Grass Pennisetum x advena ‘Fireworks’ – 3 Litre Pot – Provides shelter for insects and small mammals

Detailed Description

A clump-forming, deciduous grass, to 1.2m tall, with erect to arching leaves. The linear, flat leaves are coloured burgundy-red with pink margins but where shaded from full light leaves are green with white margins. In late summer, red flower plumes are held on arching stems gradually fading to brown in the autumn.

• Perennial Plant
• Eventual Height up to 1.2m
• Full Sun – Partial Shade
• Attractive to wildlife/ Pollinators – Provide Shelter for Insects and small mammals
• Flowering time – July – October
• 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.