This sparkling Chinese reed stays graceful in all seasons. Compact and slowly growing, it will squeeze in a cramped garden.
With erect foliage marked with wide creamy yellow stripes across the width of the leaves, this miscanthus sinensis ‘Gold Bar’ grows into a straight, stubble bush. It resembles the variety ‘Strictus’ with a lower development, not exceeding 1 m in height. At the end of summer, its ears bloom, erect in fine shiny feathers, first tinged with pinkish beige, then burgundy red or purple. There is no risk that the garden will be invaded by its rhizomes: they spread slowly.
Technical sheet
Latin name: Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gold Bar’
Location: thrives in all regions. Withstands cold down to approx. -20 ° C, without protection.
Exposure: bright and well ventilated.
Soil: deep, rich, cool but well-drained soil is ideal; however, this miscanthus also adapts to poor soil. It fears stagnant humidity in winter.
Where to install it
In a zen garden with bamboo and gravel; on a terrace between wooden or stone slabs; in an autumn massif with white asters.
Maintenance
Plant miscanthus sinensis ‘Gold Bar’ in late April – early May, in groups of 3 to 5 feet, adding gravel if the soil is very wet. Do not pick all the plumes for your dry bouquets; in winter, they are magnificently powdered with frost.
Cut back the stubble a few centimeters from the ground in March, never before.
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