Flame Grass
Miscanthus sinensis "Purpurascens"
Height: 5 feet
Spread: 4 feet
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: 3
Other Names: Japanese Silver Grass
Ornamental Features:
Flame Grass features bold plumes of coral-pink flowers rising above the foliage in late summer. It's grassy leaves are green in color. As an added bonus, the foliage turns a gorgeous coppery-bronze in the fall. The silver seed heads are carried on showy plumes displayed in abundance from early fall right through to late winter.The brick red stems are very effective and add winter interest.
Landscape Attributes:
Flame Grass is an herbaceous ornamental grass with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.
This ornamental grass will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Flame Grass is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- General Garden Use
- Groundcover
- Mass Planting
- Hedges/Screening
- Vertical Accent
Plant Characteristics:
Flame Grass will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. It tends to be leggy, with a typical clearance of 1 feet from the ground, and should be underplanted with lower-growing perennials. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.
This ornamental grass does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This plant can be propagated by division.
This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.
