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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.
The best time when to trim fountain grass back is in the late winter or early spring. The exact timing is not as important as just making sure that you prune fountain grass back before it starts actively growing. You want to avoid doing fountain grass pruning in the fall, as the plant has not yet died back all the way. If you try to cut back fountain grass in the fall, you may cause it to go into a growth spurt, which will make it more vulnerable to the coming cold weather and will reduce its chances of surviving the winter.