Miscanthus transmorrisonensis at Digging Dog Nursery

Evergreen Miscanthus

Miscanthus

If Pygmalion were a gardener, Miscanthus would come to life as fountains, some of them spouting tall and upright to 10 feet. Graceful and robust, they’re favored for their luxuriant foliage and silky terminal panicles. Striking as singular specimens, Miscanthus are also excellent when massed in the perennial bed or a mixed border. Attractive throughout most of the year, with yellow, purple, scarlet and burgundy fall colors, they fade to a lovely warm ivory in winter.

Miscanthus transmorrisonensis

Evergreen Miscanthus

Miscanthus transmorrisonensis (G-0478)

Each 13.75

Don’t let the clunky name fool you. Collected from seed at 9500 ft. on Taiwan’s Mount Daxue by Paul Meyer and C. Ferris Miller and introduced in 1979, this is the most shapely of all the Miscanthus. Pendent, silky silver flowers, held on long, gently arching stems, lounge above a flowing base of narrow, glossy green foliage. This clumping grass remains evergreen in warmer climates and can be positioned as a lone specimen, but best shows its low weeping profile and artful beauty when massed, in a raised area or on a slope with Helianthus ‘Santa Fe’ and Aster ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ nearby.

Blooms April–November

Size: 4' 0" – 5' 0" high x 4' 0" – 6' 0" wide.

Zone 6b.

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