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Fountain grass is an understandably popular ornamental grass. It forms large clumps (3 to 4 feet high and the same diameter) with arching leaves draping to the ground. The late-summer flowers have the appearance of fox-tails. Photo Aug. 2000. |
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This is P. alopecuroides 'Moudry' (also called 'Viridescens'). The leaves are darker, wider, and glossier, and the blackish-purple flower spikes appear later in the season and do not tend to arch over as much. The foliage is extremely dense (here, it has totally concealed the hose-reel mounted on the wall behind it). It arrived in mis-marked containers. It is an attractive plant, but it is an incredibly aggressive self-seeder. Photo Sept. 2000. |
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