The Plants
Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'
silver grass
£8.99
Miscanthus 'Morning Light' is a graceful, ornamental grass with slender green leaves with cream margins. If it has been a hot dry summer it will produce pink flushed panicles of flowers from October to early spring A beautiful grass which creates a haze of silvery light when placed in either sun or shade.
Type
- Grasses
Award of Garden Merit
Foliage: Deciduous
Hardiness: Hardy
Vigour: Medium growing
Uses
- Beds and borders
- Flower arranging
- Cottage style garden
- Contemporary style garden
- Japanese style garden
- Specimen
Special features
- Low maintenance
- Winter interest
- Autumn interest
- Architectural
Care instructions
Grow in moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Cut down to the ground in late winter, before the new foliage appears Dislikes winter wet.
Dimensions
Size: Medium
Pot size: 2 litre
Eventual height: 150cm
Eventual spread: 100cm
Positions
- Light shade
- Sun
Aspects
- South
- East
- West
Soil types
- Sandy
- Normal
- Clay
Soil pH ranges
- Acid
- Neutral
- Alkaline