I have these plants on either side of my sidewalk. They have pretty purple plumes and I added some ivy & really like the way they turned out. This is the first year I've bought them. My question is ...

Purple fountain grass is a congenial type, much like the gregarious friend who makes a party. Highly ornamental with its arching foliage topped with bobbing rose-purple plumes from late spring to ...

Texas gardeners rely on an arsenal of plants to pull us through climate extremes. Ornamental grasses are an outstanding group that bails us out in heat and drought. These water-thrifty multitaskers ...

The LSU AgCenter has announced another Louisiana Super Plant called Fireworks, a red-foliaged variety of purple fountain grass or pennisetum. For many years, gardeners in Louisiana grew purple ...

Ornamental grasses, however, are not rampantly aggressive and are truly attractive. The strong vertical or fountain form of many ornamental grasses, combined with their feathery flower heads, make a ...

I would like to incorporate ornamental grasses in several areas of my landscape. Could you recommend which varieties are adapted to our climate? Ornamental grasses can be used in borders, containers, ...

Few of us are thinking about our lawns this time of year, but that does not mean we can’t be thinking about grass. I don’t mean overseeding with rye grass for the winter or devising strategies for ...

Q • I bought some purple fountain grass at a sale this summer for about a dollar. It is lovely, but the tag says “will not survive winter in cold areas.” Is there any hope for it, and if so, how ...

Joe W. White, Ph.D. Pennisetum, an ornamental grass widely known as purple fountain grass, has added a new member to its group and one that has a different color. While it is still considered one of ...

Q: Does purple fountain grass spread? If so, would planting it in the bed in a bottomless pot keep it from spreading? — P.S., Pearland A: Purple fountain grass makes a clump that gradually increases ...