Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Grass
Needled or Scaled Evergreen
Origin
-
Northeastern United States, North-Central United States, Canada
Types
Not Avaialble
red pin,Norway pine,pinus
Number of Varieties
352
0
40000
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Habitat
Lake Sides, savannahs
Mountain Slopes
USDA Hardiness Zone
5-92-5
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
9 - 1
7-1
Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b
Habit
Clump-Forming
Pyramidal
Plant Size
Minimum Height
240.00 cm1,520.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
120.00 cm610.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
-
Brown
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
orange brown
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
-
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Purple, Burgundy, Bronze
-
Leaf Color in Winter
-
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Grass like
Needle like
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Summer, Fall
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Slow
Medium
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Average
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall
Spring
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Rhizome division
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water
Do Not over Water
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Clay, Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
-
Red blotch, sawflies
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
Showy
-
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Coarse
-
Foliage Sheen
Glossy
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Crickets
songbirds
Allergy
-
Skin irritation
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
bank hedging, Mixed Border, Showy Purposes
Landscape Designing
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
Antiseptic, Diuretic, Pectoral, Poultice, Salve
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Pulp
Other Uses
Screen, Used as Biofuel, Used for making hedge
Herbicide, Used for making green dye
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Hedges, Mixed Border, Screening / Wind Break
Screening, Wind Break
Botanical Name
MISCANTHUS Giganteus
PINUS resinosa
Common Name
Giant Silvergrass
Norway Pine
In Hindi
Giant Silvergrass
Norway pine
In German
Riesenschilf
Amerikanische Rot-Kiefer
In French
géant silvergrass
Pin rouge
In Spanish
Giant Silvergrass
Pinus resinosa
In Greek
Giant Silvergrass
Norway pine
In Portuguese
Silvergrass gigante
Pinus resinosa
In Polish
Giant Silvergrass
Sosna czerwona
In Latin
Giant Silvergrass
Norway pine
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Coniferophyta
Class
Lilopsida
Pinopsida
Order
Cyperales
Pinales
Family
Poaceae
Pinaceae
Genus
Miscanthus
Pinus
Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
-
Tribe
Andropogoneae
-
Subfamily
Panicoideae
-
Number of Species
1720
1
27800
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