Purple Fountain Grass 'Rubrum'
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'
4-inch pot
 
Striking, deep purple foliage with elegant plumes. A popular drought-tolerant annual ornamental grass that forms a tidy, dense clump of purplish maroon blades topped with rose-red plumes. Beautiful as a landscape specimen or planted in groups. Unlike the species, this cultivar is not invasive and does not reseed.
 
Adaptable to most soil types. Tolerates moderate drought.
 
Annual Ornamental Grass
Zones 9-11
Full to part sun
Medium water
Grows 3-4ft. high & 2-3 ft. wide
Deer resistant
Heat and drought tolerant
Blooms Jul-Oct