Family: Poaceae
Scientific Name: Miscanthus sinensis Silberturm
Common Name: Silver Tower Maiden Grass, Silver Tower Miscanthus
| Description | One of the taller Miscanthus reaching up to 9 feet. |
| Pronunciation | (mis-KAN-thus)(sin-EN-sis) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Grass Ornamental |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average, moist |
| Flowers | large, loosely connected silver plumes |
| Dimensions | 8-9 feet tall with a spread almost equal to the height |
| 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 | Ernst Pagel, Germany |
| Notes & Reference | #92-The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grass (Greenlee), #103-The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses (Darke) |
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