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Fountain Grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Fountain Grass is a medium-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 6-9, that matures to about 2.5-5 ft × 2.5-5 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with high water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect cream, silver and green blooms in winter and summer. It attracts songbirds, stands up well to deer, drought and salt.
- USDA zones
- 6-9
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- High
- Mature size
- 2.5-5 ft × 2.5-5 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry
- Bloom color
- Cream, Silver, Green, Pink, Purple, White
- Bloom season
- Winter, Summer
- Attracts
- Songbirds
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Salt
- Native to
- Eastern Asia to western Australia
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