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Plant Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 4 - 6 feet
Plant Spread: 3 - 6 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Reddish copper maturing to silvery white
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Inflorescence Height: To 8 feet
Uses: Erosion control
Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Wind

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Common names
  • Maiden Grass
  • Zebra Grass
  • Eulalia
  • Chinese Silvergrass
  • Eulalia Grass

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Location: at Oklahoma City boathouse
Date: 2006-12-17
A superb grass for the Southern Great Plains
Location: at Oklahoma City boathouse
Date: 2005-06-09
A superb grass for the Southern Great Plains
Location: at Oklahoma City boathouse
Date: 2006-12-17
A superb grass for the Southern Great Plains
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-08-01
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' 24w31 3yo Miscan G4 (Heirloom)
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2017-01-14
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universität Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2014-12-26
plants in winter

Courtesy American Daylily and Perennials
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Location: Bordines Nursery, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2011-07-23

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Date: 2011-10-31
specimen in lawn

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
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Date: 2011-11-02

Date: 2011-11-02

Date: 2011-11-02

Date: 2011-12-13

Date: 2011-12-13
Location: Louisa, VA
Date: 6-20-17
Planted a couple of weeks ago. I am excited to see it this fall a

Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
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Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
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Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
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Location: Bordines Nursery, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2011-07-23

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Location: Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Date: 2011-08-05
a few mature plants
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Date: 2012-03-29
center died out of clump

Photo Courtesy of Garden Perennials. Used with Permission.
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Location: Pembroke, GA
Date: 2014-01-23
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by ssgardener (Silver Spring, MD - Zone 7a) on Mar 12, 2013 6:23 AM concerning plant:
    I have this grass in full sun as well as part sun, and it seems to do fine in either location. I got one as a tiny mail-order, and it was a huge clump by the second year, just as big as the one I got as a gallon.

    It also seems to do fine in heavy wet clay as well as highly amended soil. The only spot where it suffered was in unamended, dry, hardpan clay with half sun.

    This grass does give 4-season interest. The fall color is especially pretty. There's only a one-month period after it's been cut down in early spring that it looks bare.
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Dec 9, 2019 3:27 PM concerning plant:
    I first discovered this species and cultivar in the early 1990's in the Chicago, Illinois area. It is probably the most commonly used cultivar of the species. It is of medium size that gets about 5 feet high with the foliage and another foot higher to 6 feet with the flowers. Its blades are thin with a whitish line in the middle. It is easier to work with than several larger cultivars as 'Strictus, Silver Feather, or Variegata' that are difficult to dig up and reset. Like other Miscanthus its stems grow very thick together and in about 5 to 10 years the middle of the clump dies out and it must be dug up and reset. Unfortunately, I think this cultivar is the one that seeds itself into the wild better than most, where it has become an invasive east Asian plant in meadows and waste places in the USA.
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Did not return this spring.
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