Panicum virgatum‘Northwind’ is the Perennial Plant Association’s 2014 Perennial Plant of the Year™.

Panicum virgatum, pronounced PAN-ic-um ver-GATE-um, carries the common name of switch grass or switchgrass.

Runners up for the 2014 Perennial Plant of the Year:

Calamintha nepeta subsp. nepeta (Calamint)

Epimediumx versicolor 'Sulphureum' (Barrenwort)

Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears' (Hosta)