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Oriental Pennisetum

(Cenchrus orientalis)

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Description

Pink, bottle-brush flowers rise well above arching clumps of graceful foliage in summer. This grass is beautiful in a mixed border, rock garden, or massed at waterside. It blooms in June with pink plumes.Noteworthy Characteristics: Compact tuft of grass with abundant fuzzy pink flower spikes.Care: Site in full sun and light, fertile, well-drained soil. Cut back the previous year's growth by early spring.Propagation: Start seeds indoors in early spring at 55-64- F, or divide plants in late spring or early summer.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Poales
Family:Poaceae
Genus:Cenchrus
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