Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'

Also called Dwarf Maiden Grass

Fine silver-green arching leaves turn shades of orange and gold in the fall
Bloom Time: August to late fall
Flower Type: Feathery panicles
Flower Colour: Light pink turning to white
Flower Height: 150 cm
Foliage Height: 100-125 cm
Grass Type: Warm Season

ZONE:
5

COLOUR:
Silver

HEIGHT:
100-150 cm

SPREAD:
90-100 cm

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Growing and Maintenance Tips:

This is a good cultivar for a smaller garden, adding texture and softness to the landscape. Plants should be divided, in spring, every few years, to maintain freshness. Foliage can be left standing all winter, however, it should be pruned early spring to make way for new growth.

Additional Notes about Adagio Maiden Grass:

Warning: Although individual Miscanthus cultivars are reputedly sterile, two cultivars can sometimes cross-pollinate, and produce viable seed, becoming invasive in several states, and in Southern Ontario. (pers obs.)

Recommendation: plant only one cultivar, and if there are other Miscanthus in the neighbourhood, consider a native or nativar substitute.

Warm Season Grasses: These grasses are much slower starting in the spring. They do not push new growth until temperatures warm in early to midsummer. They flower later in the summer or fall with most blooms remaining into the winter. Most warm season grasses tolerate heat, humidity and drought; some even thrive in these conditions.