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With its flow fountain form , colorful foliation , and bottlebrush plumes throughout summertime and downfall , over-embellished fountain grasscan impart contrasting shape and texture , as well as movement in your garden . Its grandiloquent plume rise above the clopping grass and sway in the picnic . This rapid - growing plant requires little maintenance and is deer resistant .
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BASICS
Pennisetum setaceum’Rubrum ' . exposure by : Proven Winners .
Botanical name:
Pennisetum setaceum’Rubrum '
Common name:
Purple fountain grass
Zones:
9 to 11 , develop as an annual in frigid mood
Height/Spread:
3 to 5 feet tall and 2 to 4 ft wide
Exposure:
Full Lord’s Day to partial shade
Soil:
Average , well - drain
Water:
Medium , consistent body of water throughout growing season
Color:
Burgundy - red leaves , burgundy - violet flowers in bottlebrush - similar spikes
Bloom time:
July to October
Diseases and Pests:
No serious dirt ball or disease problem .
PLANTING & CARE
When to Plant:
If you are imbed in the fall , do so at least a calendar month before the mediocre first rime .
While they will suffer dry term and are quite drought resistant , regal fountain grasses will look their honorable with even watering .
Pruning:
In areas where purple fountain sens is being grown as a perennial , it should be cut down back to just a few inches above the priming coat in late winter or early spring before new ontogenesis begins to assure a full and healthy plant . Cutting back will also decrease the fire risk as fount dope turns brown and dry in wintertime and becomes extremely flammable .
DESIGN IDEAS
Photo by : Müller / McPhoto / Alamy Stock Photo .
Purple outpouring grass make a dramatic statement no matter where it is used :
IS PURPLE FOUNTAIN GRASS INVASIVE?
Some variety of Pennisetum will readily ego - seed and become invasive in the warm areas where they are get as perennials . However , agree toMissouri Botanical Garden , “ ‘ Rubrum ’ , sometimes usually call over-embellished or red natural spring grass , is a burgundy - red leaved cultivar that is not invasive under any fate because , unlike the species , it rarely put seeded player . ” However , be careful if you grow several cultivars together because with crossbreed - pollenation , you might get viable seed .
Other colorful non-invasive ornamental grasses:
' Fireworks’(variegated crimson fountain sess ) has burnished , red and fleeceable variegated leaf with purple tassels and is slightly small than ‘ Rubrum’ . ‘Sky Rocket’has light-green and clean stripy foliage with livid plumes , and is also more or less smaller than ' Rubrum ' .
