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 (G-0478)
Each 10.50
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 graceful of all the Miscanthus. Pendent, silky silver flowers, held on long gently arching stems look like water flowing from a fountain 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 late July – November.
Size: 4' 0" – 5' 0" high x 4' 0" – 6' 0" wide.
Hardy to zone 6.
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Other selections in this genus:
- Miscanthus ‘Andante’
- Miscanthus ‘Purpurascens’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Allegro’
- Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus
- Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus ‘Cosmopolitan’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Ferner Osten’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gold and Silver’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Hinjo’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Kaskade’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Kleine Fontaine’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Little Kitten’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Malepartus’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Morning Light’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Nippon’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Positano’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Rigoletto’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Rotsilber’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Sarabande’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Silberturm’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Strictus’
