Grass Pennisetum Sky Rocket Perennial Plant in a 3 Litre Pot – Provides shelter for insects and small mammals

Detailed Description

A popular, fast-growing ornamental grass, ‘Sky Rocket’ is loved by gardeners. A deciduous grass, it forms a graceful clump of slender, variegated leaves, which from midsummer, is topped with soft panicles of silvery pink flowers. This eye-catching ornamental grass is a must for the sensory garden, and it will look great when used to add charm and character to pots or border edges.

• Perennial Plant
• Eventual Height up to 30cm
• Full Sun – Partial Shade
• Attractive to wildlife/ Pollinators – Provide Shelter for Insects and small mammals
• Flowering time – April – June
• Drought Tolerant once established – Needs watering and won’t tolerate deep shade
• Good ground cover

• Hardiness H6

All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets

• H1a: under glass all year (>15C)
• H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 – 15)
• H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 – 10)
• H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
• H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
• H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
• H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
• H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
• H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)

Our plants are supplied as fully grown plants, grown in a 3 Litre pot size, the pot has a 19cm diameter.