Exemplar Horticulture
This delightful warm season perennial grass forms an upright arching mound of green leaves highlighted with burgundy-red; long flower stems, topped with fluffy, silvery-red bunny tail-like flowers, sway in the wind; flowers dry to tan; lovely cut flower; deer resistant.
Topped with fluffy, silvery-red bunny tail-like flowers
Good in borders, containers, mass plantings, meadows, cottage and formal gardens, as accent, ground cover, specimen, near water
Pennisetum messaicum 'Red Bunny Tails'
(Red Bunny Tails Fountain Grass)
Growing | Requirements |
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Zone |
7 (0°F/-17°C) |
Exposure |
Full sun |
Form | |
Foliage Height |
18" (46 cm) |
Width |
24" (61 cm) |
Flower Height |
36" (91 cm) |
Flower Colour | Silvery-red "bunny tail" flower heads dry to tan |
Bloom Time |
June - October |
Watering Needs |
Moderate. Keep moist in hot conditions |
Soil Preferences |
Prefers a moist, well-drained soil type |
Part of our Signature Collection