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Purple Fountain Grass

Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'

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Proven Winners - Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass - Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' pink plant details, information and resources.

Water Medium
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Proven Winners - Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass - Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' pink plant
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — If you live in an area where fire generally isn't a problem; in almost all areas, Rubrum, image 88Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Bronze-purple foliage topped with graceful arches of burgundy-toned seed heads; warm season, image 195Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Warm-season grasses won't start growing until mid to late spring or even early summerPurple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — For proper ornamental grasses care; information and resources, image 115Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Learn all about Graceful Grasses ® Purple Fountain Grass ornamental grasses care in our guide toPurple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — you can cut it back to the ground whenever you would like as part of ornamental grasses care, image 199+202

Culture

Water
Medium

Shape & size

Mature height
2.5–3 Ft.
Mature width
1–2 Ft.

Classification

Family
Poaceae

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Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Proven Winners - Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass - Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' pink plant
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — If you live in an area where fire generally isn't a problem; in almost all areas, Rubrum, image 88
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Bronze-purple foliage topped with graceful arches of burgundy-toned seed heads; warm season, image 195
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Warm-season grasses won't start growing until mid to late spring or even early summer
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — For proper ornamental grasses care; information and resources, image 115
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Learn all about Graceful Grasses ® Purple Fountain Grass ornamental grasses care in our guide to
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — you can cut it back to the ground whenever you would like as part of ornamental grasses care, image 199
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — you can trim them back at almost any time; they will usually turn shades of brown for the winter
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Snow or ice encrusted ornamental grasses can be quite beautiful; for proper ornamental, image 154
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Their major growth and flowering happens when the weather is hot; once the rubrum grass, image 79
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Once the rubrum grass turns brown in the fall; you can cut it back to the ground whenever, image 134
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Warm-season grasses won't start growing until mid to late spring or even early summer; warm season
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — In almost all areas, Rubrum will be grown as an annual grass in Graceful Grasses selections
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Rubrum should be considered a perennial and the following information should be useful
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Once the rubrum grass turns brown it can either be removed immediately or removed in the, image 42
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — For proper ornamental grasses care; information and resources
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — This purple fountain grass rubrum is a warm-season grass; you can trim them back at almost, image 72
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — information and resources; it should not be expected to live through the winter and begin, image 98
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Proven Winners - Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass - Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' pink, image 97
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Proven Winners - Graceful Grasses® Purple Fountain Grass - Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' pink, image 33
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — All ornamental grasses should be divided when they are actively growing but not while they, image 93
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — If you like to tidy your garden in fall or if you live in an area where fire can be, image 86
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Warm season grasses will tend to bloom in mid to late summer; if you like to tidy your, image 95
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — For proper ornamental grasses care

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