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• Miscanthus “Purpurascens” Flame grass Z 4-9

  leaves turn brilliant orange red, darkening to burgundy

  

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  Miscanthus sinensis subsp. purpurascens  syn. Miscanthus “Purpurascens”  Flame grass Z 4-9
  Flame grass starts in spring with a tinge of red in the leaves, increasing as summer passes.  By fall the leaves turn orange-red, darkening to burgundy by winter and retaining the color for months.  Tassel-like inflorescences appear in late summer, opening into creamy plumes by fall. It is compact, upright, clump-forming.

  Size: 3-4’ x 3-4’
  Care: sun to part shade in sandy to clay soils. Cut back in late winter to spring. Deer resistant and tolerant of Walnut trees.
  Native: Japan

  Miscanthus is Greek meaning “stem and flower.”  Miscanthus was mentioned in Man’yoshu, a Japanese anthology of poems written in the 8^th century, where it symbolized the melancholy of autumn. This specific plant 1^st described by botanist Nils Johan Andersson in 1855.

• Miscanthus sinensis ‘Variegatus’ Striped Maiden grass Z 4-9

  Miscanthus sinensis ‘Variegatus' Striped Maiden grass  Z 4-9 Vertical white srtipes on 4' arching green grass blades, inflorescenses coppery russet in fall Size:  6' x 4'  clump forming Care:  Sun moist well-drained soil. Cut back in spring. Native: S.E. Asia Miscanthus is Greek meaning stem and flower.  Mentioned in Man'yoshu, a Japanese anthology of poems written in the 8th century, where it symbolized the melancholy of autumn.  This variegated form frequently used in Victorian bedding designs.  American garden cultivation since late 1800's.  Recommended by Gertrude Jekyll, mother of mixed perennial borders, in 1908, for its "great white striped" foliage.

  

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  Miscanthus sinensis ‘Variegatus’ Striped Maiden grass  Z 4-9
  Vertical white srtipes on 4′ arching green grass blades, inflorescenses coppery russet in fall

  Size: 6' x 4' clump forming
  Care: Sun moist well-drained soil. Cut back in spring.
  Native: S.E. Asia

  Miscanthus is Greek meaning stem and flower.  Mentioned in Man’yoshu, a Japanese anthology of poems written in the 8^th century, where it symbolized the melancholy of autumn.  This variegated form frequently used in Victorian bedding designs.  American garden cultivation since late 1800’s.  Recommended by Gertrude Jekyll, mother of mixed perennial borders, in 1908, for its “great white striped” foliage.

• Pennisetum orientale Oriental fountain grass Z 5-10

  Showy, white to pinkish inflorescences summer thru fall.

  

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  Pennisetum orientale  Oriental fountain grass  Z 5 -10
  Showy, white to pinkish inflorescences summer thru fall.  Richard Darke, grass guru, describes this as “One of the most striking hardy fountain grasses.  Low growing, compact and exceptionally floriferous … Blooms over an unusually long period from late June through October”

  Size: 2' x 2'
  Care: sun in well-drained soil or moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant and drought tolerant.
  Native: central & SW Asia
  Awards: Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden Great Plant Picks

  The plant is named for its soft inflorescences; Latin penna and seta mean feather-bristle. This species collected before 1821.

• Sesleria heufleriana Balkan Moor grass Z 4-9

  Spike-like panicles of white (in very early spring) turning purple atop clumps of gray-blue blades

  

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  Sesleria heufleriana  Balkan Moor grass  Z 4-9
  Spike-like panicles of white,in very early spring, turning purple, atop clumps of gray-blue blades

  Size: 24” x 16”
  Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil
  Native: open woodlands of Europe

  Collected before 1878.