What Reliable, upright, deciduous grasses with feathery flowers in late summer to autumn. Commonly known as silver grass and eulalia grass.
Origins Asia, China, Japan, Korea.
Season Summer to late winter.
Size 1.2-4m high, 1-2m wide
Conditions Sunny, open position and with soil not too wet in winter.
Hardiness Generally hardy in the UK. Most have a hardiness rating of RHS H6, and are suitable for gardens in USDA zones 4a to 9b.
*Holds an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. †Hardiness ratings given where available.
Grown primarily for their masses of highsummer flowers, have been present in our gardens for a very long time. Victorian gardeners, for example, would use variegated forms such as ‘Zebrinus' as ‘dot' plants within their complex bedding schemes. Although this remains an excellent garden cultivar today, with its yellow, cross-banded foliage and occasional red flowers, the emphasis on in our gardens has since largely moved from foliage to flower.
