Pennisetum orientale Fairy Tails

Name: Pennisetum orientale Fairy Tails | MM Plants
SKU: PEN54206
Price: 5.37 GBP
Availability: InStock

£5.37

Fine arching foliage supports soft, pale flower plumes that move in the breeze, giving this clump-forming fountain grass an airy texture for sheltered sunny borders and ornamental containers. Supplied bare root · supplier grade I, without a nursery pot. Any grade shown is the supplier's bare-root grade, not a pot measurement.

50 in stock

UK delivery £9

Money back within 30 days for an exchange.

About this plant

Fine arching foliage supports soft, pale flower plumes that move in the breeze, giving this clump-forming fountain grass an airy texture for sheltered sunny borders and ornamental containers.

Supplied bare root · supplier grade I, without a nursery pot. Any grade shown is the supplier's bare-root grade, not a pot measurement. One live plant. Individual specimens vary naturally in height, leaf colour and form with age, season and growing conditions. Photographs show the variety; the specimen supplied may differ.

Growing and care

Light: Full sun; sharply drained soil, avoiding winter wet.
Mature height: Around 1.2 m at maturity; not the height of the plant supplied.
Seasonal interest: Midsummer–first frosts
Hardiness / temperature: RHS H3: minimum winter temperature range -5 to 1°C, for mild/coastal conditions; protect from frost and winter wet.
Soil: Sharply drained soil; avoid waterlogging and winter wet.
Aftercare: Protect the unpotted roots from drying out before planting.

Additional information

Pot size	Not recorded
Light	Full sun; sharply drained soil, avoiding winter wet.
Mature height	Around 1.2 m at maturity; not the height of the plant supplied.
Seasonal interest	Midsummer–first frosts
Hardiness / temperature	RHS H3: minimum winter temperature range -5 to 1°C, for mild/coastal conditions; protect from frost and winter wet.
Soil	Sharply drained soil; avoid waterlogging and winter wet.
Aftercare	Protect the unpotted roots from drying out before planting.