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Plant: Gold Breeze - Maiden Grass / Miscanthus
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Breeze'
Size: 1 gal
Light
Bloom
More about this plant
Gold Breeze is a zebra-type maiden grass with horizontal bands of gold across the leaves and reddish flower tassels in mid to late summer. It reaches about 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide, takes full sun, is low-water once established and tolerates all soil types. It makes a specimen or a mass behind large perennials and smaller shrubs, and the cut-down in late winter keeps it tidy.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
Gold Breeze is a zebra-type maiden grass with horizontal bands of gold across the leaves and reddish flower tassels in mid to late summer. It reaches about 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide, takes full sun, is low-water once established and tolerates all soil types. It makes a specimen or a mass behind large perennials and smaller shrubs, and the cut-down in late winter keeps it tidy.
- Flowers
- Reddish flower tassels in mid to late summer.
- Foliage
- Long linear blades with horizontal bands of gold.
- Pruning
- Cut foliage down in late winter or early spring, before new blades emerge.
- Native range
- China to Malaysia and the Russian Far East to temperate East Asia (species)
