'Black Madras' - is a tender, tufted, rhizomatous, annual grass with upright to arching, broadly linear, dark purple leaves and, from midsummer to mid-autumn, open panicles of bright green flower spikelets followed by rice-grain seeds.

SOWING:
Season: Annual
Height: 16 inches (40 cm)
Bloom Color: Dark violet
Environment: Full sun
Germ temperature: 19 - 24C (68 - 75 F)
Depth: Seeds must be covered thinly 

Sow seed at 19-24C in late winter. Stand pots in water. Seedlings while emerge green and leaves will gradually turn purple.