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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') — For proper ornamental grasses care; information and resources, image 147
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — In almost all areas, Rubrum will be grown as an annual grass in Graceful Grasses selections, image 133
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — pink flowers in the garden; all ornamental grasses should be divided when they are actively, image 128
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 151
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Warm season grasses turn shades of brown as the weather turns colder; not all ornamental, image 82
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Where temperatures get colder than 20 degrees F, the plants should be treated as annuals; t, image 73
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — If the plants are dormant when they are transplanted they won't establish a good root system
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Their major growth and flowering happens when the weather is hot; once the rubrum grass turns brown in
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — If the plants are dormant when they are transplanted they won't establish a good root, image 126
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — you can trim them back at almost any time
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — T rim back those that don't look good in the fall; proven Winners - Graceful Grasses® Purple, image 156
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Where temperatures get colder than 20 degrees F, the plants should be treated as annuals; t, image 201
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 118
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Once the rubrum grass turns brown it can either be removed immediately or removed in the, image 106
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — If the plants are dormant when they are transplanted they won't establish a good root system; their
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — It should not be expected to live through the winter and begin growing again in the spring, image 139
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — This purple fountain grass rubrum is a warm-season grass
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Cut back warm season grasses, including rubrum grass, in fall or by mid to late spring; once, image 177
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 181
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Warm season grasses turn shades of brown as the weather turns colder
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — Where temperatures get colder than 20 degrees F, the plants should be treated as annuals; t, image 137
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — This purple fountain grass rubrum is a warm-season grass; you can trim them back at almost any time
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — They will usually turn shades of brown for the winter
Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum') — once your warm season grasses turn brown; where temperatures get colder than 20 degrees F, image 180

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