Pennisetum advena 'Tiny Tails'

Pennisetum advena 'Tiny Tails'

€9,00
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Pennisetum advena 'Tiny Tails'
  • Pennisetum advena 'Tiny Tails'
  • Pennisetum advena 'Tiny Tails'
  • Pennisetum advena 'Tiny Tails'
  • Pennisetum advena 'Tiny Tails'
Pennisetum advena 'Tiny Tails'

Pennisetum advena 'Tiny Tails'

€9,00
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Pennisetum advena 'Tiny Tails' is a dwarf ornamental grass that produces a profusion of soft, fluffy, beige-pink plumes from summer into autumn, contrasting beautifully with its dramatic burgundy-bronze foliage. 

The foliage is composed of slender, flexible leaves that range from a striking dark red to a deep burgundy bronze.

The blooms here are the main event. They are fluffy, they are soft, these bottlebrush-like plumes emerge from mid-summer through autumn.

Its compact, rounded clump, around 30–40 cm, makes it an excellent choice for pots, borders, or naturalistic-style plantings, where it adds lightness and movement.
Preferred Soil Type: Well-drained, Gravelly, Fertile

Sunlight: Full sun

Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: -1.1°C to -6.7°C

Growth Habit: Fountain, Compact

Origine: North Africa / Middle East

🪴9x9 cm

🚂 Ships across EU

🌱 Grown in our nursery
€9,00

☀️ Full sun
💧 Drought tolerant
🪴 Grows well in pots or in the ground
❄️ Hardy perennial
Gardening Tips

🌱 Planting : Add a scoop of well-rotted organic matter and some grit to improve drainage.

🌿Winter: add a generous layer of mulch to provide an insulating layer around the roots. You can leave the foliage above ground for wintertime beauty

✂️Spring: Cut back the previous year's growth each spring to ground level. If she's getting quite big, this is the time to dig up and divide.

The Botany

The genus Pennisetum, in the Poaceae family, takes its name from the Latin penna (feather) and seta (bristle), a direct reference to the feathery bristles surrounding its spikelets.

Pennisetum advena (sometimes classified as a synonym of, or closely related to, Pennisetum setaceum) is native to North Africa and the Middle East.

'Tiny Tails' is a dwarf cultivar selected for early flowering and a much smaller size than the species type, which can exceed a metre.
The Myth

Feathery-plumed grasses like Pennisetum became, from the 1980s onward, a cornerstone of the "naturalistic planting" movement championed by designers such as Piet Oudolf, which sought to recreate the spontaneous look of wild meadows rather than the strict order of classical gardens.

Their movement in the wind and their persistence through frost have made them a symbol of the contemporary garden - one that values transitional seasons, autumn and winter, rather than summer flowering alone.

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