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About Purple Fountain Grass. While purple fountain grass is known as a perennial, it is actually considered a tender perennial. This ornamental grass cannot survive cold winters and is hardy only in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 9 and warmer (though in Zones 7-8 it can sometimes reappear given adequate winter protection).ake Care of Purple Fountain Grass. Caring for purple fountain grass is also easy. The plant is drought tolerant so watering sufficiently every week or two should be adequate. Although nor required, you can give it an annual feeding with a slow-release, balanced fertilizer in spring to help stimulate new growth.
Giant Fountain Grass Giant Fountain Grass (Pennisetum orientale 'Tall Tails') is a vigorous plant that grows to 5-1/2 feet tall and 3 feet wide that produces beautiful tails of white with a touch of soft pink in June through October. Its vaselike shape makes it ideal in the landscape or in the mixed garden.t likes sun or partial shade and grows 3-6 feet tall with a spread of 3-4 feet. A great specimen plant. 'Cloud Nine' Switch Grass 'Cloud Nine' Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum 'Cloud Nine') grows as tall as 8 feet and 3 feet wide, with an elegant, narrow, vaselike shape and blue-green foliage.