Red Head Fountain Grass

Red Head Fountain Grass Landscape Design Ideas

When designing your landscape with Red Head Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'), you can achieve a stunning visual impact with its vibrant red foliage and graceful fountain-like form. Here are tailored design ideas to incorporate this striking ornamental grass into your outdoor space:

Colorful Borders: Utilize Red Head Fountain Grass along borders or edges of garden beds to create a vibrant display of red foliage. The rich color and unique texture of the grass can serve as a bold backdrop for flowering plants or shrubs, adding depth and interest to your landscape.

Focal Point Planting: Make a statement by planting Red Head Fountain Grass as a focal point in your garden. Its upright growth habit and striking red plumes can draw the eye and create a dynamic centerpiece in a specific area of your landscape.

Contemporary Containers: Showcase Red Head Fountain Grass in modern containers or planters to add a contemporary touch to your outdoor living space. The contrast between the red foliage and the container's design can create a visually appealing and sophisticated look.

Mixed Texture Gardens: Pair Red Head Fountain Grass with plants that have contrasting textures, such as broad-leaved plants or succulents, to create a dynamic interplay of shapes and forms. This combination can add visual interest and complexity to your garden design.

Seasonal Interest: Take advantage of Red Head Fountain Grass's seasonal changes by incorporating it into fall-themed garden areas. The deep red hues of the foliage can complement the seasonal colors of autumn, creating a cohesive and festive landscape.

Ensure proper sunlight exposure and well-drained soil for Red Head Fountain Grass to thrive. Regular maintenance, including pruning dead foliage and dividing mature clumps, can help ensure the health and vigor of the grass throughout the growing season.

Additional care and maintenance

PLANTING is recommended from early spring to early fall before frost sets in, select an area with FULL SUN, ornamental grasses are easily grown in a wide range of soils, including clay, alkaline and compacted soils, avoid wet soggy soils, once established grasses are highly adaptable and drought resistant. When planting dig a hole 6-12 inches wider than your new plant's root ball and deep enough so that the top of the root ball is parallel with the ground level, this is very important, planting the plant deeper than the original top soil line may severely damage the tree. Place the plant in the hole and ensure that it is situated upright, use the excavated soil to back fill around the root ball, tamp down to ensure air pockets are eliminated, thoroughly soak with a hose as you fill in the dirt. Take great care to not leave any gaps or air spaces around the root ball. A 2-3 inch layer of organic hardwood mulch is strongly recommended, it will help retain moisture and discourage weed growth. Apply the mulch over the entire planting area.

WATER your new ornamental grass weekly during the first 2 months to establish a strong root system, Once your plant(s) is established rainfall should suffice for your grass's watering needs, you should increase water frequency during extremely hot days, you should always verify the top 2-3 inches of soil, if dry to the touch is time to water.

LIGHT, thrives in full sun, can tolerate partial shade.

FERTILIZE your plants during spring before new growth begins. Applying a slow-release, 180 days duration, well balance fertilizer is probably the simplest solution and least expensive.

PRUNING Ornamental grasses can be cut back at anytime once the foliage turns brown, however under cool conditions early spring is a good time to trim, cut off about 2/3 of the upper section, most ornamental grasses will regrow fairly quick, providing new blooms by early summer, see more details on how to cut back.

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