Plant: Fire Dragon - Maiden Grass / Miscanthus
Miscanthus sinensis 'Fire Dragon'
$14.00
Size: 1 gal
Light
Full Sun
Bloom
SummerFall
More about this plant
A tall, upright maiden grass reaching 6 to 7 feet with a 3 to 4 foot spread, grown for its fall color of orange, vermilion and carmine red. Silvery white plumes appear in late summer and can persist through winter. It is deer resistant and drought tolerant once established, and does best in full sun.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A tall, upright maiden grass reaching 6 to 7 feet with a 3 to 4 foot spread, grown for its fall color of orange, vermilion and carmine red. Silvery white plumes appear in late summer and can persist through winter. It is deer resistant and drought tolerant once established, and does best in full sun.
- Flowers
- Terminal panicles with finger-like racemes up to 8 in. long, rising above the foliage in late summer and fall; some persist through winter.
- Foliage
- Linear, flat blades with finely toothed margins, 3 to 5 ft long on the species.
- Pruning
- Cut foliage down in late winter or early spring, before new blades emerge.
- Native range
- China through Malaysia and the Russian Far East, temperate East Asia
