RHS

• Other common nameseulalia 'Red Chief'

• FamilyPoaceae

• GenusMiscanthus can be deciduous or evergreen grasses with tufted or spreading habit, erect stems bearing arching, linear leaves and terminal panicles of silky spikelets in late summer or autumn

• Details'Red Chief' is a clump-forming, deciduous grass, to 1.5m tall, with narrow, arching leaves which turn yellow in autumn, fading to pale brown in winter. Feathery flower panicles open deep red in late summer and early autumn, fading to silver and remaining on the plant over winter

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Botanical name

Miscanthus sinensis 'Red Chief'

Other names

Eulalia 'Red Chief', Japanese silver grass 'Red Chief', Maiden grass 'Red Chief'

Genus

Miscanthus

Variety or Cultivar

'Red Chief' _ 'Red Chief' is a clump-forming, deciduous, perennial grass bearing upright to arching, narrowly linear, mid-green leaves turning yellow in autumn and, in late summer and early autumn, feathery panicles of maroon flower spikelets turning silvery-grey by winter.

Foliage

Deciduous

Habit

Upright, Clump-forming, Arching

COLOUR

Flower

Maroon in Summer; Maroon, Silvery-grey in Autumn; Silvery-grey in Winter

Foliage

Mid-green in Spring; Mid-green in Summer; Mid-green in Autumn

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