Pontederia cordata var lancifolia Franklin Pennisetum This 1' tall x 3'

This 1' tall x 3' wide (in ground maturity) oddity boasts a wide purple stripe down the middle of each olive green leaf

The orange-red flowers (orange in the cultivar 'Pumpkin') are produced all summer into fall

The 2' tall x 3' wide clump emerges with green foliage heavily flushed in reddish bronze

This cross from the late Cecil Houdyshel is a tetraploid version of C

upright shrubby plant

Pontederia cordata var lancifolia Franklin Pennisetum This 1' tall x 3'Pontederia cordata var. lancifolia is a Southeast US coastal plain native, hailing from Virginia to East Texas. Pontederia 'Franklin' is a 2024 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a Vic Lambou collection from Franklin County, in the Florida panhandle. Pontederia 'Franklin' forms an offsetting patch to 3' tall x 4' wide in five years. The upright stalks end in a much more narrow leaf than Pontederia cordata var. cordata, although the spike of lavender