Pennisetum Millet Jade Princess

About this product

Pennisetum 'Jade Princess' is a bold ornamental millet prized for its broad, lime-green foliage and dramatic, cattail-like plumes that add striking vertical texture to summer plantings. This vigorous annual delivers upright architecture and rich color that reads well from a distance, making it a reliable anchor for containers and mass landscape displays. Sold in a case of 6 in P1GA pots, it's an easy, high-impact upsell for garden center benches.

Care & growing

Light

Full sun for best color and plume production; tolerates light afternoon shade.

Watering

Keep evenly moist during establishment, then water regularly in heat; avoid soggy soil.

Soil

Fertile, well-drained soil or quality potting mix.

Temperature

Thrives in warm summer conditions, roughly 65–85°F; frost-sensitive annual.

Bloom time

Mid to late summer into fall.

Common uses

Ideal as a container thriller, landscape accent or mass planting, and eye-catching retail display.