First Knight Fountain Grass (Pennisetum) – 3 Gallon Pot

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Growing to 4 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide in an elegant clump of wide, very deep purple arching leaves, ‘First Knight’ Fountain Grass is a superb accent, grouping or natural hedge for summer color in the sunny landscape borders or large containers. A fine addition to ornamental grass gardens and the texture and color provides wonderful contrast when used beside brightly colored flowers, leafy shrubs, trees, and perennial plants. Especially attractive around boulders and bodies of water. In zones where it’s an annual, it makes a great centerpiece or background plant in annual flower beds. 

Spacing:  30 inches apart for mass plantings; 5 feet or more apart for space between plants

Note:  For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Zone 7a, where this Pennisetum variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring. 

First Knight Fountain Grass is easy to grow when planted right, and in the right spot. It adapts to most soil types, provided the soil is well drained, and likes full sun to mostly sun. It’s drought tolerant when established, however will appreciate some water during extended periods without rain. As with many other plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic. Cut foliage back to an inch or two above the ground before or right when new growth begins to emerge in spring.