posted by tiny22
8/19/2012
Region: Mountain West
Zone: 9





I've had the Grass on the central coast of California and boy does it take off! Its beautiful, and hardy an I really enjoyed it in slight breeze's.
posted by Nillo
9/4/2011
Region: Southern California
Zone: 10





One persons invasive plant is another's dream groundcover. This is a native plant that spreads easily by seed. It requires very little water and gets by easily on Los Angeles' 15" per year. I love this plant as a turf grass replacement as it can outcompete other undesirable plants. Plus it is gorgeous.
posted by plantnutsSB
7/29/2011
Region: Southern California
Zone: 10





Dangerously invasive grass promises to be a fire hazzard as Pennesetum setaceum is on the coast and highways of our region. It is unstopable once introduced. Pulling stray seedlings would be a full time job involving tresspassing.
posted by 10shoe
5/21/2011
Region: Southern California
Zone: 9





Extremely Invasive in CA! Once established it will become a pesky weed cropping up everywhere and it is extremely hard to get rid of in CA.
posted by PapaG
11/29/2008
Region: Southwest
Zone: 8





We love this plant, and use it for structure in several of our xeric beds. It moves nicely in the breeze. The seed heads are pretty when back lit--the can look like a wet dog after a rain, though! We eventually trim seed heads after they get too matted. Will reseed, but managing its spread is no problem--just pull up the new plants. Very low water plant. Not sure how it would do with a lot of water.
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