Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~ Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass, Red Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~ Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass, Red Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~ Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass, Red Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~ Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass, Red Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~ Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass, Red Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~ Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass, Red Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~ Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass, Red Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~ Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass, Red Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~ Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass, Red Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~ Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass, Red Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~ Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass, Red Fountain Grass-ServeScape
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~ Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass, Red Fountain Grass-ServeScape

Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'

Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass, Red Fountain Grass

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Purple Fountain Grass is a dramatic warm season ornamental grass with narrow bronze-purple foliage until fall when it turns brown.  Upright stems sporting fluffy burgundy bottle-brush like flower spikes bloom throughout summer and turn brown in fall  Grows best with full sun and medium well-drained soils.  Drought tolerant once established.

Type: 

Orn. Grass

Height: 

2.5' - 3'

Spread: 

1' - 2'

Spacing: 

1.5’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

9 - 10

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

Purple

Season of Interest: 

Summer, Fall

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant. Water regularly.  Cut foliage to ground in winter.  

LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Tickseed, Yarrow, Blanket Flower

IMAGE: Photo by Proven Winners, Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Pennisetum setaceum Rubrum 11zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Photo by daryl_mitchell, Fountian Grass, (4) Photo by daryl_mitchell, Back Container

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

Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' ~Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass-ServeScape

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