Grass Specifications
- Season: Perennial
- USDA Zones: 4 - 9
- Height: 98 inches
- Width: 48 inches
- Foliage Color: Green
- Flower Color: Silvery
- Growth Rate: Moderate
- Fall Color: No change
- Soil Requirement: Well drained
- Environment: Full sun
Planting Directions
- Temperature: 68F
- Average Germ Time: 2 - 3 weeks
- Light Required: Yes
- Depth: Surface sow, do not cover
- Sowing Rate: 4 - 5 seeds per plant
- Moisture: Keep seeds moist until germination
- Plant Spacing: 36 - 48 inches
- Care & Maintenance: See: Miscanthus
Miscanthus Sinensis - Chinese (Chinese Silver Grass) - One of the easiest and most adaptable fountain ornamental grasses to grow. It sports long, silky tresses of shining silvery-cream all summer long. In autumn, the cold weather turns them deep gold, for a long-lasting colorful display in the landscape or the vase.
Reaching up to 98 inches tall and spreading 36 inches wide in the sunny garden, this perennial ornamental grass is useful as a screen, hedge, or specimen planting. The foliage is dark green at the bottom, shading to rich russet near the top of the slender, erect stalks. The plumes arch over slightly, creating a lovely rippled effect in the breeze.
Miscanthus ornamental grass has a clump forming habit in which the leaves grow up and then cascade out and down like a fountain. The old foliage should be cut back to the ground before Spring to let the new foliage emerge Miscanthus has no frequently occurring disease or pest problems, and is very hardy once established.
