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‘Rubrum’ hardly needs introduction. You know it. Customers rave about it. It's a chart-topper year after year. Fast-growing and bloom-heavy, purple fountain grass thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, delivering reliable performance all season long. Reaching three to five feet tall, 'Rubrum' creates dramatic sweeps in the landscape and stands strong as a bold seasonal focal point. Its upright, gracefully arching habit makes it equally at home in large c

We grow so much Pennisetum xadvena 'Rubrum' – bench after bench, whole greenhouses full of it – that we sometimes wonder where it all goes. And then we take a drive, anywhere in North America, and there it is! ‘Rubrum’ barely needs an introduction. It’s that gorgeous annual grass you see wherever you go. There it is -- waving its burgundy blades and matching foxtail flowers in big containers on Main Street, in landscapes public and private, surrounding fountains and flagpoles, flanking entranc