Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' Looks dried out....Help
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Comments (1)I think it will grow there just fine....See Morequestion about Miscanthus 'gracillimus' bloom time
Comments (6)Hi Kent, saw your post on the cutting Maiden grass thread. My Miscanthus Gracillimus is starting to bloom now, but it's very late this year. It's still not quite yet in full bloom and some of the fronds are starting to yellow around the edges. So it's not really a great year for them. I've got pictures from 2006 and 2008 and they show the Gracillimus and Variegatus starting to bloom in early October. I suspect that the cool and rainy weather from early June-late July set back these plants. The heat-loving annuals and veggies also suffered this summer. This is from last year on October 4th -...See MoreMiscanthus sinensis plumes and freezing temps
Comments (20)Thanks for the comments. Those 2 grasses were the last ones left at the nursery last year, and the tag got misplaced and I didn't know what they were for sure. After seeing them this year I've been convinced myself that they are Miscanthus Purpurascens Flame grass. We got a few other Flame grasses this year and they look like the ones from last year now also. We got many Siberfeder Miscanthus grasses this year and they all started opening very late. With the recent lows reaching the 20's the plumes starting curling up on the ends. It's warmed up a little more now and they've uncurled, so I hope they open up more and get taller. These are more recent pictures from this fall of the 2 Purpurascens from last year. To the left there are 2 other Flame grasses and behind those are 2 Siberfeder Miscanthus with very tall plumes. The Purpurascens from last year look very nice still and they stay that way all the way through the winter even with all the snow. The plumes stay puffy right up until we cut them off in late winter when new growth starts....See MoreProgress report on M. sinensis 'New Hybrids' from seed.
Comments (16)A...this thread is nearly 10 years old. I stopped growing 'New Hybrids' 5 years ago, primarily because it self-sowed with such abandon. That said, it volunteered only in garden beds and containers. I saw and have seen no evidence of it 'escaping' cultivation. That would tell me its cross-pollination didn't lead to reversion to species. There still appears to be little, if any evidence of invasive growth of Miscanthus sinensis cultivar reversions. The preponderance of evidence is the invasive stands of M.s. is species, and stem from ornamental plantings of the species over 100 years ago. I get volunteer M.s. every year, in small quantities in my gardens. The most prolific appears to be from 3 copies of 'Gracillimus' which are well isolated from my other varieties, but are in my front yard, and susceptible to cross pollination from the approximately 25 different varieties of M.s. being grown by my neighbors. Not a single one of these volunteers has been a reversion, but bore extremely close resemblance to 'Gracillimus.' A few have exhibited much finer foliage, and I've kept these in nursery beds in the back yard to keep an eye on them. They, like ~80% of my ornamental grasses, get dead-headed every fall....See Morenoki
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