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Fountain Grass 'Red Head' (Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head')

Fountain Grass 'Red Head'

Fountain Grass 'Red Head' (Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head') is a robust, late-blooming cultivar with large, smoky-red to purple bottlebrush plumes that arch gracefully over deep green foliage. It makes a bold specimen in the fall garden.

Taxonomic Details

Family:	Poaceae (poh-AY-see-ee)
Genus:	Pennisetum (pen-ih-SEE-tum)
Species:	alopecuroides (al-oh-pek-yur-OH-id-eez)
Cultivar:	Red Head

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