PENNISETUM alopecuroides 'HAMELN'

Chinese fountain grass 'Hameln'

PENNISETUM alopecuroides 'HAMELN'

Chinese fountain grass 'Hameln'

  • Maintenance advice : Cut down to the base, the dried grass stalks, at the end of winter. Water abundantly and regularly for the first 2 years.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticulture
  • Use group : Bamboo and Grass
  • Height at 10 years : 0,5 m
  • Width at 10 years : 0,5 m
  • Growth : Medium
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Full sun
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : bush, spreading
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : Brown
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Border
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Graceful, creamy-white flowering from the end of July through to October. Appreciates a hot summer but not too dry. Foliage will turn golden yellow in autumn. Excellent for ground cover in borders and flowerbeds. Pennisetum means 'Silk Feather' in Latin.