Fountain grass

I have bought some new plants. I found purple fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum Rubrum) in the Harmony garden centre. When I was in Canada last summer I saw lots of plantings featuring this grass and I fell in love with its dark leaves and graceful foxtail flowers. I have kept an eye out for it since I returned to Tasmania and was delighted to find it in stock at a local centre.

Finding it put me in such a good mood that I bought some other plants as well - some coral and yellow striped dwarf phormiums and a coral-blotched solanteum... whatever it is now, it used to be called coleus. These will be kept in containers and grouped with the similarly coloured Tropicana canna.

Another addition to this cast of all stars is Juncus filiformis Spiro. As I wire worker I find this plant has special appeal because its stems are all curled in loose corkscrew spirals. It is so attractive. My camera batteries are flat so I haven't photographed the new plants yet but will do so shortly.