Q: I like the look of fountain grass and want to plant some in our landscape. I’m wondering if it will drop seed and become a weed in our garden. I sure don’t need any more weeds. A: Fountain grass, ...

Purple fountain grass is a congenial type, much like the gregarious friend who makes a party. Highly ornamental with its arching foliage topped with bobbing rose-purple plumes from late spring to ...

Every time the ornamental grasses start flowering in summer and fall, I fall in love with them all over again. I even love the invasive fountain grass because their abundant blooms, ruffled in our ...

Grasses likely aren't the first plants that come to mind when trying to attract hummingbirds, but they actually provide ...

As leaves mature, they take on the sea green color of the ordinary, non-variegated versions of these species. Moving on to ...

* Common name: Fountain grass 'Fireworks' * Botanical name: Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks' * What it is: A non-winter-hardy ornamental grass with an arching habit and slender blades of cream, green ...

The LSU AgCenter has announced another Louisiana Super Plant called Fireworks, a red-foliaged variety of purple fountain grass or pennisetum. For many years, gardeners in Louisiana grew purple ...

Every spring and fall since 2009, the LSU AgCenter has issued a list of what it calls “Super Plants” for Louisiana gardens, plants that have been tested by the AgCenter and proven to adjust well to ...