Wow, did i share S. greggii seeds in the HWPS?
If so, I think they were 'Wild Thing' originally from from nbgard in the 2010 HWPS.
If Susan has plenty of the ornamental millet seeds, I'm sure she'll get the to you sooner than I can - I am MONTHS behind!
Those originally came from someone in the "New Bee Seeds" group of donors in the DG Seed Trading forum. She sent a gallon bag of huge seed heads, and I do mean huge. Unfortunately, her name was not on that gallon bag, so I don;t know who we should thank! I've been told since then that this is a hybrid plant, but others have said the next generation is still purple/black, dramatic, tall, dark and handsome, just not AS DARK a purple/black.
Here's all the info I found on it:
Ornamental Millet 'Purple Majesty' Pennisetum glaucum
Non-patented ornatmental grass
dark purple/black
2'-5' tall 9-12" apart
dramatic, unusual
birds eat 8-12" seed spikes
Hardy Zone 8-10
? ? ? tolerates heat & drought?
? ? ? or needs always- moist soil?
may be invasive
full sun for dark color
AAS Gold Medal winner
bloom mid-summer to early fall
cut flowers or dried flowers
sow indoors before last frost - germn 70-85 degrees.
cover lightly or direct sow after soil is 55 degrees
CAN grow in containers
may be trap plant for squash bugs
