Botanical Name: Pennisetum 'Rubrum'
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Common Name: Purple Fountain Grass  
Plant photo of: Pennisetum 'Rubrum'
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Water Saving Tip:

Even though it's hot, your lawn only needs to be watered twice a week to stay healthy.

And don't water the whole lawn for a brown spot—drag out a hose.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Annual, Grass

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Purple

 

Flower Season

Summer, Fall

 

Leaf Color

Bronze, Purple, Red

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Linda Engstrom
  • Description

  • Notes

This is one annual that is very worth the effort of re-planting each spring. Purple fountain grass is a strikingly purply-red grass that grows in hot, miserable sites, even against buildings, or in pots surrounded by concrete. Its form is generally upward and arching, with even the plumes softly bending. The plumes emerge early summer and continue through the summer months and are tinged purple to buff. Color holds until a hard frost. Grows about 2 to 4 feet tall and wide.