How to tend a Pennisetum glaucum
Also known as: Alopecurus typhoides Burm.f., Andropogon racemosus Poir. ex Steud., Cenchrus paniceus B.Heyne ex Wall., Cenchrus pycnostachyus Steud., Chaetochloa glauca (L.) Scribn., Chaetochloa lutescens Stuntz, Chamaeraphis glauca (L.) Kuntze, Holcus paniciformis Roxb. ex Hook.f., Holcus racemosus Forssk., Holcus spicatus L., Ixophorus glaucus (L.) Nash, Panicum alopecuroides J.Koenig ex Trin., Panicum americanum L., Panicum coeruleum Mill., Panicum compressum Balb. ex Steud., Panicum glaucum L., Panicum holcoides Trin., Panicum indicum Mill., Panicum involucratum Roxb., Panicum lutescens Weigel, Panicum spicatum (L.) Roxb., Penicillaria arabica A.Braun, Penicillaria deflexa Andersson ex A.Braun, Penicillaria elongata Schrad. ex Schltdl., Penicillaria involucrata (Roxb.) Schult., Penicillaria nigritarum Schltdl., Penicillaria plukenetii Link, Penicillaria roxburghii A.Braun, Penicillaria solitaria Stokes, Penicillaria spicata (L.) Willd., Pennisetum albicauda Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Pennisetum americanum f. echinurus (K.Schum.) Leeke, Pennisetum americanum subsp. spicatum (L.) Maire & Weiller, Pennisetum ancylochaete Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Pennisetum aureum Link, Pennisetum cereale Trin., Pennisetum cinereum Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Pennisetum echinurus (K.Schum.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Pennisetum gambiense Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Pennisetum gibbosum Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Pennisetum giganteum Ten. ex Steud., Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br., Pennisetum indicum A.Braun, Pennisetum leonis Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Pennisetum maiwa Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Pennisetum malacochaete Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Pennisetum megastachyum Steud., Pennisetum nigritarum var. deflexum (Andersson ex A.Braun) T.Durand & Schinz, Pennisetum nigritarum var. macrostachyum T.Durand & Schinz, Pennisetum plukenetii T.Durand & Schinz, Pennisetum pycnostachyum Stapf & C.E.Hubb., Pennisetum solitarium Stokes, Pennisetum spicatum (L.) Körn., Pennisetum spicatum var. echinurus K.Schum., Pennisetum spicatum var. longipedunculatum K.Schum., Pennisetum spicatum var. typhoideum T.Durand & Schinz, Pennisetum typhoideum Rich., Pennisetum typhoideum var. echinurus (K.Schum.) Rendle, Pennisetum typhoideum var. plukenetii (Link) Rendle, Phleum africanum Lour., Setaria glauca (L.) P.Beauv., Setaria lutescens F.T.Hubb., Setaria rufa Chevall., Setaria sericea (Aiton) P.Beauv., Setariopsis glauca (L.) Samp., Cenchrus spicatus (L.) Cav., Penicillaria indica A.Braun, Setaria lutescens var. macrocarpa Hook.f.
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Keep soil moist
Sunlight
Put in sunny places
Soil
Likes loose and fertile loam
Fertilizer
Mainly use base fertilizers, top-dressing at the late stages
Pruning
Remove dead and diseased branches timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Africa
- Category
- Gramineae, Setaria
- Size
- Diameter ⥠10 cm, height 15-18 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period in summer, fruiting period in autumn
- Flower colors
- purple
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