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Panicum miliaceum 'Violaceum'

millet 'Violaceum'

Upright, clump-forming annual to 90cm in height, with narrow, flat purple-violet leaves. Produces rigid panicles to 30cm long of purple-violet flowers, in small spikelets, in late summer

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Size
Ultimate height
0.5–1 metres
Time to ultimate height
1 year
Ultimate spread
0.1–0.5 metres
Growing conditions
Chalk
Loam
Sand
Moisture
Well–drained
pH
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Purple
Summer Purple Purple
Autumn Purple
Winter
Position
  • Full sun
Aspect

South–facing or West–facing or East–facing

Exposure
Exposed or Sheltered
Hardiness
H4
Botanical details
Family
Poaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Foliage
Deciduous
Habit
Clump forming
Genus

Panicum can be annual or perennial, evergreen or deciduous grasses, with flat, narrowly lanceolate leaves, with large finely branched panicles of small spikelets in late summer or autumn

Name status

Unresolved

How to grow

Cultivation

Grow in moderately fertile, well-drained soil in full sun. See Ornamental grasses cultivation

Propagation

Propagate by seed in spring

Suggested planting locations and garden types
  • City and courtyard gardens
  • Coastal
  • Cottage and informal garden
  • Gravel garden
  • Patio and container plants
  • Prairie planting
  • Wildflower meadow
  • Wildlife gardens
  • Cut flowers
  • Flower borders and beds
Pruning

Cut down and tidy at the end of the growing season as foliage dies down

Pests

Generally pest-free

Diseases

Generally disease-free

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