Pennisetum purpureum 'Princess Caroline'
BOTANICAL NAME: Pennisetum purpureum ‘Princess Caroline’
COMMON NAME: Princess Caroline Fountain Grass
ATTRACTS:
RESISTANT: Deer
BLOOM COLOR/ TIME:
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Full to Part Sun
HEIGHT: 3 to 4 feet
WIDTH: 3 to 4 feet
EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS:
WATER REQUIREMENTS: Average
SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Moist, well-drained soil
GARDEN ATTRIBUTES: Striking foliage
Low maintenance
Disease resistant
Fast growing
HARDINESS ZONES: 8 - 10
Princess Caroline fountain grass is a moderate to fast-growing perennial/hardy annual that has intense, arching, purple-foliage summer to frost. It makes a great accent plant, centerpiece or background plant in an annual/perennial bed.