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PENNISETUM ORIENTALE
PENNISETUM ORIENTALE
Neat grass with pale pink bottlebrush flower heads Jun-Nov, 45cm. Easy, sun or light shade. In my experience the only 100% hardy Pennisetum (on clay in the Midlands) - and a good one.
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