Regarded as the best of all Miscanthus species and cultivars, award-winner Chinese Silver Grass 'Morning Light' (Miscanthus sinensis) is a remarkable ornamental grass. First, it features a unique and exquisite vase shape that stands out beautifully in the garden. Second, its fine-textured foliage that sways gracefully in the slightest breeze
and delicately softens any landscapes, is slightly ivory variegated, making it look silver from a distance. Finally, this graceful ornamental grass is one of the best grasses for winter color in mild climates.
* Recipient of the prestigious *Award of Garden Merit* of the Royal Horticultural Society.
* Blooming later than most Miscanthus cultivars, 'Morning Light' displays tiny crimson-red plume flowers in late summer or early fall, which delicately change to silvery white as they mature and provide good winter interest.
* Rarely flopping, this striking ornamental grass can be easily grown in a dense, upright, rounded fountain-like clump, up to 4-6 ft. tall (120-180 cm) and 3-4 ft. wide (90-120 cm).
* Performs best in *full sun* in *moderately fertile*, *moist*, *well-drained soils*. Protect from excessive winter wet. *Drought and salt tolerant* once established.
* Very versatile, it can be used as a graceful *accent plant* in the garden, massed to create *screens or hedges*, planted in *borders*, *coastal gardens*,*city gardens, cottage gardens *or *prairie plantings*.
* This Chinese Silver Grass is generally *pest and disease free*. It is *deer and rabbit resistant* but attracts *birds*.
* Cut foliage to the ground in late winter before new shoots appear. Propagate by seed sown in pots in a cold frame in spring or by division in spring.