Scientific Name:	Miscanthus sinensis
Pronunciation:	miss-KAN-thuss sye-NEN-siss
Common Name:	maiden grass
Family Name:	Poaceae
Plant Type:	Poales (grass-like), Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Large, arching ornamental grass; leaves have white midrib; spike inflorescence has very furry spikelets, formation not as feathery as most grasses but more linear.
Course(s):	HORT 1155, Level 2 Apprenticeship, CLT Training

Habit: Arching, Dense, Upright Form: Oval - vertical, Vase Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: 2 - 3m Spread: 1.5 - 2.0m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China Hardiness Rating: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: High Landscape Uses: Fall interest, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Screening, Specimen plant, Tall background, Waterside planting Additional Info: Cultivar shown: M. 'Gracillimus' (leaves about 6 mm wide).

Leaf Morphology: Form: Grass-like, Simple Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Parallel venation Surfaces: Colour in Summer: Bluish, Green, Yellow, All have a whitish midrib but cvs. Cosmopolitan, Morning Light, and Stictus are further variegated. Colour in Fall: Brown, Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear Apices: Acute Margins: Serrate Additional Info: cv. 'Goliath' is very large and vigorous, growing to 3 meters in height cv. 'Little Kitten' Dwarf maiden grass has fine silvery green foliage and only grows to 75 cm high by 60 cm wide

Inflorescence Type: Panicle-like, Spikelet Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 0 Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, Pink, Dark-red, Purple, (Inflorescence usually emerges whitish then reddish as flowers ripen and then silverish to light brown once they're spent.) Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Aug, Sep, Oct

Fruit Type: Grain (caryopsis) Fruit Colour: Brown, Silver Fruiting Time: Nov, Oct Additional Info: Showy, Persistent, Not enough heat for seed to mature in BC.

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Runners (or stolons), Fibrous roots (monocots)

Propagation:	Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant

Location(s): (AGB) Acer Griseum Bed : cvs. Gracillimus, Positano, Silberfeder, Strictus (BGR) Boulevard by Glover Road : cvs. Yaku Jima, Strictus (BUG) BUG garden : cv. Gracillimus (CGW) Community Garden West (GRB) GRass Bed : all are cvs. (also M. hybrids in bed) (GRBE) GRass Bed East : cvs. Purpurascens, Little Kitten (3), Cosmopolitan, Strictus, (GRBW) GRass Bed West : cvs. Morning Light (3), Cosmopolitan; Goliath (MCF) Main Courtyard Fountain (PDW) PonD West : cv. Yaku Jima Location Map

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