Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio' ~ Adagio Maiden Grass

Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio' ~ Adagio Maiden GrassAdagio Maiden Grass is an upright dwarf ornamental grass that forms dense clumps of arching grass like foliage. The foliage emerges bronze pink and matures to silver green before turning yellow for fall. Airy tassel like pink plumes bloom above the foliage in late summer and gradually mature to white and persist into winter. Best color in full sun and moist well drained soil. Aggressive enough to be invasive in milder climates. To learn more about the

Adagio Maiden Grass is an upright dwarf ornamental grass that forms dense clumps of arching grass-like foliage.  The foliage emerges bronze pink and matures to silver green before turning yellow for fall.  Airy tassel-like pink plumes bloom above the foliage in late summer and gradually mature to white and persist into winter.  Best color in full sun and moist well-drained soil.  Aggressive enough to be invasive in milder climates.

To learn more about the Adagio Maiden Grass read this blog post. 

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant.  Mealybug, blight, and rust are occasional problems. Cut foliage to ground in late winter before new foliage emerges.  

LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Ponds, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Ninebark, Juniper, Cranesbill

IMAGE: Manfred Werner - Tsui, Chinaschilf (Miscanthus sinensis) Blumengärten Hirschstetten Wien 2014 d, CC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.