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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Cayenne' 24W6 Fountain Grass S1-

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Cayenne' 24W6 Fountain Grass S1- (Wayne Hanna) Fountain Grass, Mature plant size: 4x5ft., dark brown plumes in fall, USDA Hardiness Zone 5, Michigan Bloom Month 11, In Garden Bed S1 for 31 MONTHS (Bluestone). Planted in 2021.

 

Plant Delights Nursery: (aka: Pennisetum Tift PA18) Pennisetum 'Cayenne' is another of the amazing sterile fountain grass introductions from Wayne Hanna's work at the University of Georgia. Pennisetum 'Cayenne' forms a 4' tall x 5.5' wide clump, adorned from mid-summer into November with a mass of dark brown plumes. This is the longest and latest flowering of the UGA introductions.

 

 

Photo by Frank D.Richards, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Creative Commons Copyright CC BY-SA 4.0.

Link to additional photos of this plant on my Flickr account from 2022, 23, 24:

 

www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...

 

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Uploaded on July 17, 2025
Taken on February 10, 2024