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.
If your garden has limited room, ‘Rigoletto’ is a brightly patterned treasure that you’ll want to squeeze in. More compact and smaller growing than ‘Variegatus’, this Kurt Bluemel introduction parades slender blades inscribed with gleaming white vertical stripes. Topped by red-tinged flowering plumes, the loose nimbly flowing clump vows dramatic ivory-toned highlights for the landscape or for a glazed cobalt-blue container.
Blooms August–November
Size: 3' 0" – 4' 0" high x 2-1/2' – 3' 0" wide.
Hardy to zone 5.
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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 ‘Rotsilber’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Sarabande’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Silberturm’
- Miscanthus sinensis ‘Strictus’
- Miscanthus transmorrisonensis