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Mother Nature provides optimum outdoor conditions for bulking fountain grasses in late summer and fall. Pennisetum alopecuroides is light-sensitive and needs these long, warm days to promote active growth.Tips for Overwintering Warm Season GrassesWe recommend a fungicide drench before dormancy.In a greenhouse:Keep temps above 23F.Remove dead foliage.Turn up the heat and add light in February.Overwintering outside:Clean up dead debris to mitigate moisture issues.Keep the plants from freezing/thaw

Warm-season grasses respond enthusiastically to longer days and warm soils. They shine brightest through summer and fall, finishing fast with little care.MiscanthusAvailable in various sizes, colors, and variegations, ranging from statuesque x.Giganteus to the purr-fectly compact 'Little Kitten'.Between extremes are longitudinal stripes on wide blades 'Cosmopolitan' and narrow 'Morning Light' and horizontal bars that shimmer in the slightest breeze 'Strictus', 'Gold Bar', and more. Prepare fast

Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'This IS your grandfather's ornamental grass!An original, and still a champion.An oldie, and still a goodie. One of the earliest cultivars of Miscanthus, 'Gracillimus' has graced American gardens since the early 1900s. All these years later, it is still swoon-worthy, still a top seller, and still the standard.Stately clumps of slender green leaves with gleaming silver midribs grow to 7 feet tall. In October, the reddish bronze inflorescences gradually turn to sil