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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

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') — pink flowers in the garden
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Warm-season grasses won't start growing until mid to late spring or even early summer; warm, image 142
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Bronze-purple foliage topped with graceful arches of burgundy-toned seed heads; warm season, image 163
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Where temperatures get colder than 20 degrees F, the plants should be treated as annuals; t, image 169
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — once your warm season grasses turn brown; where temperatures get colder than 20 degrees F, image 84
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — information and resources; it should not be expected to live through the winter and begin, image 194
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Rubrum should be considered a perennial and the following information should be useful; if, image 173
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — you can leave the dried grasses and seed heads in your garden for winter interest with, image 121
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — All ornamental grasses should be divided when they are actively growing but not while they, image 189
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Warm-season grasses won't start growing until mid to late spring or even early summer; warm, image 174
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 184
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Warm season grasses turn shades of brown as the weather turns colder; not all ornamental, image 114
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Cut back warm season grasses, including rubrum grass, in fall or by mid to late spring; once your warm
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 191
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Snow or ice encrusted ornamental grasses can be quite beautiful; for proper ornamental, image 122
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — In areas where winter temperatures remain above 20 degrees; cut back warm season grasses, image 204
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 70
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Learn all about Graceful Grasses ® Purple Fountain Grass ornamental grasses care in our, image 132
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — pink flowers in the garden; all ornamental grasses should be divided when they are actively, image 96
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Not all ornamental grasses look good through the winter; snow or ice encrusted ornamental, image 91
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Not all ornamental grasses look good through the winter
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Cut back warm season grasses, including rubrum grass, in fall or by mid to late spring; once, image 81
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 135
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — In almost all areas, Rubrum will be grown as an annual grass in Graceful Grasses selections, image 197

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