Fountain grass

Fountain grass (Pennisetum orientale)
Seed heads as soft as a kitten's fur.
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Fountain Grass
A tidy rounded growth habit and finely textured foliage make this one of the most popular Pennisetum cultivars. Orderly tufts of foliage are topped in late summer with fuzzy cream-colored blooms.

Fountain Grass
Fountain grass is an understandably popular ornamental grass. It forms large clumps (3 to 4 feet high and the same diameter) with arching leaves draping to the ground. The late-summer flowers have the appearance of fox-tails.

Purple Fountain Grass is a deciduous perennial grass. It forms tufts that reach 3 feet tall and 18 inches wide. In climates that have occasional freezes this grass is used in the landscape as an annual.

DESCRIPTION: Fountain grass is an attractive perennial grass with a densely clumped growth form and erect stems that grow 2 to 3 feet high.

pen-nih-SEE-tum Common Name: Fountain grass
Pennisetum grows in savannas and woodlands throughout temperate to tropical climates. These plants exhibit feathery, spike-like panicles atop linear leaves in summer and autumn.

( Fountain Grass )
This densely tufted, clump-forming grass has white to pinkish cattail-like flower heads from summer through fall, and often into winter. Great combination with coreopsis, black-eyed susan, autumn joy sedum and others.

Pennisetum setaceum or Fountain Grass a native of Northern Africa is a perennial grass that is quite showy whether planted in the ground or in pots. It usually reaches 3-4 feet in height with a 2 foot spread.

Fountain Grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides): Beautiful, cream to pink, bottle brush shaped flower heads appear from mid to late summer above fine, arching mounded foliage 3 to 4 feet tall. Prefers sun and moist but well drained soil.

Red Fountain Grass - Semi-evergreen grass (mild climates) with 5' tall dark burgundy foliage and flowers in the summer. Full sun. Drought tolerant. Root hardy to 20 F. [Pennisetum x advena, P.'Cupreum']
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fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum) is a moderately-sized long-lived (i.e. perennial) grass (50-150 cm tall) with relatively elongated, reddish or pinkish-coloured seed-heads.

Fountain grass, Annual, Pennisetum setaceum
Fountain grass, Crimson, Pennisetum setaceum
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Fountain Grass
There is a wide variety of both annual and perennial ornamental grasses. Chances are, there's a variety to accent the landscape theme you are seeking to create. Some grow just a foot tall. Others can grow several feet tall.

Fountain grass turns brown and dry in winter and becomes extremely flammable. Dense stands of it are a fire hazard.
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Fountain grass slowly grows in a compact clump that will stay as wide as it grows tall. Arching spikes of 12" purplish-cream flower bristles throughout the summer
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aka Fountain grass
varieties other than the sterile 'Cupreum' are invasive, naturalizing in some regions, and considered a threat to native grasses
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Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
Fountain palm (Livistona species)
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Fountain Grass
Fountain Grass Pennisetum alopecuroides
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Purple Fountain Grass [English]: Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'
Purple Foxglove [English]: Digitalis purpurea
Purple Foxglove [English]: Digitalis purpurea 'Excelsior Hybrids'
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Fountain grass Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) (Category 1) (Excluding sterile cultivar "Rubrum")
Giant reed Arundo donax L. (Category 1)
Giant sensitive plant Mimosa pigra L . (Category 3)
Golden wattle Acacia pycnantha Benth. (Category 1) ...

Black Flowering Fountain Grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry')
Black Hollyhock (Alcea rosea 'Nigra')
Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica)
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
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Fountain Grass, Pennisetum, forms mounds of dense, bottlebrush-like flowers. It is hardy in zones 5 through 9 and is often grown as an annual in colder climates or in containers.

Three distinct purple-leafed fountain grasses -- Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum', P. s. 'Eaton Canyon' (also sold as 'Rubrum Compactum'), and P. 'Burgundy Giant' -- make dramatic container specimens in the summer and early autumn garden.

Consider using ornamental grasses like fountain grass or blood grass. Annuals that provide a cascading effect include lobelia and sweet alyssum. Perennials such as verbena, salvia, rudbeckia and coreopsis all work very well in pots.

Tender fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum), for example, is a perennial grass in the mild Mediterranean climate of Southern California, yet it is considered an annual in the Pacific Northwest.

Need a bold-textured partner for Purple Fountain Grass, or something to rise amidst a sea of Margarita Sweet Potato Vine? Try the purple-foliaged forms of Castor Bean, but remember that its seeds are very poisonous, especially to unknowing children.

Fall Blooming Joe Pye Weed complements the rich yellow of Goldenrod. Pairing it with a fountain grass and the spiky goldenrod gives the combination its architectural feel.
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Planted in groups, fountain grass (Pennisetum spp.), moor grass (Sesleria spp.) and Prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)-native from Quebec to Saskatchewan and south-make no-care borders, ...

rubrum (Red Fountain Grass)
Cortaderia selloana (Pampas Grass)
Miscanthus sinensis
Carex pansa (Dune sedge)
Carex pendula (Weeping sedge)
Carex praegracilis (Field sedge)
Carex flacca (C. glauca)
Carex spissa (San Diego sedge) ...

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cupreum (Fountain Grass)
Phalaris arundinacea (Reed Canarygrass, Ribbon Grass)
Phyllostachys aurea (Golden Bamboo)
Phyllostachys aureosulcata (Yellow Grove Bamboo)
Phyllostachys bambusoides (Japanese Timber Bamboo)
Phyllostachys heterocycla var.

(Fountain Grass)
Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)
Phlomis sp. (Jerusalem Sage)
Phlox subulata (Creeping Phlox)
Podophyllum sp. (Mayapple)
Polystichum sp. (Shield Fern)
Pteris sp. (Table Fern)
Pulmonaria sp. and hybrids (Lungwort) ...

See also: Pennisetum, Lavender, Black-eyed Susan, Orchid, Primrose