
| Massing for naturalization | |
| 4-6' | |
| 2-3' | |
| Summer | |
| Brown | |
| Upright, Vase | |
| Plant-tone | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Aster, Echinacea, Perovskia, Penstemon |