Re: Miscanthus

Donna,
I do have another Zebra Grass, and wanted another.  My other one is usually a
bit later in showing.  Believe it or not, it is now nearly 2' high!  I think
t'other Miscanthus is going to be mammoth this year.  But it is in a sunny
location.  The garden center had theirs stored in a shady location which had
not yet thawed.   Wouldn't all Zebra Grasses be variegated, hence their name?
My present Zebra Grass has a lighter yellowish color stripe on the outside of
each blade, the inside of the stripe a medium green.  This new Miscanthus was
variegated with a slightly different pattern.  The small blades I saw at the
garden center made it look like almost more of a polka dot pattern, which I
thought would be unusual looking adjacent to the stripey Miscanthus.
Sue, Upstate NY, Zone 6


----- Original Message -----
From: Donna
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 06:40
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Miscanthus


I have a miscanthus, not exactly the same as mine is
the variegated version.

It is about 6-7 inches high with new growth here in
Zone 5, IL.  That said, we did have some early warm
weather and most things came out of dormancy early
here.

Donna

--- Taborri <taborri@rochester.rr.com> wrote:

> Ok, so I was rather hasty.  Bought the Miscanthus
> Sinensus Zebrinus.  I
> thought of it at the counter chatting.  It doesn't
> look good, but then the
> rest were pretty frozen yet, in a shady spot which
> has not thawed yet for the
> season.  We couldn't find much that seemed alive yet
> in the pot but that may
> have been the dormancy.  Brought it home and planted
> it in a fairly sunny spot
> on Sat or Sunday.  How long do you figure I should
> wait to see if it is living
> and sprouts before I return it for another?   Owner
> will recall and says he'll
> make good on it.
> Sue, Upstate NY, Zone 6
>
>
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