Strong upright, vertical accent in late June:
Blooms appearing in mid September with the wine-red color greatly welcomed:
Blooms sway in the breeze with the slightest wind:
Great focal point:
As the weather cools, new unique colors emerge in early November:
Still looks damn good in early winter and holds up to the strong winds:
Sweet winter interest:
These are some wonderful grasses. The white plume grass grows wild in out ditches here and does seem to be taking over in a lot of areas. I would like to get some though as they do make great shapes in the winter to view.
Agree completely…I think it’s one of the most-popular grasses for every reason you pointed out! I think that moment when it starts turning yellow, but is still party green is one of my faves…like gold threads shooting through the green…love it!
Again you show me why I need to put in more grasses. Perhaps on in my “alley” space. Something tall and then something in the front where I want to remove more lawn.
nice focal points and pics – is that really a photo of winter? guess every good gardener needs to think about the next season…
thanks for the beauty.
Hello ONG, Thank you for coming by to visit and follow my blog. I am not much of a gardener but hope to change that around come this spring. So I will sure be looking in on your blog for tips. I tried some flowers this past summer but the Carpenter bees love them and found our porch again, I now have holes to plug. So flower are out this spring. I need something the bees do not like and I plan on planting some veggies too. Did not have a bee problem with those. I do like this Miscanthus ‘Gracillimus’ , looks like something right up my ally and its pretty even in the winter.
GOD bless and keep you all safe in his care.
that is great…I need to get some of them.
I do appreciate how different it looks with each season. Nice.
I like your year long display of the Miscanthus. Some of the new varieties are supposed to be sterile. Does yours reseed? I am trying to be more aware of choosing ones that are not invasive. I do like the looks of many Miscanthus. ….have a couple varieties, but still young, so not sure about reseeding.
beautiful
What a great grass for year round interest.
Marvelous pictures of what seems to be an equally marvelous plant. I am going to have to look into that one, when we get settled in our new place.
Thanks so much for coming by my blog and becoming a “follower”. I’m following you now too. Gardening is such fun, so rewarding, and such HARD WORK–but we love it, right!!! Grasses are wonderful and provide beauty all year round in different forms. I look forward to following your blog. Mickie 🙂
Great post! Thanks for putting it all together from the year. This helps gardeners understand the flow through the season, which really is one of the under-appreciated skills of our art. And, as I am in the process of learning more intensively about grasses, it is particularly helpful to me.
Thanks,
Julie
L.D. – I think the winter interest may be the reason I like them the most
Scott – don’t know what I’d do w/o grasses this time of year.
Sherlock – I say plant the grasses, you won’t regret it!
Karen – I am in winter denial but do need to try and make the most of it
Tammy – welcome and I will do my best to convert you to a hardcore gardener. Thanks for stopping by!
Caite – hello again and yes, you need some.
Charlotte – the multi-season interest is def it’s best attribute
Janet – I haven’t had it re-seed to date so would appear to be OK. Hope all is well with your daughter’s move.
Chinatours – hello again and thank you.
Darla – it is an absolute keeper, thanks for stopping by again
Marsha – def worth looking into, it is a stud
Forgetmenot – greetings and thank you for reading. Absolutely loved your blog as well and will be a frequent visitor, pinky swear!
Wife/Mother/Gardener – I am a huge fan of grasses, especially this time of year. Thanks for visiting!