Miscanthus 'Gold Bar' (Gold Bar Maidengrass) 1 gal
This maidengrass cultivar has been named a PNW “Great Plant Pick,” and it’s one of the taller maidengrasses that still offers drought tolerance once established. (Typically only the smaller cultivars do best without water over time.)
There are so many places this can be used as a stand-out feature: as a centerpiece in a sunny garden bed, or even with a handful grouped in the dreaded harsh environments of the strips between street and sidewalk.
This ornamental grass has dramatic gold stripes that cut across the blades horizontally, thus the ‘Gold Bar’ of its name! It is very upright for its height as long as it’s in sun, and will reach 4-5 ft. in height, depending on its soil and other growing conditions.
In our region, this may not produce the beautiful flower/seed heads that we see on other Miscanthus varieties, but if they come it will be late-summer for a fall bloom with inflorescences persisting through winter.
Combine this with other ornamental grasses and perennials whose colors blend or contrast with the bold foliage, such as Echinacea, Perovskia, Solidago, Agastache and more. Judicious use of dwarf shrubs interspersed with the grass and perennials will help tie the space together no matter what season.
As with all larger ornamental grasses, this one should be left uncut for the duration of winter to provide habitat and landscape interest, but you’ll want to shear back the old, spent growth in late February or early March to make space for the newly emerging fresh growth. Water deeply and infrequently for the first few years and it should be drought tolerant, though it may need an intermittent deep drink during times of extreme heat and drought thereafter.
This grass provides habitat for smaller garden organisms and songbirds, while deer and bunnies typically have no interest.
This maidengrass cultivar has been named a PNW “Great Plant Pick,” and it’s one of the taller maidengrasses that still offers drought tolerance once established. (Typically only the smaller cultivars do best without water over time.)
There are so many places this can be used as a stand-out feature: as a centerpiece in a sunny garden bed, or even with a handful grouped in the dreaded harsh environments of the strips between street and sidewalk.
This ornamental grass has dramatic gold stripes that cut across the blades horizontally, thus the ‘Gold Bar’ of its name! It is very upright for its height as long as it’s in sun, and will reach 4-5 ft. in height, depending on its soil and other growing conditions.
In our region, this may not produce the beautiful flower/seed heads that we see on other Miscanthus varieties, but if they come it will be late-summer for a fall bloom with inflorescences persisting through winter.
Combine this with other ornamental grasses and perennials whose colors blend or contrast with the bold foliage, such as Echinacea, Perovskia, Solidago, Agastache and more. Judicious use of dwarf shrubs interspersed with the grass and perennials will help tie the space together no matter what season.
As with all larger ornamental grasses, this one should be left uncut for the duration of winter to provide habitat and landscape interest, but you’ll want to shear back the old, spent growth in late February or early March to make space for the newly emerging fresh growth. Water deeply and infrequently for the first few years and it should be drought tolerant, though it may need an intermittent deep drink during times of extreme heat and drought thereafter.
This grass provides habitat for smaller garden organisms and songbirds, while deer and bunnies typically have no interest.
This maidengrass cultivar has been named a PNW “Great Plant Pick,” and it’s one of the taller maidengrasses that still offers drought tolerance once established. (Typically only the smaller cultivars do best without water over time.)
There are so many places this can be used as a stand-out feature: as a centerpiece in a sunny garden bed, or even with a handful grouped in the dreaded harsh environments of the strips between street and sidewalk.
This ornamental grass has dramatic gold stripes that cut across the blades horizontally, thus the ‘Gold Bar’ of its name! It is very upright for its height as long as it’s in sun, and will reach 4-5 ft. in height, depending on its soil and other growing conditions.
In our region, this may not produce the beautiful flower/seed heads that we see on other Miscanthus varieties, but if they come it will be late-summer for a fall bloom with inflorescences persisting through winter.
Combine this with other ornamental grasses and perennials whose colors blend or contrast with the bold foliage, such as Echinacea, Perovskia, Solidago, Agastache and more. Judicious use of dwarf shrubs interspersed with the grass and perennials will help tie the space together no matter what season.
As with all larger ornamental grasses, this one should be left uncut for the duration of winter to provide habitat and landscape interest, but you’ll want to shear back the old, spent growth in late February or early March to make space for the newly emerging fresh growth. Water deeply and infrequently for the first few years and it should be drought tolerant, though it may need an intermittent deep drink during times of extreme heat and drought thereafter.
This grass provides habitat for smaller garden organisms and songbirds, while deer and bunnies typically have no interest.