Pennisetum `Burgundy Bunny`

Plant Variety Information Sheet
Plant Variety Information Sheet
Pennisetum ‘Burgundy
‘Burgundy Bunny’
Bunny’
Pennisetum
Pennisetum ‘Burgundy Bunny’

Key Features
Key Features
 Compact clumping habit.

clumping habit.
 Compact
Hot red summer accents to the foliage.

red summer accents to the foliage.
 Hot
Blazing fall color.
 Blazing fall color.
Characteristics
Characteristics
Genus & Species:
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Genus
& Species:
Pennisetum
alopecuroides
Protection
Status:
PPAF.
Protection
Status:
PPAF.
USDA Zone:
Zone 6 (-5°F or -23°C). (Currently testing in Zone 5).
USDA
Zone
6 (-5°
F or -23°
C).cream,
(Currently
testing
Zone
5). heads produced in summer.
Bloom:Zone:
Foliage
selection.
Soft
bottle
brushintype
seed
Bloom:
Foliage
selection.
Soft
cream,
bottle
brush
type
seed
heads produced in summer.
Bloom Time:
Mid-late summer.
Bloom
Time:
Mid-late
summer.
Foliage:
Fine fresh green foliage highlighted by red accents in summer. The whole plant is truly
Foliage:
Fine
fresh
blazing
by green
fall. foliage highlighted by red accents in summer. The whole plant is truly
blazing
by
fall.
Habit:
Tight clumping habit 18” x 18”.
Habit:
Tight
clumping
habit
18” x 18”.
Propagation:
Division.
License
required
for propagation.
Propagation:
Division.
License required
for sun
propagation.
Culture:
Fertile well-drained
soil in full
to partial shade.
Culture:
Fertile
well-drained
soilestablished.
in full sun toSport
partial
Additional Comments:
Drought
tolerant once
ofshade.
‘Little Bunny’.
Additional
Comments:
Drought
tolerant once
established.
Sport
of ‘Little
Bunny’.
Uses:
Pots & Containers,
Summer
Border,
Modern
courtyard.
Uses:
Pots & Containers, Summer Border, Modern courtyard.
Approximate Finishing Time
Approximate
4.5” Quarts: Finishing
4-6Time
weeks from a 128 cell transplant (Spring Planting).
4.5”
Quarts:
4-6
6” Gallons:
6-8 weeks
weeks from
from aa 128
128 cell
cell transplant
transplant (Spring
(Spring Planting).
Planting).
6” Gallons:
6-8 weeks from a 128 cell transplant (Spring Planting).
Closest Variety: P. ‘Little Bunny’ Key Differences:  ‘Burgundy Bunny’ red summer highlights vs. no summer highlights.
Closest Variety: P. ‘Little Bunny’ Key Differences: 
summer
highlights
vs.color.
no summer highlights.
 ‘Burgundy
‘Burgundy Bunny’
Bunny’ red
great
fall color
vs. no fall

‘Burgundy
Bunny’
great
fall
color
vs.
no
fall
color.
 ‘Burgundy Bunny’ long season of interest vs. average.
 ‘Burgundy Bunny’ long season of interest vs. average.
PlantHaven Disclaimer: These Grower Notes are based on our experience with this crop. Growth will vary depending on location, climate, growing medium and
cultural practices.
Where
fertilizer
& chemical
usebased
is involved,
the labels,
the manufacturer’s
instructions
practice
careful
trialing
methods.
PlantHaven
Disclaimer:
These
Grower
Notes are
on our read
experience
withfollow
this crop.
Growth will vary
depending&on
location,
climate,
growing
medium and
cultural
practices. Where fertilizer & chemical use is involved, read the labels, follow the manufacturer’s instructions & practice careful trialing methods.
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