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. 

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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 30" W

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