Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'

과명	Poaceae (벼과)	속명	Pennisetum (수크령속)
전체학명	Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'	추천명	수크령 '하멜른'
이명		외국명	Chinese pennisetum; Swamp foxtail grass; Fountain grass

Common Name: fountain grass  

Type: Ornamental grass

Family: Poaceae

Zone: 5 to 9

Height: 1.50 to 2.50 feet

Spread: 1.50 to 2.50 feet

Bloom Time: August to October

Bloom Description: Pinkish white

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium to wet

Maintenance: Low

Suggested Use: Ground Cover, Rain Garden

Flower: Showy, Good Cut, Good Dried

Leaf: Colorful, Good Fall

Attracts: Birds

Other: Winter Interest

Tolerate: Drought, Erosion, Wet Soil, Black Walnut, Air Pollution

Pennisetum alopecuroides, commonly called fountain grass, is a warm season ornamental grass which typically grows in graceful, spreading clumps from 2-3' tall and as wide. Features narrow, medium to deep green leaves (to 1/2" wide) in summer, changing to golden yellow in fall and fading to beige in late fall. Foliage usually remains attractive throughout the winter. Showy, silvery to pinkish-white, bristly, bottle brush-like flower spikes arch outward from the clump in late summer like water spraying from a fountain (hence the common name). Flower spikes turn brownish as the seeds form, and spikes usually persist until late fall or early winter before shattering. Many excellent fountain grass cultivars are available in commerce, ranging in height from 1-5' and featuring a variety of different flower colors (purples, pinks or whites) and autumn foliage.

Genus name comes from the Latin penna meaning "feather" and seta meaning "bristle" in reference to the flowers having long, feathery bristles.

Specific epithet means like a foxtail grass.

'Hameln' is similar to the species, except the flower spikes of this cultivar are shorter and the plants are more compact.

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln' - Plant Finder (missouribotanicalgarden.org)