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Pennisetum setaceum rubrum 'Dwarf'

By Spritzhenry

Pennisetum setaceum rubrum 'Dwarf' (Pennisetum rubrum 'Dwarf')

23 Oct, 2008
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In full bloom. I shall soon have to give it frost protection.

Comments on this photo

Irish

it looks great Spritz

23 Oct, 2008

Spritzhenry

I really don't want to lose it, Irish!

23 Oct, 2008

Skippy5869

Wow!, Spritz, we have a different version(Pennisetum setaceum) that grows wild here. I let it grow in my garden but I do try to cut off the blooms before the seeds loosen and blow around. I still get to enjoy them for a couple of months. I am going to post a picture of mine so you can see it. I think it adds so much to the landscape. I do have to dig up 20 or 30 of them each year because they end up places I don't want them. It is considered a prolific weed here.

In the US the "rubrum" species is an annual and is sterile.

23 Oct, 2008

Spritzhenry

Skippy, I think that it shoud have 'setaceum' after the Pennisetum - sorry I left it out. I wish it was hardy here.

23 Oct, 2008