Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head' ~ Red Head Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head' ~ Red Head Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head' ~ Red Head Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head' ~ Red Head Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head' ~ Red Head Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head' ~ Red Head Fountain Grass-ServeScape

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head'

Red Head Fountain Grass

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Orders placed after December 17th will not be delivered until January 6th or after. Happy Holidays!
**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Red Head Fountain Grass is a compact ornamental grass with slender, vivid green arching foliage that turns yellow in fall.  Its fluffy bottle-brush like flower spikes are a deep burgundy-red that silvers out and bloom from late summer through fall.  Prefers part sun and well-drained soils.  Deer resistant and drought tolerant once established.

Type: 

Orn. Grass

Origins:

Eastern Asia to Western Australia

Height: 

3' - 4'

Spread: 

2' - 3'

Spacing: 

2.5’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

5 - 9

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

Red

Season of Interest: 

Summer, Fall

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant. Water regularly.  Cut foliage to ground in winter.  Watch for rust or leaf spot in high humidity conditions.

LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Edging,, Woodland Garden, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Tickseed, Yarrow, Blanket Flower

IMAGES: Plenuska, Das Lampenputzergras, lat. Pennisetum alopecuroides 06, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) , Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head' o Sericura, (3) , Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head'

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head' ~ Red Head Fountain Grass-ServeScape

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