Email Newsletter icon, E-mail Newsletter icon, Email List icon, E-mail List iconSign up for our Email Newsletter

  Home > Ornamental Grasses > A to Z Ornamental Grasses >

  Pennisetum alopecuroides viridescens
  Smokey-purple flowers
 
COMMON NAME: Black-Flowered Fountain Grass

OUR PRICE: $5.99

ZONES: 6, 7, 8, 9
EXPOSURE: full sun, part shade
POT SIZE: 4" grower pot
BLOOMS: mid-summer to late summer

Quantity in Stock: 69

Availability: Order now! Select your ship date during checkout
Product Code: PEN-VIR
Qty:


Description Volume Discounts
 

Pennisetum alopecuroides Viridescens

Full SunPart ShadeSuitable for CuttingSuitable for ContainersDeer Resistant

Smokey-purple flowers appear in early fall over a compact mound of glossy, green foliage. Viridescens is a black-flowering fountain grass for northern regions, or areas with cooler summers.

Common Name: Black Flowering Fountain Grass

Mature Height: 2-3'

Flowering: Smokey-purple foxtail flowers emerge in late summer to early fall

Spacing: 24"+
 
Additional Information
Under 2 ft tall
Seasonal tan color
Excellent for cut flowers or foliage
Attractive in massed plantings
Works well in containers
Deer resistant
Xeriscape plant tolerates dry conditions
A warm season grower



Hakonechloa macra Beni Kaze $8.99
Sedum spurium Fireglow $4.99
Miscanthus sinensis Nippon $5.99