| Description | A large growing grass with gold variegation. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (mis-KAN-thus)(sin-EN-sis) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Grass Ornamental |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average, moist |
| Flowers | tan plumes |
| Leaves | linear, grass-like, yellow green and deep green stripes, vary in width, white midrib |
| Roots | fiborous |
| Dimensions | mature plants to 10 feet tall and 5 feet wide, fountain growth form |
| 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 | Discoverd in a garden in Lymington Hampshire, UK in 1998. A sport of Miscanthus Giganteus. |
| Notes & Reference | #222-The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes (Rick Darke) |
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