{"id":982,"date":"2022-04-27T23:18:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T19:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/?p=982"},"modified":"2022-04-27T23:18:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T19:18:41","slug":"miscanthus-miscanthus-sinensis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/gardening\/grasses-and-ferns\/miscanthus-miscanthus-sinensis\/","title":{"rendered":"Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strong and light, installed for very long years,\u00a0\u00a0miscanthus\u00a0remains decorative until the dead of winter.\u00a0This &#8220;Chinese reed&#8221; has leaves marked with a very characteristic white central vein, which turns red in autumn.\u00a0At the end of summer, the flowers in spikes peak at 1.20 and up to 3 m in height depending on the variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technical sheet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Type of plant:<\/strong>&nbsp;grass (poaceae)<br><strong>Exposure:<\/strong>&nbsp;sun<br><strong>Soil:<\/strong>&nbsp;rich and fresh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cultivation conditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miscanthus shows a preference for cool soils, even heavy ones.&nbsp;It needs heat and sun to flower.&nbsp;North of the Loire, choose early flowering varieties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Miscanthus_sinensis_var_gracillimus-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-984\" width=\"838\" height=\"1117\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maintenance and other care<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cut back the foliage to 15 cm from the ground in early spring, not before!&nbsp;Divide regularly in the spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use: isolated, bouquets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Species and varieties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8216;Silberfeder&#8217;, 2.50 m, white flowers then golden, even without sun;<\/li><li>&#8216;Goldefer&#8217;, 2 m, silvery flowers, foliage striped pale yellow;<\/li><li>&#8216;Purpurascens&#8217;, 1.50 m, flowers pink, then silver;<\/li><li>M. nepalensis, 1.20 m, golden, not very rustic.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strong and light, installed for very long years,\u00a0\u00a0miscanthus\u00a0remains decorative until the dead of winter.\u00a0This &#8220;Chinese reed&#8221; has leaves marked with a very characteristic white central vein, which turns red in autumn.\u00a0At the end of summer, the flowers in spikes peak at 1.20 and up to 3 m in height depending on the variety. Technical sheet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grasses-and-ferns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}