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- Miscanthus sinensis
Plant Profile: Miscanthus sinensis
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Miscanthus sinensis - "Flamingo" |
Family: Poaceae Common Name(s): Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Maiden grass, Zebra grass, Porcupine Grass Native to: Eastern Asia Flowering: Summer and Autumn Watering: Keep the soil moist during hotter periods Planting Aspect: Full sun to part shade Preferred Climate:
Temperate, Subtropical, GrasslandDescriptionA beautiful and highly desirable herbaceous plant that is well behaved through being the least invasive of all ornamental grasses. It is ideal in a perennial border or by the edge of water. A neat, clump forming plant with upright, reed-like stems and narrow arching leaves. It produces attractive, soft grey tinted purple-brown, fluffy plumes at the tops of the stems in late summer and autumn. They are also very suitable as cut flowers.CultivationModerately frost hardy, they grow best in full sun and fertile, moist but well drained soil. Prepare the growing site by digging over the soil and adding a good handful of blood and bone, rich compost or well decayed animal manure prior to planting out. Cut them off at ground level in late winter when the dead stems start to collapse. |
Revised: 5th Jan 2010 @ 8:07 PM
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Keywords: miscanthus sinensis, poaceae, miscanthus, sinensis, plant, grass, nursery, soil, stems