Pennisetum Divisum seed

LATIN NAME: Pennisetum divisum

COMMON NAME: Divided Fountain Grass

The divided fountain grass is a handsome, tufted, perennial grass of the warm, dry places, and its fine, narrow, arching, bluish-green leaves and its fine, long, upright or arching, bottlebrush-like heads of the many small, dry grains among the fine, silky bristles have made it a treasured and fine grass of the region. It grows as a densely tufted, perennial grass, reaching up to one metre or so, with the many slender, arching stems bearing the fine, narrow, arching, bluish-green leaves and, through the warm months, the fine, long, upright or arching, bottlebrush-like heads of the many small, dry grains among the fine, silky bristles. It is a species of the true grass in the grass family, and it is native to the warm, dry places of the western Asia and the surrounding regions, while it is treasured for its fine, silky, arching heads, and it is known as the divided fountain grass.

In the true grass family it is the silky-headed fountain grass of the dry places, a grass whose arching plumes of fine bristles catch the light of the warm months.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The divided fountain grass appears in the dry-land ecology papers of the western Asia, and the botanists have mapped its place in the grass family and the regional flora. The soil scientists have studied the fine, dense, fibrous roots that hold the loose, dry ground, and the horticulturists have grown the silky, arching form for the dry garden and the border. It is a grass of the soil-binding, ornamental kind, and the growers of the ornamental grasses keep it in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the dry garden, the divided fountain grass is the silky plume of the sunny corner. Its heads feed the birds, the dense tufts hold the dry ground and shelter the small creatures, and the arching, bluish-green form gives the border a fine, soft presence. It has served the bank and the border, and it grows well in the dry, well-drained ground of the open, sunny spot. Silky-headed, arching and tough.

Rake the ground smooth, scatter the fine grains over the surface and just press them in gently with the back of the rake, keep the ground lightly moist in a bright, open spot, and the first green shoots will thread up in good time.