Pennisetum alopecuroides

Pennisetum alopecuroides
fountain grass

SIZE/TYPE	mid-sized perennial
USUAL HEIGHT	0.5-0.8m
USUAL WIDTH
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	light green
FLOWERS	insignificant or non-blooming
BLOOMING TIME	August - September
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	5 (down to -29°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Bamboos and grasses

Chinese fountain grass is an elegant feature to every garden. It has mid to dark green linear leaves growing in a thick cluster forming a shape of a fountain. In late summer it makes yellow-green to dark purple spikelets in narrowly oblong panicles, looking like bottlebrushes. It is best grown in sunny and warm areas, in well-drained soil. It is recommended to tie up the leaves before winter or provide dry mulch. Cut back in early spring. Fully hardy.

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.