Pennisetum villosum

With a common name of Feather Top (seems appropriate) this Pennisetum (Poaceae family) comes from NE tropical Africa. Tenderish (OK down to about -5°C) so is often treated as an annual in the UK. About 2 feet in height with the spikes being some 3-5 inches.

Plant Portraits through the year

The plants are arranged in alphabetical order with the date of the photograph after it.

Abelia ×grandiflora 13/9/99	Hippeastrum 'Chico' 9/2/03
Abutilon 'Nabob' 26/7/99	Hippeastrum 'Jewel' 17/3/02
Acacia leprosa 'Scarlet Blaze' 7/3/04	Hoheria glabrata 7/7/02
Acacia paradoxa 14/5/00	Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris 29/6/03
Acanthus hirsutus 2/7/00	Hypericum calycinum 18/7/04
Acer palmatum 'Azuma murasaki' 28/11/04	Hypericum forrestii 25/7/04
Acer pseudoplatanus 3/5/99	Hypoestes phyllostachya 29/12/02
Achillea SALMON BEAUTY 'Lachsschönheit' 4/6/04	Hypoestes phyllostachys (flower) 16/3/03
Aconitum arcuatum 24/9/00	Inula magnifica 18/08/02
Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. vulparia 5/7/99	Iochroma cyanea 28/6/99
Allium karataviense 22/6/03	Iris bucharica 20/3/00
×Amarcrinum memoria-corsii 13/10/02	Iris confusa 20/5/01
Amaryllis bellladonna 12/09/04	Iris foetidissima 31/12/00
Anemone coronaria De Caen Group 25/5/03	Iris reticulata 22/2/04
Anemone ×hybrida 29/8/04	Iris reticulata 'Pauline' 29/2/04
Angelica gigas 5/9/04	Jaborosa integrifolia 13/6/04
Anigozanthus cultivar 4/2/02	Jasminum nudiflorum 13/12/99
Anthurium 'Beijing Success' 21/11/04	Justicia brandegeeana (1) 30/9/01
Aralia elata 7/10/01	Justicia brandegeeana (2) 15/12/02
Arbutus unedo (Flowers) 6/12/99	Kalanchoe beharensis 1/12/02
Arbutus unedo (Fruit) 17/10/04	Kalanchoe beharensis (Propagation) 6/4/03
Astrantia major 'Hadspen Blood' 28/05/00	Kalanchoe blossfeldiana 16/02/03
Azara lanceolata 27/4/03	Kalanchoe tomentosa 9/3/03
Azara microphylla 1/4/01	Kerria japonica 17/4/00
Azara microphylla 'Variegata' 3/4/04	Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Pink Cloud' 8/6/03
Azara serrata (flowers) 24/5/99	Kniphofia thompsonii var. snowdenii 30/1/05
Azara serrata (fruits) 10/02/02	Lapageria rosea 25/10/99
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 8/12/02	Lathyrus odoratus 'Apricot Sprite' 2/9/01
Bouvardia scabra 11/10/99	Leptospermum scoparium 'Red Damask' 18/4/04
Brugmansia sanguinea 5/1/03	Leucas ciliata 17/9/00
Buddleia alternifolia 31/5/99	Lichen 2/11/03
Buddleja ×weyeriana 4/8/02	Lilium lancifolium 31/8/03
Caladium 'Rosebud' 22/7/01	Liquidamber styraciflua 10/12/00
Callicarpa bodinieri 18/11/01	Lobelia tupa 25/8/02
Callistemon citrinus 'Splendens' 21/6/99	Lonicera involucrata 9/8/99
Callistemon subulatus 21/7/02	Lonicera tragophylla 25/6/00
Calothamnus validus 4/6/00	Lonicera ×purpusii 15/2/04
Camellia japonica 'Nobilissima' 22/12/00	Lotus hirsutus 14/10/01
Campanula latifolia 'Brantwood' 8/7/01	Lotus maculatus 23/01/05
Canna 'Golden Lucifer' 29/09/02	Liquidamber styraciflua 10/12/00
Cardamine pratensis 15/4/01	Ludisia discolor var. dawsoniana 2/2/03
Cardiandra alternifolia 22/9/01	Lysimachia congestiflora 6/7/03
Catalpa ×erubescens 8/9/02	Lysimachia mauritiana 2/12/00
Catananche caerulea 30/11/03	Magnolia ×soulangiana 'Rustica Rubra' 25/11/01
Cedrus atlantica f. glauca 22/10/00	Mahonia ×wagneri 'Moseri' 13/3/00
Cephalaria gigantea 11/7/04	Malus domestica 'Worcester Pearmain' 23/5/04
Ceratostigma willmottianum (Flower) 3/9/00	Metrosideros 'Thomasii' 16/06/02
Ceratostigma willmottianum (Autumn) 17/12/00	Michauxia tchihatchewii 11/08/02
Ceropegia sandersoniae 12/5/02	Monarda 'Cambridge Scarlet' 12/8/01
Cestrum 'Newellii' (Fruit) 11/4/04	Morina longifolia 30/7/00
Cestrum parqui 30/8/99	Muscari armeniacum 22/4/01
Chaenomeles speciosa 31/03/02	Muscari latifolium 2/05/04
Chirita sinensis 'Hisako' 14/9/03	Nandina domestica 'Richmond' 22/12/02
Choisya ternata 4/5/03	Narcissus tazetta subsp. italicus 11/3/01
Cimicifuga simplex 'White Pearl' 19/11/00	Nepeta tuberosa 16/7/00
Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' 8/9/01	Nerine bowdenii 18/10/99
Clerodendrum bungei 17/11/02	Nicotiana sylvestris 10/3/04
Clerodendrum myrcinoides 'Ugandense' 27/6/04	Nigella damascena 24/8/03
Clerodendrum trichotomum 22/11/99	Nigella hispanica 26/10/03
Clematis alpina 'Frances Rivis' 24/4/00	Oenothera 'Lemon Sunset' 1/8/04
Clematis 'Artic Queen' 14/11/04	Oncidium (Cameleon Group) 21 Dec 2003
Clematis campaniflora 1/9/02	Osmanthus delavayi 20/4/03
Clematis ×cartmanii 'Joe' 14/4/02	Osteospermum oriana terracotta 'Akterra' 8 Aug 2004
Clematis cirrhosa var. balearica 10/3/02	Oxalis purpurea 'Ken Aslet' 2/12/01
Clematis ×jouiniana 'Praecox' 28/7/02	Paeonia lactiflora 'Immaculée' 6/6/04
Clematis 'Kermesina' 10/8/03	Paeonia tenuifolia 27/5/01
Clematis recta 'Purpurea' 14/07/02	Papaver bracteatum 1/7/01
Clematis rehderiana 11/11/01	Paradisea lusitanica 18/6/00
Clematis tangutica 10/11/02	Paris polyphylla 21/5/00
Clematis texensis 23/8/99	Paris polyphylla (Fruit) 30/12/01
Clerodendrum bungei 17/11/02	Parthenocissus quinquefolia 8/10/00
Clerodendrum myricoides 'Ugandense' 27/6/04	Pelargonium echinatum 19/9/04
Clerodendrum trichotonum 22/11/99	Pelargonium 'Tip Top' 3/8/03
Clivia miniata 9/5/04	Pennisetum villosum 9/10/2003
Colletia paradoxa 27/12/99	Penstemon 'Mother of Pearl' 15/8/04
Convolvulus cneorum 2/6/02	Phlomis bourgaei 'Whirling Dervish' 1/2/04
Cornus mas 2/3/03	Phlomis grandiflora 26/1/03
Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina' 6/1/02	Phlomis ×margaritae 23/06/02
Correa alba hybrid 4/10/99	Phlomis russeliana 19/1/03
Correa alba 'Pink' 5/12/04	Phlomis samia 20/12/99
Correa alba var. pannosa 28/9/03	Phormium tenax (seed pods) 22/8/04
Correa backhousiana 5/11/00	Physalis alkekengi (Autumn)15/11/99
Correa baeuerlenii 11/01/04	Physalis alkekengi (Winter)7/1/01
Correa reflexa 'Yanakie' 4/2/01	Pieris 'Firecrest' 25/4/04
Correa 'Marian's Marvel' 21/2/00	Pilea involucrata 7/12/03
Corydalis flexuosa 'China Blue' 1/6/03	Platycodon bedding 5/8/01
Corylopsis sinensis var. calvescens 8/4/01	Polianthes tuberosa 'The Pearl' 7/9/03
Cotinus obovatus 27/10/02	Polygala ×dalmaisiana 3/1/00
Cotoneaster horizontalis 26/11/00	Polyporus squamosus 5/10/03
Crataegus oxyacantha 16/11/03	Poncirus trifoliata (flowers) 3/6/01
Crinodendron hookerianum 18/5/03	Poncirus trifoliata (fruit) 23/12/01
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora 'Solfatare' 27/8/00	Primula vulgaris 27/1/02
Cymbidium cultivar 14/1/01	Primula Wanda Group 23/2/03
Cyrtanthus falcatus 27/3/00	Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai' 13/4/03
Cytissus battandieri 17/6/01	Pyracantha cultivars 23/11/03
Daphne bholua 3/3/02	Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum 21/1/01
Daphne mezereum 17/2/02	Ribes odoratum 6/5/01
Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' 28/2/00	Ribes speciosum 30/3/03
Delphinium 'Alice Artindale' 23/7/00	Ricinus communis 'Gibsonii' 27/9/99
Dianthus 'Doris' 30/06/02	Rosa 'Ausroyal'^PBR William Shakespeare 15/8/01
Dianthus 'Singapore Girl' 13/7/03	Rosa banksiae 'Lutea' (Bark) 13/01/02
Diascia fetcaniensis 20/7/03	Rosa banksiae 'Lutea (Flowers) 21/4/02
Diascia fetcaniensis 'Daydream' 20/6/04	Rosa 'Bourbon Queen' 10/6/01
Diascia rigescens 14/6/99	Rosa filipes 'Kiftsgate' 12/11/00
Dierama pulcherrimum 12/7/99	Rosa 'Geranium' 4/11/01
Digitalis ferruginea 2/8/99	Rosa 'Isphahan' 6/11/04
Drimys lanceolata 3/4/00	Rosa Just Joey ® 18/2/01
Echinops bannaticus 19/8/01	Rosa 'Mrs. Oakley Fisher' 16/8/99
Erica canaliculata 10/4/00	Rosa 'Pompon de Paris' 16/12/01
Eriobotrya japonica 7/4/02	Rosa 'Président de Sèze' 9/7/00
Erigeron 'White Quakeress' 12/12/04	Rosa 'Rambling Rector' 15/6/03
Eryngium grandiflorum 20/8/00	Rosa sericea subsp. omiensis var. pteracantha 19/7/99
Eryngium ×zabelli 6/10/02	Rosa 'Schoolgirl' 9/06/02
Erysimum 'Bredon' 29/4/01	Rosa xanthina 'Canary Bird' 15/5/01
Euonymus cornutus var. quinquecornutus 20/9/99	Rubus rosifolius 'Coronarius' 24/6/01
Euonymus europaeus 29/11/99	Salvia atrocyanea 1/11/99
Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii 'Purple and Gold' 20/01/02	Salvia corrugata 21/10/01
Euphorbia margalidiana 17/1/00	Salvia discolor 9/1/05
Euphorbia milii 28/10/01	Salvia ×jamensis 'La Luna' 3/10/04
Euphorbia rigida 25/03/01	Salvia ×jamensis 'Pleasant Pink' 24/10/04
Fascicularia bicolor 21/9/03	Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna 31/1/00
Ferula communis 27/7/03	Scabiosa 'Hot Chilli Pepper' 14/09/02
Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum' 14/3/04	Schefflera veitchii 4/01/04
Fuchsia 'Hawkshead' 8/11/99	Skimmia ×confusa 'Kew Green' 25/1/04
Fuchsia 'Thalia' 1/10/00	Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana (flowers) 28/3/04
Galanthus nivalis 14/2/00	Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana (fruits) 18/1/04
Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno' 4/3/01	Sophora microphylla SUN KING 'Hilsop' 21/3/04
Gazania 'Bicton Orange' 16/5/04	Sorbus cashmiriana 29/10/00
Geranium maderense 10/5/99	Sorbus thibetica 'John Mitchell' 20/10/02
Glandularia platensis 17/8/03	Stephanotis floribunda 28/12/03
Grevillea juniperina f. sulphurea 6/9/99	Streptocarpus 'Crystal Ice' 24/11/02
Grevillea thelemannia 30/4/00	Stipa gigantea 14/12/03
Gynura aurantiaca 22/09/02	Tagetes erecta 'Vanilla' 30/5/04
Haemanthus albiflos 15/10/00	Thalictrum aquilegiifolium 11/6/00
×Halimocistus wintonensis 'Merrist Wood Cream' 7/6/99	Tibouchina urvilleana 6/7/00
Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Orange Beauty' (Flowers) 10/1/00	Tricyrtis formosana 26/9/04
Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Orange Beauty' (Calyces) 24/3/02	Tropaeolum tricolor 19/12/04
Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Orange Beauty' (In frost) 12/1/03	Tulipa saxatilis 'Lilac Wonder' 5/5/02
Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Orange Beauty' (fruit) 12/10/03	Tulipa linifolia 19/5/02
Hamamelis ×intermedia Hybrid 25/2/01	Verbena 'Peaches and Cream' 19/10/03
Hedera hibernica 27/1/01	Viburnum xbodnantense 24/1/00
Helenium autumnale 10/9/00	Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga' 17/5/99
Helichrysum RUBY CLUSTER 'Blorub' 26/5/02	Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga' (autumn colour) 3/11/02
Helleborus argutifolius 7/2/00	Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga' (Buds) 23/3/03
Helleborus foetidus 18/3/01	Vinca major 24/2/02
Helleborus orientalis 6/3/00	Viscum album 9/12/01
Helleborus thibetanus 8/2/04	Vuylstekeara hybrid (Odontoglossum × Cochlioda × Miltonia) 31/10/04
Helleborus torquatus Party Dress Gp. 11/02/01	Wisteria sinensis 'Jako' 11/5/03
Hemerocallis fulva 'Kwanso' 26/8/01	Xanthoceras sorbifolium 7/5/00
Hemerocallis 'Stafford' 29/7/01	Zelkova serrata 28/4/02

Pennisetum villosum
9 November, 2003, Sunningdale

NCCPG - Conservation through Cultivation - NCCPG

Pennisetum villosum 9 November, 2003, Sunningdale

NCCPG - Conservation through Cultivation - NCCPG

Pennisetum villosum
9 November, 2003, Sunningdale