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Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) SPRENG. (Chinese fountaingrass)

German: LampenputzergrasCzech: dochan psárkovitý - vousatec
Genus:  PennisetumFamily:  Poaceae,
Mature Height: 1.00 mBloom in:    VII, VIII,
Flower Colour:    whiteSoil Preferred:  neutral,
Light Required:  full sun 
Other Attributes:  grass, type of inflorescence - spike, use for rockery, bed plant, attractive flowers,
Photo: Pennisetum alopecuroides, Chinese fountaingrass, Pennisetum
 Pennisetum alopecuroides   Chinese fountaingrass plant
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Chinese fountaingrass
plant
 Pennisetum alopecuroides   Chinese fountaingrass flowers
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Chinese fountaingrass
flowers
Plants of Genus Pennisetum:

Index:
External links:
Michigan State University Extension: Pennisetum alopecuroides--Fountain Grass
NC State University: Ground Covers: Pennisetum alopecuroides
USDA PLANTS: PLANTS Profile for Pennisetum alopecuroides (Chinese fountaingrass ...

Grasses: An Identification Guide (Sponsored by the Roger Tory Peterson Institute)

Lauren Brown,
Product Description: How to identify 135 of the most common species of North American grasses, sedges, and rushes, with their economic and ecological importance.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (1992-04-30)
Price: $16.00

A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H): The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs & Trees with Their Modern Scientific Uses

Margaret Grieve,
Product Description:
Volume 1 of the fullest, most exact, most useful compilation of herbal material. Gigantic alphabetical encyclopedia, from aconite to zedoary, gives botanical information, medical properties, folklore, economic uses, much else. Indispensable to serious reader. Total in set: 161 illustrations.

Publisher: Dover Publications (1971-06-01)
Price: $16.95

Gardening with Grasses

Michael King, Piet Oudolf,
Product Description: Ornamental grasses are among the most versatile and sophisticated of garden plants. Planted as single specimens in beds or on the terrace in a container, grasses are striking focal points. Smaller forms bring rhythm and diversity to mixed borders, and clumping forms richly carpet the ground. This beautifully illustrated book by two imaginative garden designers will provide equal measures of information and inspiration.
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated (1998-02-01)
Price: $34.95

How To Identify Grasses: And Grasslike Plants

H.D. Harrington,
Product Description: There is no easy was to identify grasses. And no one understood this better than H.D. Harrington, who observed thousands of students struggle and learn. His clear, concise, and well-organized guide will continue to be a basic and essential text for use in the classroom or in the field. The book contains over 500 drawings and an illustrated glossary.
Publisher: Swallow Press (1977-01-01)
Price: $12.95

Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes of the United States

Edward Knobel,
Product Description: With its clear descriptions and accurate drawings, this easy-to-carry little volume will allow you to differentiate over 370 of the most common species: timothy, rye, foxtail, fescue, bluegrass, etc. Key. 500 illustrations. Updated nomenclature by Mildred F. Faust.

Publisher: Dover Publications (1977-06-01)
Price: $4.95
Translation
Ing. Hana Vymazalová
Garden Designer