Pennisetum advena rubrum - Purple Fountain Grass - is a beautiful, quick-growing, exotic grass ideal for screening and feature planting. The long, narrow, upright to arching foliage is dark burgundy-red to bronze in colour from spring through to autumn, turning a warm straw colour in winter. Arresting burgundy to cream foxtail-like flowers are displayed above the foliage from mid-spring to autumn. Fertilise with a slow release once a year in spring. Prune back every few years to encourage new growth.
Soil: Moist, fertile loams to clay loams preferring good drainage but tolerating poor drainage.
Conditions: Best foliage colour is seen in full sun but the plant will accept partly shaded sites. Drought, coastal, humid, wind and mildly frost tolerant.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.5m
Soil: Moist, fertile loams to clay loams preferring good drainage but tolerating poor drainage.
Conditions: Best foliage colour is seen in full sun but the plant will accept partly shaded sites. Drought, coastal, humid, wind and mildly frost tolerant.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.5m