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Plant: Little Bunny - Fountain Grass
Cenchrus alopecuroides 'Little Bunny'
Size: 1 gal
Light
Bloom
More about this plant
Little Bunny is a dwarf Chinese fountain grass that grows 12 to 18 inches tall, with arching linear leaves and bottlebrush flower spikes from midsummer into fall that age from green toward golden brown. It prefers full sun in dry to moist, well-drained soil, tolerates part shade with fewer flowers, and is drought tolerant once established and highly resistant to deer. NCSU notes it can self-seed aggressively. Cut the foliage to the ground in late winter.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
Plant description
Little Bunny is a dwarf Chinese fountain grass that grows 12 to 18 inches tall, with arching linear leaves and bottlebrush flower spikes from midsummer into fall that age from green toward golden brown. It prefers full sun in dry to moist, well-drained soil, tolerates part shade with fewer flowers, and is drought tolerant once established and highly resistant to deer. NCSU notes it can self-seed aggressively. Cut the foliage to the ground in late winter.
- Flowers
- Bottlebrush-like cylindrical spikes on arching stems from midsummer into fall.
- Pruning
- Cut foliage to the ground in late winter.
- Native range
- East Asia and Western Australia
