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Pennisetum grasses dead or alive?

Last year I purchased two beautiful purple Pennisetums, one of them was 'Fireworks' and the other very similar. One was in a large container, the other in the ground. At present they both look like clumps of dead straw! I keep expecting to see signs of life but feel it should of happened by now. Does anyone keep these successfully? If so how please? t i a
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We've had ours a few years and they are always quite late to get started but not as slow as this year. If the wet winter had done for them, I would have expected them to be rotting off by now but they feel quite firm as if the roots are still ok.
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham