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Pennisetum alopecuroides- The Infertile Collection

Pennisetum alopecuroides- The Infertile Collection

Posted by Emerald Coast Growers on Aug 21st 2024

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 ster
A Fountain of Choices! Chapter 3 (Pennisetum)

A Fountain of Choices! Chapter 3 (Pennisetum)

Posted by John Friel on Feb 16th 2022

We grow over two dozen varieties of this multifaceted, cosmopolitan genus. Why so many? Because no two are alike. Let’s inventory their assets and characteristics.Size: Our fountain grass offerings range from awww!-some cuties like ‘Little Bunny’, a mere 10 – 12” tall, all the way up to statuesque six-footers in the Royal Collection.Foliage: Name it! At one end of the color spectrum is the bright chartreuse of P. alopecuroides 'Yellow Ribbons’. On the dark side are the Royals, with big, rippling

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