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Chinese silvergrass

FoxosimoFoxosimo Posts: 48
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Does anyone know when best to cut back miscanthus sinensis malepartus to the ground to allow new growth in Spring?

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  • yorkshireroseyorkshirerose Posts: 574
    I would leave the old growth on overwinter and remove it in Spring when the new growth appears.

    A gardener's work is never at an end  - (John Evelyn 1620-1706)
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    The stalks and old flower heads look good in frosts and provide shelter for insects over winter so leave them until the first teeny green shoots appear at the base next spring and then cut all the old stems down to about 6" above ground and before the new shoots get that high or you'll lose their lovely points.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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    Plato
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