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 Pennisetum:
Grasses grown for their attractive flower and seed heads. Of varying hardiness, choose varieties with care in colder spots and always give them some help in the winter - a sheltered spot, a light mulch etc. They like sun! Propagate by seed or division in late spring. |
 
Pennisetum alopecuroides Hameln
One of the hardiest Pennisetums with tall (4ft) flower spikes in late summer with dense. long heads. A well-grown clump is an impressive sight and has great architectural impact in the garden. Photographed at The Dorothy Clive Garden.
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macrourum:
A hardy variety with 3ft tall flower spikes topped with soft bottlebrushes in fawn. Seed heads lasts through autumn. Can spread to form large clumps when happy albeit slowly. Hardy except in very hard winters.
21st September 2011. Pennisetum macrourum in our garden with Helenium Puck. The flower heads look particularly effective with the morning sun shining through them. Read more about this plant in our garden diary for September 2011. |
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Pennisetum villosum A smaller plant with fluffy bunnies' tails flower heads in late summer. A little less tough so give it a warm, sheltered spot. The epithet villosum means hairy or shaggy.
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