Pennisetum Grasses

Pennisetum Grasses

Pennisetum: Chinese Fountain Grass. Compact growth and finely textured leaves make these superb ornamental grasses so popular for planters or borders, Pennisetum are stately, clump-forming, ornamental grasses bearing in late summer long-lasting, cigar-shaped flower-heads very decoratively adorned with purple bristles and particularly beguiling in the morning dew. The flower heads on Pennisetum abound on the clumpy diminutive fountain grass from summer through fall and often into winter. Pennisetum are easy to grow. Click on the spider where you see it to get the plant bio data in a new window.