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Fountain Grass

19 years ago

I know we had a rotten summer in Winnipeg this year..Could this be why my fountain Grass never set out blooms it was is a sunny location and only gave compost in the spring, would I have had more luck if I put it in a pot on the deck ? ... I know my cats liked chewing on some of it, but those were only the outer grass spikes.

What could of gone wrong? Has anyone else had this problem this summer?

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Angela

Comments (2)

clairdo2
19 years ago
what is fountain grass?
Angela_Mb
Original Author
19 years ago
Here's a site for the discription saying it's perennial grass for zone 5. In zone 3 only an annual grass.

http://www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/sdcp/sdcp2/fsheets/ex/fg.html
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