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Almost Wordless Wednesday: a grass in two lights

I took this first photo from the bottom of the hill.

Panicum virgatum maybe 'Dallas Blues.' The tag was lost long ago.

Then, I walked up the hill and took it with the sunlight shining from behind.

Perhaps, Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues,' but it doesn't seem blue enough.

Doesn’t even look like the same grass does it? That’s one of the many things which makes gardening and photography so interesting.

If anyone knows what cultivar this might be, please comment below. Thanks.

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  1. Bluestem

    Hi. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Great photos of the switchgrass, but I am not sure you have Dallas Blues. Mine is a powder blue color during the summer, except this year it is turning yucky brown. I think Dallas Blues has a fuller flower panicle and wider leaves than your grass appears to have. Here is a link to a picture of mine from last year. http://planobluestem.blogspot.com/2010/09/late-summer-on-prairie-part-2.html
    You may have Heavy Metal. Hope yours is still green.

    • Dee Nash

      Hi Bluestem, thanks for stopping by. I don’t think it is ‘Dallas Blues’ anymore either. It grows just like ‘Northwind,’ but for now, I’m calling it simply a hybrid. That is all. ‘Dallas Blues’ is very, very blue. I found some photos of it in my visit to the Ft. Worth Botanic garden. Thanks again.

  2. CurtissAnn

    My favorite light is early morning, just as the sun rises, and again late evening, just as it goes down. Magical glow on everything.

  3. Donna

    You said just what I was thinking at the end. The look like two different grasses. Day lighting makes all the difference with grasses, turns a nice photo into a wow photo. Same in the landscape too. Love your photo.

  5. sharon Lovejoy

    Wow, what a difference from the other viewpoint. Lovely, lovely. I don’t have any grasses here YET, but will soon in containers. I am so afraid of grasses getting into our hillside natural habitat.

    Sending love,

    S

  6. Gail

    The panicums are beautiful no matter which cultivar we have! I planted all P virgatum ‘Northwind’~which is quite upright~ and noticed several now look like yours! gail

  8. Toni - Signature Gardens

    I do love ornamental grasses, but this is one variety I have not tried. The Dallas Blues that I have seen before were more bluish/gray/green. But as your photography shows, the color depends on the lighting. Ah, gardening…keeps us on our toes, doesn’t it 🙂

  9. Greggo

    It’s definitely a Panicum. I have Dewey Blue Switchgrass and it has fatter leaves than that and hasn’t bloomed yet; also have heavy metal which is more upright but similar in foliage and seed head. Pretty good chance its dallas blues.