Cayenne™ Sterile Fountain Grass

A fantastic new dwarf Fountain Grass that stays put where you plant it! The Cayenne™ Sterile Fountain Grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides 'TIFT PA18') features sturdy stems and graceful rich-green arching blades! Summer complements this graceful fountain with burgundy-purple bottlebrush blooms!

Pennisetum are wonderfully easy to grow and hardy Ornamental grasses, vigorously growing into 3-4 feet tall and wide when in bloom. The calming Zen provided by softly rustling grasses, plus the mesmerizing swaying are lovely additions to your private spaces. Texture, motion, sound, and color to the landscape!

Oriental Fountain Grass creates tranquil, showy clumps that cascade beautifully despite heat, humidity, deer, and sun! Growing throughout USDA hardiness zones 5 to 9, there is little that fazes these remarkably tough perennial grasses. Once cooler temperatures come around in the fall, you'll love the burgundy-brown seedheads and burgundy blushed foliage that remains for winter interest but won't self-seed into the wind!

Planting and Application:

Fantastic specimens as a stand-alone focal point, the motions and texture of Ornamental grass suit gardens of any size or style! Groupings, rows, or drifts en masse, the spicy Cayenne™ accentuates a functional landscape with flowing grace and easy hardiness! Great erosion control for slopes and hard-to-mow areas, and no troublesome self-seeding!

Naturalized and Prairie landscapes, Cottage and Perennial borders, and Rock gardens all gain intrigue as will your containers, planters, and cutting gardens! One of the longest and latest flowering grasses with four-season interest, you can't go wrong with an ornamental that takes care of itself!

• Upright Fountains of Tidy Rich-Green Foliage
• Long-Lasting Blooms in Burgundy-Brown
• Arching Blades & Waving Seed Heads
• Unique Cut Flowers & Container Interest
• En Masse, Specimen, Erosion, Groupings & Containers

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Full sun to part shade locations works great for Fountain Grasses. Deer resistant, humidity and heat tolerant, they're adaptable to all well-drained soil types. Having moderate moisture requirements, just provide regular moisture until established, but after, these warm-season grasses are drought tolerant. These low-maintenance grasses need pruning in early spring to a few inches above the ground and division every 3-5 years to keep them neat, tidy and growing vigorously.

• Full Sun Ornamental Grass
• Moderate to Low Moisture Needs
• Adaptive to a Variety of Soils
• Easy Care & Low Maintenance
• Deer Resistant Sterile Ornamental Grass

For a space-saving Ornamental grass that only grows where you plant it, get one that also has amazing tolerance and burgundy bottle-brush blooms! Add some spice to your landscape and order Cayenne™ Sterile Fountain Grass from Nature Hills today!