Ozbreed
Ozbreed
Ozbreed
PURPLE LEA®
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'PA400'
Add Colour to Your Landscape
Environment "Purple Lea")
An environmentally friendly Australian native. Excellent for attracting native birds.
With a low viability of seed, this form is non-invasive to native bushland.
Description
A showy clumping perennial grass with arching leaves and spectacular feathery flower plumes from Summer to Autumn.
 "Purple Lea")
The feature of this variety is its elegant purple flower heads.
Uses
Mass planting, accent plant for rockeries and borders. Low maintenance gardens. Plumes suitable for dried arrangements.
Position "Purple Lea")
Tolerates a wide variety of soils and climatic conditions, including poorly drained soils. Frost and drought tolerant.
Care
Mulch well. Trim to 1/3 the size preferably in April/March or when required. Fertilize with a slow release fertilizer in late Winter.
 "Purple Lea")
If you require colour and don't mind a larger plant, then Purple Lea is the ideal plant for you.
This plant must be grown from division due to its low viability of seed, thus giving you piece of mind that it will stay where it is planted.
Don't be confused...
In this photo on the right we have the flowers of two varieties of Pennisetum alopecuroides.
On the left side of the photo is the native, non-invasive Pennisetum alopecuroides.
On the right side of the photo is the highly invasive African variety of Pennisetum setaceum.
Unfortunately many people often confuse the native for the exotic and vice-versa.
Top Purple Lea® Wholesale Growers (Pots and Viro Tubes)
| Grower | Location | Phone | Fax | |
| Andreasen's Green Nursery (Pots) | KEMP'S CREEK | 02 9826 1911 | 02 9826 1655 |  |
| Bluedale Enterprises (Pots) | WAUCHOPE | 02 6586 0100 | 02 6586 0200 | |
| Botanica/Abulk Nurseries (Pots & VT) | SILVERDALE | 02 4774 2811 | 02 4774 2911 | |
| Diversity Propagation (Pots) | VINEYARD | 02 9627 6371 | 02 9627 6368 | |
| Grower | Location | Phone | Fax | |
| Ausplant Nursery (Pots) | DALBY | 07 4662 4934 | 07 4662 5611 | |
| Cedar Glen Nursery (Pots) | EATONS HILL | 07 3289 2100 | 07 3289 2266 | |
| Impact Grasses QLD (VT) | LOGANHOLME | 07 3806 3399 | 07 3806 4433 | |
| Grower | Location | Phone | Fax | |
| Coromandel Native Nursery (Pots & VT) | COROMANDEL EAST | 0404 663 357 | 08 8388 2777 | |
| Grower | Location | Phone | Fax | |
| Alliance Seeds Pty Ltd (Pots & VT) | THE BASIN | 03 9761 0906 | 03 9761 1755 | |
| Prestige Plants (Pots) | WHITTLESEA | 03 9716 1514 | 03 9716 1977 | |