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Purple Fountain Grass 'Fireworks' (Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks')

Purple Fountain Grass 'Fireworks'

Purple Fountain Grass 'Fireworks' (Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks') is a spectacular variegated sport of 'Rubrum' with burgundy leaves striped in hot pink, white, and green. The flower plumes are deep purple. A patented, non-seeding selection.

Taxonomic Details

Family:	Poaceae (poh-AY-see-ee)
Genus:	Pennisetum (pen-ih-SEE-tum)
Species:	setaceum (se-TAY-see-um)
Cultivar:	Fireworks (PP18504)
Hybridized by:	Strasko
Registered/Introduced:	2008

Grasses and Bamboo: Rosa 'Purple Tiger' – Exotic Striped Floribunda; Hosta 'Fireworks': Walters Gardens' Explosive Display (PP16062); Purple Fountain Grass 'Rubrum' (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'); Oriental Fountain Grass 'Karley Rose' (Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose'); Purple Fountain Grass 'Red Riding Hood' (Pennisetum setaceum 'Red Riding Hood'); Fountain Grass 'Hameln' (Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'); Purple Fountain Grass 'Cupreum' (Pennisetum setaceum): A Colorful, Arching Grass with Copper-Red Plumes; Purple Love Grass (Eragrostis spectabilis): Cloud of Purple Haze in Late Summer; Purple Moor Grass (Molinia caerulea): A Native European Grass with Airy Purple Panicles; Fireworks Fountain Grass – Striped Blades & Purple Tassels

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