| Description | Little Dot Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis) has silvery plumes over a stiffly upright clump of green leaves that are banded with yellow. More compact than some of the older yellow-banded cultivars. |
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| Pronunciation | (mis-KAN-thus)(sin-EN-sis) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Grass Ornamental, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-9 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | reddish-brown flowers, tassel-like inflorescences well above the foliage, late summer turning into silvery white plumes in fall. |
| Leaves | linear grass-like, horizontally gold banding not as distinct as other gold banded grass, I have seen plants with none, a few and a lot of banding |
| Stems | slowly clumps by rhizomes |
| Dimensions | 6-9 by 5-6 feet (HS), tight upright |
| Maintenance | For interest, structure and form allow plants to remain through the winter then cut back plants in the spring. In some areas, it can reseed and become invasive |
| Propagation | division |
| Native Site | Japan, Korea, and China |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced by Ernst Pagels, a German gardener and plant breeder. |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Silver Grass, Chinese Silver Grass |
| Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens website (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #103-The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses (Rick Darke) |
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