@springcolor "Could it be a variety of Pennisetum?" I will have to look for the nursery pot it was in. I just don't know how to ID it. It does look like a couple of the photos from Santa Rosa. For the show, I went with Phormium. There were ten other plants in the pot. I guess if I got nine correct I was doing okay.
I do want to know what it is, though. Thanks for pointing me in another direction.