Miscanthus sinensis - Silver Grass - Eulalia - Seeds

Description

• Poaceae Poales
• Asia (South East), China, Japan
• H 1.6m x L 0.8m
•  Z5 
• Perennial
• A no-sucker grass growing back each spring from a rhizomatous stump
• 1 Packet of 40 Seeds
• Other format available: Miscanthus sinensis Plant

Details

Also called: Eulalia, Silver Grass

This ornamental grass forms dense tufts of erect leaves with drooping ends, graceful, of a beautiful deep green, carried by thin stems highly wind resistant, at the top of which appear decorative inflorescences in late summer, composed of several upright or drooping panicles depending on the genetics of the plant

These inflorescences last throughout the fall and change into feathery and silvery spikelets which give the most beautiful aesthetic in sunlight

Miscanthus sinensis has medicinal properties: Anticoagulant, Diuretic, and Febrifuge

It is also a dye plant, traditionally used in Japan for magnificent fast yellows on wool and silk
It can be used to create composite colors (for example: oranges with Madder , greens with indigo)

In the garden, use Silver Grass as a very ornamental grass, isolated in a lawn, at the back of a bed, or to populate embankements and reduce maintenance
It can also be used as a ground cover (plant several tufts close to each other), or to form nice low seasonal hedges rapidly

Finally, it is a very interesting source of biomass for the production of mulch (very good carbon fixer)

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Cultivation

Sow Miscanthus sinensis Seeds in early April under cover

Pack the feathery seeds on the surface of some good seed compost, 5-10 per pot
(allows a clump to form more quickly)

Keep the substrate always moist, watering by capillary so as not to disturb the seeds

Expose the pots to the sun, and set a temperature above 16°C

After germination, grow in the nursery for the rest of the season to strengthen the plant
(repot whenever necessary in a mix of garden soil and loam)

Plant in place in autumn, in deep, tilled, clean soil, in an open, sunny location

The following year, water in case of prolonged drought

This precaution is no longer necessary in the subsequent years, after the plant has established its network of roots

No maintenance other than cutting dead straw 20cm from the ground at the beginning of March

The tuft grows back every year in spring

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Use for Dyeing

Learn to Use this Flavonoid Plant with our Courses:

Internship Natural Dye on Wool and Colorimetry

Internship Master Class: Compound Colors and Colorimetry