Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Desert Plains' (PP20751)
DESERT PLAINS FOUNTAIN GRASS
- The narrow green blades form an upright vase-shaped clump
- Improved habit, flowering performance, and fall colour over 'Cassian' and 'Hameln'
- Tips of foliage begin to turn deep red midsummer and transitions to shades of orange and gold in fall
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 90-120 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'
DWARF FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Forms a dense mounding clump of bright green blades
- Soft creamy-white bottlebrush-like flower spikes rise above the foliage on slender stalks
- Foliage turns a rich golden-yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Lemon Squeeze' (PPAF)
LEMON SQUEEZE FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Sturdy chartreuse gold blades arch in a mounding habit
- Full sun required for best colour
- Copper-coloured bottlebrush plumes in midsummer to fall
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 90-120 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Bunny'
MINIATURE FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Forms a dense mounding clump of narrow bright green blades
- Miniature creamy-white bottlebrush-like soft flower spikes
- Flowers rise slightly above the foliage on slender stalks
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Love and Rockets'
LOVE AND ROCKETS FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Bred and grown for the thick greyish-red plumes rising above the blades on slender stalks
- The blade tips turn red in cooler temperatures
- Bloom Time: Late summer
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides JS Jommenik ('Lumen Gold') (PP27435)
FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Compact globe-shaped habit
- Bright golden foliage that persists throughout the summer, turning to light green in early fall
- An abundance of brown flowers appear in late summer
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 90-120 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry'
BLACK FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Forms a mounding clump of glossy wide dark green blades
- Soft bottlebrush-like blackish-purple flower spikes rise just slightly above the foliage
- Slender flower stalks can be upright or arching
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 50-75 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Piglet' (PP19074)
PIGLET FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Forms a dense mounding clump of narrow deep green leaves
- Soft miniature creamy-tan bottlebrush-like flower spikes
- Flowers rise above the foliage on upright and sometimes arching stalks
HEIGHT: 25-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Pure Energy' (PPAF)
FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Blades much wider than most Fountain grass cultivars
- Golden-yellow blades look best in full sun
- Wine-red flowers, fading to brown, rise mid summer
HEIGHT: 75-100 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head'
RED HEAD FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Forms a dense, mounding clump of dark green blades
- Deep purple buds mature to a smoky-purple
- Soft bottlebrush-like flower spikes spray through the foliage in every direction
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 90-120 cm
Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose' (PP12909)
ORIENTAL FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Forms a dense mounding clump of gray-green blades
- Soft, dark pinkish-white bottlebrush-like flower spikes in early summer
- Upright and arching flower spikes rise above the foliage on slender stalks
HEIGHT: 90-100 cm · SPREAD: 90-120 cm
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'
PURPLE FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Annual Grass
- Forms a clump of burgundy leaves arching from the base
- Bushy bottlebrush-like flower spikes arch gracefully above the foliage
HEIGHT: 80-120 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Penstemon barbatus 'Nana Rondo Mix'
BEARDTONGUE
- AKA Chelone barbata 'Nana Rondo Mix'
- Profuse display of trumpet-shaped flowers
- Spikes of purple, pink, white, and magenta
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Penstemon digitalis
FOXGLOVE BEARDTONGUE
- Clusters of tubular white five-lobed flowers
- Flowers grow in pairs on thick green stems
- Blooms May to June
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Penstemon digitalis 'Dark Towers' (PP20013, COPF)
BEARDTONGUE
- Two-lipped pale pink tubular flowers
- Loose flower spikes form on leafy red stems
- Glossy bronze lance-shaped leaves
HEIGHT: 75-80 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'
BEARDTONGUE
- Two-lipped pale pink to white tubular flowers
- Loose flower spikes on leafy red stems
- Foliage emerges deep burgundy
HEIGHT: 80-95 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Penstemon digitalis 'Onyx and Pearl' (PP32613)
BEARDTONGUE
- Two-lipped white and pink tubular flowers
- From a distance the flowers appear to be mostly white
- Attractive glossy deep purple lance-shaped leaves
HEIGHT: 90-110 cm · SPREAD: 90-100 cm
Penstemon hirsutus
HAIRY BEARDTONGUE
- Tubular two-lipped lavender flowers with white throats
- Flowers grow in clusters on hairy green stems
- Narrow, toothed hairy green leaves, 5-10 cm long
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Penstemon schmidel 'Delft Blue Riding Hood' (PP23065)
BEARDTONGUE
- Thick glossy dark green leaves
- Upright spikes of pure blue trumpet-shaped flowers
- Continuous bloomer with a compact, tidy habit
HEIGHT: 50-70 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Penstemon schmidel 'Red Riding Hood' (PP18950)
BEARDTONGUE
- Thick, glossy, dark green leaves
- Upright spikes of red trumpet-shaped flowers
- Long-blooming with a compact, tidy habit
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Perovskia atriplicifolia
RUSSIAN SAGE
- AKA Salvia yangii
- Tiny violet-blue flowers on branched, tiered panicles
- Heavily-dissected silver-gray aromatic foliage
HEIGHT: 85-95 cm · SPREAD: 80-90 cm
Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Denim 'n Lace' (PP28445, CPBR5568)
RUSSIAN SAGE
- AKA Salvia yangii 'Denim 'n Lace'
- Bright sky blue flowers are held on amethyst calyxes
- Narrow silver-gray leaves with a serrated edge
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Perovskia atriplicifolia Lacey Blue ('Lisslitt') (PP20845, COPF)
LACEY BLUE SAGE
- AKA Salvia yangii 'Lisslitt'
- Larger and deeper blue flowers than the species
- Violet-blue flowers are profuse on compact spikes
HEIGHT: 40-45 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Perovskia x 'Little Spire' (PP11643, CPBR1437)
RUSSIAN SAGE
- AKA Salvia yangii x 'Little Spire'
- Tiny violet-blue flowers
- Flowers form on branched, tiered panicles
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm