Description

Millet Purple Majesty OP
Pennisetum glaucum

Annual. Ornamental millet with dark burgundy foliage. Spikes resemble cattails. Up to 1.40 m tall. Grows well in pots. Excellent for dried bouquets. Size varies greatly according to growing conditions. If you want small plants, sow them closer together.

Full sun to part shade. Rich soil, but tolerates poor, dry soil. Sow indoors 6 to 8 weeks before last frost. 10 to 60 cm between plants. 5 mm deep.

Germination: 55% in November 2025
Ecological seeds produced at Catherine’s Ornamental Garden.

Note
Purple Majesty millet is usually identified as a hybrid cultivar. We’ve been growing it since 2021 and it’s stable enough to be reproduced faithfully from one year to the next. Although we can’t get germination rates above 55%, emergence is uniform, rapid and vigorous. Given the exorbitant price of these seeds elsewhere on the internet (more or less $1 a seed), we decided to offer them anyway.