Southwest Ohio is in Zone six, so you should look for zone six, five or four. “Pink pampas grass”, shown often in color-enhanced mail order catalog photos, is not hardy in Ohio winters.

"Were your parents, like mine, proud of their pampas grass?" he posted in the CasualUK subreddit. It prompted one person to quip: "Don't forget to leave your keys in the bowl on your way in." ...

This very confusion was evident on Reddit this week when a user posted an innocent-looking photo of his parents' front garden, asking: "Were your parents, like mine, proud of their pampas grass?" ...