| Description | A 3 foot tall Pennisetum with cream white flowers. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (penn-i-SEE-tum) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Grass Ornamental |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full, light shade |
| Moisture | average, moderately draught tolerant |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | fox tail like flowers, creamy white during the growing season, changes to tan in the fall |
| Leaves | deep green changing to beige and tan in the fall |
| Dimensions | up to 3 feet, up right arching clump |
| Maintenance | there maybe reseeding, cut back to the ground in the spring being careful not to cut the new shoots |
| Propagation | division in the spring |
| Misc Facts | From Latin penna for feather and seta for bristle referring to the shape of the inflorescence. Species plants native to Japan and western Asia found growing in sunny, open low lands. Many self seed and are becoming weeds. |
| Author's Notes | The labels will many times list this grass as a "dwarf ornamental grass". It reaches 3 by 3 feet which isn't very dwarf! Dwarf is a relative term. |
| Notes & Reference | #92-The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grass (Greenlee), #103-The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses (Rick Darke) |
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