pennisetum alopecuroides 'lumen gold' (fountain grass)* Size:1 gallon

pennisetum alopecuroides 'lumen gold' (fountain grass)* Size:1 galloncompact and globe shaped habit bright golden foliage that persists throughout the summer, turning to light green in early fall an abundance of brown flowers appear in late summer bloom time: late summer to early fall warm season grasses are much slower starting in the spring they do not push new growth until temperatures warm in early to midsummer they flower later in the summer or fall with most blooms remaining into the winter most warm season

depending on growing conditions

panicles of pink-white flowers

showy blooms flourish in a moist soil with filtered shade

glossy near-black foliage with deep-purple undersides

improved habit

grow best in a moist

dark green leaves turn mahogany in the winter

summer heat and humidity

fiddleheads develop into three-one for each leaf division

spreads slowly by underground rhizomes

it is safe to cut them down

dense mound of relatively short golden foliage