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Fountain Grass 'Desert Plains'
Pennisetum alopecuroides ('Warm Season Grasses' Series)
Pennisetum alopecuroides ('Warm Season Grasses' Series)
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Zone: 5 to 9
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| Blooms early autumn to late autumn |
| SIZE |
 48" |
 36"-48" |
| GREENHOUSE LOCATION (click for map) |
Cultivar Notes - 'Desert Plains'
This large fountain grass makes a great focal point in a sunny landscape. Many consider it to be the best hardy pennisetum available today.The finely textured, green leaves form a beautiful cascading, rounded clump.
Series Notes - Warm Season Grasses
Warm season grasses grow most actively during the warmer months, then flower in late summer or fall. Most go completely dormant in winter. Warm season grasses include: Andropogon, Calamagrostis brachytricha, Carex, Cortaderia, Erianthus, Hakonechloa, Miscanthus, Panicum, Pennisetum, Schizachyrium, and Sporobolus.
Genus Notes - Pennisetum
These lovely grasses are favorites, distinguished by arching, feathery bottle-brush flowers spilling over a cascading mound of foliage.
