Pennisetum (Fountain Grass)
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  • Clump-formering grasses
  • Bottlebrush-like seed-heads
  • Wonderful in mass plantings or as specimens.  
  • Tolerant of all soil types
  • May reseed into beds and lawn when happy. 

alopecuroides
  • Use as groundcover, in masses, along water's edge
  • Use in contained areas to control re-seeding
  • Bloom time: summer
  • 3' H x 4' W
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'Hameln'
  • Shorter flower spikes on a compact plant. 
  • Use in small gardens spaces
  • Bloom time: Summer
  • 18" H x 24" W
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 'Jambalaya'
  • Sterile variety, no seeding into the lawn
  • A great substitute for alopecuroides
  • Long-lasting pink plumes over rounded mounds of slender green foliage.
  • Bloom time: Late Summer
  • 36" H x 24" W
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 'Hush Puppy'
  • Sterile variety, no seeding into the lawn​
  • Long-lasting pink plumes over rounded mounds of slender green foliage.
  • Bloom time: Late Summer
  • 30" H x 24" W
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