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Plant: Morning Light - Maiden Grass / Miscanthus
Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'
$12.00
Size: 1 gal
Light
Full Sun
Bloom
SummerFall
More about this plant
A variegated maiden grass with narrow green leaves edged in white, forming an upright clump 4 to 6 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide. Feathery plumes follow in late summer and fall. Grow it in full sun and well-drained soil, and cut it back in late winter. Set plants about 3 feet apart.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A variegated maiden grass with narrow green leaves edged in white, forming an upright clump 4 to 6 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide. Feathery plumes follow in late summer and fall. Grow it in full sun and well-drained soil, and cut it back in late winter. Set plants about 3 feet apart.
- 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
