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.
Usher this towering variegated aristocrat into your landscape and a bold statement is yours to enjoy. Wide semievergreen blades feature white streaked margins and green centers with creamy white vertical stripes. Strong stems hurl skyward, supporting the outward arching foliage and, come late summer, they unfurl a sea of silky copper red tassels, eventually maturing to fawn-colored seed heads.
Discovered in Japan during the 1940s, the mighty 'Cosmopolitan' shapes a robust, dense, yet billowy mass that never flops, serves well as a noble specimen, hedge or screen, and rustles delightfully in the wind.
Blooms August – November.
Size: 6' 0" – 8' 0" high x 5' 0" – 7' 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 ‘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’
- Miscanthus transmorrisonensis
