Botanical Name: Common Names:
Pennisetum advena rubrum Purple Fountain Purple Fountain Grass, Swamp Foxtail,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Grasses, Strappy & Tufting Clumping, Tufting, Upright, Upright Narrow
Description:
Decorative and durable as a landscape specimen or group planting, and excellent in containers. Striking colour accent in perennial beds, road and parking lot boarders, and offers good erosion control on embankments. Grows rapidly to form dense clumps up to 1.5m tall, spreading 1.2m across. Blooms prolifically during warm weather, with foxtail-like, arching flowers plumes displayed above the foliage.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 1-2m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
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