Black Fountain Grass
Botanical Name:
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry'- Forms a mounding clump of glossy wide dark green blades
- Soft bottlebrush-like blackish-purple flower spikes rise just slightly above the foliage
- Slender flower stalks can be upright or arching
- Foliage turns a rich golden-yellow in the fall
- Bloom Time: Early to late fall
- Flower Height: 70 cm
- Foliage Height: 60 cm
- Grass Type: Warm Season
Hardiness Zone
5
Flower Colour
- Near-black
Height
60 cm-70 cm
Spread
50 cm-75 cm
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Black Fountain Grass
Exposure
- Full Sun
- Partial Sun/Shade
Soil Moisture
- Moist to Average
- Well-drained
Attracts Wildlife
- Attracts Birds
Growth Rate
- Medium
Foliage Colour
- Green (dark)
Critter
- Deer Resistant
Attributes
- Cut Flower/Foliage
- Deciduous
- Dried Flower/Foliage
- Fall Color
- Heat Tolerant
- Low Maintenance
Flowering Time
- Fall
- Lt. Sum-Fall
Shape
- Clumping
- Mounding
Garden Uses
- Border/edging
- Foundation planting
- Ground cover
- Naturalizing
- Roadside planting
- Rock garden
Additional Details
Growing Tips & Maintenace
- This cultivar freely self-seeds and can become invasive. Cutting off the flower stalks before the seed is produced is recommended. Grows best in a moist, well-drained soil, in full sun to light shade. If planted in too much shade this grass will not flourish and may not flower. Foliage should be cut back to about 10 cm in early spring to allow for new growth.
Additional Notes
- Warm Season Grasses: These grasses are much slower starting in the spring. They do not push new growth until temperatures warm in early to midsummer. They flower later in the summer or fall with most blooms remaining into the winter. Most warm season grasses tolerate heat, humidity and drought; some even thrive in these conditions.
Size: 1g
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