Family: Poaceae
Scientific Name: Miscanthus sinensis Rigoletto
Common Name: Japanese Silver Grass Rigoletto, Miscnthus Rigoletto
Description | A shorter, compact variegated Miscanthus grass. |
Pronunciation | (mis-KAN-thus)(sin-EN-sis) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Grass Ornamental |
Hardiness Zone | 5-19 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average, moist |
Soil & Site | average |
Flowers | tiny bronze flowers in a tasel |
Leaves | linear, arching green leaves with white stripe, highly variegated |
Roots | fiborus |
Dimensions | 4-5 feet tall by 2-3 width |
Maintenance | For interest, structure and form allow plants to remain through the winter than cut back plants in the spring. |
Propagation | division |
Native Site | Species plants native to the slopes, low lands and mountains of Japan. Also native to southern Korea and China. |
Cultivar Origin | Kurt Bluemel Kurt Bluemel Nursery, USA |
Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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