Purple Fountain Grass

Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'

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Overview

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') — information and resources

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Once the rubrum grass turns brown in the fall

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — This purple fountain grass rubrum is a warm-season grass

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — you can cut it back to the ground whenever you would like as part of ornamental grasses care routine

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Learn all about Graceful Grasses ® Purple Fountain Grass ornamental grasses care in our guide to planting

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Bronze-purple foliage topped with graceful arches of burgundy-toned seed heads

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') — information and resources

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Once the rubrum grass turns brown in the fall

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — This purple fountain grass rubrum is a warm-season grass

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — you can cut it back to the ground whenever you would like as part of ornamental grasses care routine

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Learn all about Graceful Grasses ® Purple Fountain Grass ornamental grasses care in our guide to planting

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Bronze-purple foliage topped with graceful arches of burgundy-toned seed heads

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') — Once the rubrum grass turns brown it can either be removed immediately or removed in the spring

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Where temperatures get colder than 20 degrees F, the plants should be treated as annuals

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — It should not be expected to live through the winter and begin growing again in the spring

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — In areas where winter temperatures remain above 20 degrees

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') — Their major growth and flowering happens when the weather is hot

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — They will usually turn shades of brown for the winter

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') — Cut back warm season grasses, including rubrum grass, in fall or by mid to late spring

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Warm season grasses turn shades of brown as the weather turns colder

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — you can trim them back at almost any time

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — For proper ornamental grasses care

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — once your warm season grasses turn brown

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — trim warm season grasses so they are just a few inches tall

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 problematic

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — If you live in an area where fire generally isn't a problem

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