Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head'
Red Head Fountain Grass
- Ornamental grass
- Large, upright clumps
- Huge smoky-purple bottle brush plumes
- An outstanding, long-lived, reliable performer
- Outstanding fall color
- Very impressive in a mass planting
- Category: Ornamental Grass
- Hardiness Zone: 5-9
- Height: 4-5 ft
- Spread: 4-5 ft
- Bloom Color: Red
Red-hued bottle-brush plumes emerge in midsummer. Dark green foliage forms a rounded, arching habit. The cool temperatures of fall bring out gold tones in the foliage.
Critter Resistance
| • | Deer Resistant |
Soil Moisture
| • | Average Water |
Attributes
| • | Border or Bed |
| • | Cut Flower/Foliage |
| • | Drought Tolerant |
| • | Fast Growing |
| • | Focal Point |
| • | Low Maintenance |
| • | Mass Planting |
| • | Naturalizing |
| • | Ornamental Grass |
| • | Rock Garden |
Habit
| • | Upright |