Switchgrass 'Huggy Purple' Texas Native Chihuahuan Sage (Leucophyllum laevigatum) is

Chihuahuan Sage (Leucophyllum laevigatum) is a wonderful evergreen shrub that’s easy to care for

especially with deadheading

It has slender gray-green leaves that typically grow in a dense clump 2-4 feet tall

and prairies

dry summers can really help it thrive

Switchgrass 'Huggy Purple' Texas Native Chihuahuan Sage (Leucophyllum laevigatum) isPanicum virgatum 'Huggy Purple' Huggy Purple is a cultivar of Switchgrass with arching green foliage that turns to a beautiful purple in late summer. It flowers with sprays of purple panicles from August through October, with the blooms becoming progressively more purple. It grows to five feet in height, prefers full sun Best grown in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. Tolerates a wide range of soils, including dry ones, but