These ornamental grasses are specifically bred to be infertile and remove concerns about localized self-sowing. In addition, they also offer vigorous growth and gorgeous extended color from summer to fall. Many of the genera chosen provide strengths that breeding, in turn, enhances.

Pennisetum alopecuroides infertile selections come to us from the innovators at the University of Georgia. We suppose that's why they're cleverly named for foods popular in the South. These handsome, functionally sterile varieties are bred to flower longer and not self-sow.

All five are hardy for Zones 5 - 9.

Praline™ PP30724

The sweet petite of the group!

Large caramel-colored flowers rise well above compact mounds of slender, arching foliage.

Mature Height 1'- 2.5'

Hush Puppy™ PP31027

A big bloomer for the dog days of summer. Long-lasting pink plumes spray high over rounded mounds of slender green foliage.

Mature Height 2.5'

Cayenne™PP31097

Big, dark-red bottlebrush plumes rise above mounds of rich green arching blades.

Mature Height 2-3'

Etouffee™ PP31062

Soft creamy pink foxtail plumes rise over graceful arching mounds of bright green foliage.

Mature Height 2-3'

Jambalaya™ PP31176

Taller, tidy, uniform mounds with slender erect foliage and eye-catching, silvery-pink plumes from late spring to mid-fall.

Mature Height 3.5-4'

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