Millet Seeds - Purple

Grass Specifications

Season: Perennial

USDA Zones: 8 - 11

Height: 40 - 60 inches

Width: 32 - 48 inches

Foliage Color: Young-plants are green and require sufficient warmth, purple pigmentation occurs when plants are exposed to full sun

Flower Color: Purple

Growth Rate: Moderate

Fall Color: No change

Soil Requirement: Sandy or light loam, pH range is 5.5 - 7.0

Environment: Full sun

Deer Resistant: Yes

Moisture Requirements: Average to dry

Latin Name: Pennisetum glaucum

Planting Directions

Temperature: 72 - 78F

Average Germ Time: 3 - 5 days

Light Required: No

Depth: Cover the seed with approximately 3/8" of media to prevent seedlings from tipping over

Sowing Rate: 3 or more seeds per plant

Moisture: Keep seeds moist until germination

Plant Spacing: 48 inches

Care & Maintenance: Purple Millet

Purple Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) - A wonderful addition to the landscape and containers can be grown from Purple Millet seeds. This award-winning new Ornamental Millet grass offers spring leaves of bright chartreuse that mature through all shades of red and bronze into a burgundy-purple. Pennisetum glaucum Purple has been called Pearl Millet or Black Leaf Millet, and it is a dense, bushy ornamental grass that is topped with long, dramatic purple seed-heads.

Pennisetum glaucum Pearl Millet is stocky and symmetrical, providing a dramatic edging to borders and beds. This ornamental grass is low-maintenance and gives a long display right up until frost. Purple Millet does best in warm climates, and in areas with cool summer temperatures, the plant may not reach full height.

How To Grow Pearl Millet: Start the Ornamental Millet seeds indoors in the early spring. Use small pots filled with seed starting mix. Place the ornamental grass seeds onto the soil and cover thinly with sand or soil and keep the seeds moist. Transplant outdoors once soil temperatures have warmed and frost danger has passed. Purple Millet shows its best color in temperate and warm climates.

Warmth Loving Plant

Young Millet plants are green and require sufficient warmth. The purple pigmentation occurs when plants are exposed to full sun.

Millet Seeds | Purple

How to Grow

Start the Ornamental Millet seeds indoors in the early spring. Use small pots filled with seed starting mix. Place the ornamental grass seeds onto the soil and cover thinly with sand or soil and keep the seeds moist. Transplant outdoors once soil temperatures have warmed and frost danger has passed. Purple Millet shows its best color in temperate and warm climates.

Depth: Cover the seed with approximately 3/8" of media to prevent seedlings from tipping over
Sowing Rate: 3 or more seeds per plant
Average Germ Time: 3 - 5 days
Moisture: Keep seeds moist until germination