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| | Plant Encyclopedia: Panicum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Only a few of the hundreds of species are ornamental enough to have garden merit, and of these Panicum virgatum is the most colorful and important. |
 | | It is an American species that is found over an immense area from southern Canada to Florida and westwards to the Rockies and even extending south into Central America. |
 | | It was selected and introduced by Bluemount Nursery in Maryland, and is, in our view, the best and most reliable form, standing a full 6 foot or more with strong, vertical, blue foliage, and airy plumes that turn reddish tones in autumn. |
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