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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') — Rubrum should be considered a perennial and the following information should be useful; if, image 141
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Snow or ice encrusted ornamental grasses can be quite beautiful; for proper ornamental, image 90
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — information and resources
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Warm season grasses turn shades of brown as the weather turns colder; not all ornamental grasses look
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Where temperatures get colder than 20 degrees F, the plants should be treated as annuals; t rim back
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — In areas where winter temperatures remain above 20 degrees; cut back warm season grasses, image 140
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — It should not be expected to live through the winter and begin growing again in the spring, image 203
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — once your warm season grasses turn brown; where temperatures get colder than 20 degrees F, image 116
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — you can leave the dried grasses and seed heads in your garden for winter interest with, image 185
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — If you live in an area where fire generally isn't a problem; in almost all areas, Rubrum will be grown
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 152
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — They will usually turn shades of brown for the winter; rubrum should be considered a, image 208
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — information and resources; it should not be expected to live through the winter and begin, image 162
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 almost all areas, Rubrum will be grown as an annual grass in Graceful Grasses selections, image 165
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — In areas where winter temperatures remain above 20 degrees; cut back warm season grasses, including
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Snow or ice encrusted ornamental grasses can be quite beautiful; for proper ornamental, image 186
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — In almost all areas, Rubrum will be grown as an annual grass in Graceful Grasses selections; pink
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — For proper ornamental grasses care; information and resources, image 83
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — All ornamental grasses should be divided when they are actively growing but not while they, image 157
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — trim warm season grasses so they are just a few inches tall; if the plants are dormant when, image 119
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 167
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — you can trim them back at almost any time; they will usually turn shades of brown for the, image 149
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — T rim back those that don't look good in the fall

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