Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Kitten'

A true dwarf growing only 18 to 24 inches tall and 2 feet wide, Little Kitten Maiden Grass is an ideal selection as an accent or border in smaller garden spaces and home foundation plantings. Its small size also lends well as a solo or in mixed container gardens or as a centerpiece or background in annual flower beds. In larger landscape spaces it is effective in groupings or massed along a border or on slopes. 

Note:  For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Miscanthus grass variety is not reliably winter hardy, you'll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Miscanthus grasses are easy to grow in a wide range of soils, from sandy to well-drained clay and full to mostly sun (6 hours or more direct sunlight per day). They prefer a moist but well-drained soil of average fertility while establishing themselves, however will tolerate periods of dry soil when established. Constantly soggy or wet soils can be problematic, so make sure the planting site is a well-drained one. Maintenance is minimal requiring only an annual pruning before new growth begins to emerge in late winter or very early spring. At this time simply cut plants back to just above the ground.