Purple Fountain Grass
| fountain grass |
It is a perennial, flowering grass, see how the Purple fountain grass looks like in the garden and landscape.
Purple Fountain Grass is suitable for growing in USDA hardiness zones: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b. Other winter zone scales for planting this fountain grass are ANBG: 3, 4, 5; RHS: H4, H3, H2, H1c; PHZ: .
Fountain Grass details
| Plant type | grass, ornamental, flowering, containers | ||||||||
| Life cycle | perennial | ||||||||
| Sun needs | full sun, part sun | ||||||||
| Growth habit | upright | ||||||||
| Flowering period | spring, summer, fall | ||||||||
| Height at maturity | 90 sm - 1 m | ||||||||
| Spread | 60 sm - 90 sm | ||||||||
| Spacing | 75 sm apart for mass planting; 5'+ (1.5m) for space between plants | ||||||||
| Soil type | loamy, sandy, clay, silty | ||||||||
| Soil moist/drainage | well drained moist, well drained, dry | ||||||||
| Soil PH | 5.5 - 7.5 (moderately acidic - slightly alkaline) | ||||||||
| Water needs | average | ||||||||
| Maintenance / care | very low | ||||||||
| Resistance to | deer, disease, drought, heat, insect, humidity | ||||||||
| Gardens types | container, rock | ||||||||
Winter hardiness zones:
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Purple Fountain Grass in the landscape and gardening
