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Plant: Little Zebra - Maiden Grass / Miscanthus
Miscanthus sinensis · Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra'
Size: 1 gal
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More about this plant
A compact zebra grass with green leaves banded in gold, held in an upright clump 3 to 4 feet tall. Reddish purple plumes open in late summer and fade to tan. It likes full sun to part sun, average water and tolerates salt, and is deer resistant. Use it as a border plant, in mass plantings, as a specimen or as a container thriller.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 4 ft tall and 3 ft wide
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A compact zebra grass with green leaves banded in gold, held in an upright clump 3 to 4 feet tall. Reddish purple plumes open in late summer and fade to tan. It likes full sun to part sun, average water and tolerates salt, and is deer resistant. Use it as a border plant, in mass plantings, as a specimen or as a container thriller.
- 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
