| Scientific Name: | Miscanthus x giganteus |
| Common Name: | giant silver grass |
| Family Name: | Poaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Poales (grass-like) |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading, Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Cut flower or foliage, Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Screening, Specimen plant, Tall background, Wind break, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Grass-like, Alternate, Leathery, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, Pink, Red, Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Grain (caryopsis), Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Nov-Dec |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Giant grass 3-4m tall; leaves alternate, linear, most 60-90cm long x 2-3cm wide mid-blade with silverish midrib, margins very finely serrate. | |