Seeing Red!

RED HEAD PENNISETUM

A popular landscaping element, perennial grasses offer seasons of interest and movement to the garden. Fountain grasses are perennials that grow to form a mound. With cascading leaves, these attractive grasses will form a clump making a great mass planting. We also love using them individually as a specimen plants in containers. Their foliage will arch towards the ground like a fountain - thus the name 'fountain grass'.

A McDonald Garden Center favorite is Red Head. The soft, smoky pink flower spikes appear in mid to late summer and as its name suggests it will produce red, feather-like plumes in early September. We love planting this beauty in mass and in containers. The plants will remain attractive into winter. This plant will tolerant some drought and is salt resistant. It is also great in areas where the deer population is high as it is deer resistant. Try pairing Red Head with other late summer favorites such as zinnias, coreopsis, daylilies and agastache.