Chinese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis · Family: Poaceae
- Light
- sun
- Watering
- medium
- Hardy to
- -20 °C
- Soil
- any
Where it grows on Tenerife
With watering: North, 300–1000 m · Above 1000 m
Indicative conditions, reviewed by Marianna.
Origin and history
Native to East Asia. An ornamental grass that keeps its shape through winter.
Written for this site, pending Marianna's review.
From Wikipedia
Miscanthus sinensis, also called eulalia grass, Chinese silver grass, or elephant grass, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to most of East Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea) and Southeast Asia (the Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos).
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