Q: Dig and store it or leave it in the garden, I can’t seem to keep purple fountain grass alive through the winter. What is the best way to overwinter this grass? A: With attractive purple leaves and ...

Understanding the Context

Purple fountain grass is a congenial type, much like the gregarious friend who makes a party. Highly ornamental with its arching foliage topped with bobbing rose-purple plumes from late spring to ... Question: I want to overwinter my purple fountain grass. I cut it back, dug it out of my garden and have it in a pot.

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Where should I store it for winter? A few gardeners have reported success allowing ... The Advocate: LSU AgCenter Garden News: Purple fountain grass performs all summer The LSU AgCenter has announced another Louisiana Super Plant called Fireworks, a red-foliaged variety of purple fountain grass or pennisetum. For many years, gardeners in Louisiana grew purple ... Q: Does purple fountain grass spread?

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If so, would planting it in the bed in a bottomless pot keep it from spreading? — P.S., Pearland A: Purple fountain grass makes a clump that gradually increases ... Q I bought some purple fountain grass at a sale this summer for about a dollar. It is lovely, but the tag says “will not survive winter in cold areas.” Is there any hope for it, and if so, how ... I have these plants on either side of my sidewalk. They have pretty purple plumes and I added some ivy & really like the way they turned out.

This is the first year I've bought them. My question is ...