Spring is a brilliant time to plant up an all-season garden planter that will see you through the rest of the year, bringing colour, joy and – with this particular pick – tactile gorgeousness and gentle movement.
The plant I've chosen for this task is an ornamental grass called Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'. And it's an absolute stunner. More familiarly known as Chinese fountain grass, purple fountain grass or plume grass, it's a statuesque warm-season specimen with deep burgundy foliage topped with soft bottlebrush flowers in toning buff and claret.
