Exemplar Horticulture
This stately warm season tender perennial grass has lush, upright, arching leaves that emerge green with purple margins and midrib and turn an intense purple as the summer heat intensifies; rarely flowers.
Arching leaves that emerge green with purple margins and midrib and turn an intense purple as the summer heat intensifies
Good in containers and as accent plants; wonderful centre-piece in annual or seasonal plantings.
Pennisetum purpureum 'Princess Caroline'
(Princess Caroline Napier Grass)
Growing | Requirements |
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Zone |
8 (10°F/-12°C) |
Exposure |
Full sun |
Form | |
Foliage Height |
36" (91 cm) |
Width | 24" (61 cm) |
Flower Height |
N/A |
Flower Colour | Red-purple flower, rarely flowers |
Bloom Time |
N/A |
Watering Needs |
Moderate-Low. Keep well-watered |
Soil Preferences |
Prefers a rich soil type |