GRASS ANNUAL PURPLE FOUNTAIN
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'
A popular drought tolerant grass that forms a tidy, dense clump of purplish maroon blades topped with rose-red plumes. Beautiful as a landscape specimen or planted in groups. Unlike the species, this cultivar does not reseed.
grows as an annual
full sun
once established water occasionally;more in extreme heat and in containers
average size at maturity: moderate growing can reach 2-4ft tall and wide
summer through fall bloom time of red and purple color
