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Maiden Grass Malepartus

SKU: 21ORN
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Overview
Malepartus creates an elegant clump with elaborate dark red torch-shaped blooms in summer. (Miscanthus sinensis)
key features
Botanical Name
Miscanthus sinensis
Growing Zones
Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9
Advantages
Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Dried Flowers, Winter Interest
Light Requirements
Full Sun, Half Sun / Half Shade
Mature Height
48-72" tall (4-6 feet)
Bloom Time
Foliage plant all season
SKU
21ORN

Description

This cultivar has perhaps the most elaborate plumes of bloom of all the Miscanthus hybrids. Tall, multl-branched torches in deep red open during summer and decorate the landscape for weeks.

About Miscanthus hybrids: Our friend, Jack Scheper, the plant expert who runs Floridata.com, tell us that there are now hundreds of cultivars of this handsome grass. He says What they have in common are a clump forming habit (never forming turf), in which the leaves grow up then cascade out and down like a fountain; foliage that turns various shades of gold or bronze in autumn and holds up well throughout the winter; erect flowers that shine in the summer sun, then turn soft and fluffy in winter, and persist beautifully in dried arrangements; and a preference for sunny positions in the landscape.