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  • This form, sometimes known as Pennisetum spicatum, is still grown in Spain and North Africa.

    4. Pearl Millet 1996

  • Blackberry Rubus adenotrichis is rampant, elephant grass Pennistum purpureum, African kikuyu grass Pennisetum clandestinum and other grasses and shrubs have taken over many areas of the inhabited islands, especially Santa Cruz.

    Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009

  • The plants: The grasses Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum,' aka Purple Fountain Grass, and Carex flagellifera 'Toffee Twist' hold their form well into the winter.

    Mums Not the Word 2011

  • It needs strong neighbors, like a good Pennisetum or Miscanthus to lean on and not smother.

    Wildflowers Of May* « Fairegarden 2010

  • Pennisetum ‘Hameln’ is one of my favorites dwarf fountain grasses, growing 18-24 inches tall and wide.

    The Winter Garden « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2008

  • For those who find a rounded shape appealing, fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides) is ideal.

    Grow glorious grasses in your landscape 2010

  • Grasses identified are Panicum laetum, Eragrostis pilosa, Cenchrus biflorus, Dactyloctenium aegyptium, Pennisetum violaceum, Cymbopogon schoenanthus and Chrysopogon aucheri.

    Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger 2008

  • Liriope lines the street side but has been taken over by the thug Pennisetum alopecuriodes ‘Moudry’.

    No Mow « Fairegarden 2010

  • The reserve harbors wild relatives of several important crop species: wild olive, millet Pennisetum glaucum and sorghum Sorghum aethiopicum, which have been the subject of genetic studies by the French Institute for Scientific Research and Cooperative Development and the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources.

    Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger 2008

  • My one ornamental grass, Pennisetum ‘Karley Rose’, will be a beauty next year.

    The Winter Garden « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2008

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