BOTANICAL NAME PENNISETUM ALOPECUTOIDES
PRONUNCIATION Pen – ih – SEE – tum al–o–peh-kyew–ROY -deez
COMMON NAME Chinese Pennisetum or Rose Fountain Grass
FAMILY Poaceae
Life Cycle Perennial, Herbaceous
Growth Habit Ornamental Grass
‘Moudry’
ARRANGEMENT Basal
LEAF Linear L 24” W 1”
MARGIN Minutely serrated
VEINS Parallel
COMPOSITION Simple
FLOWER Raceme Purple Summer
FRUIT Cluster
‘Little Bunny’
EXPOSURE Sun
GROWTH Rapid
USE Specimen
DESCRIPTION Many cultivars: ‘Moudry’ , ‘Hameln’, ‘Little Bunny’
‘Purple Fountain’
ZONES 5 - 9