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Has anyone grown miscanthus giganteus(The Tall Grass)?

 
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After watching The Tall Grass(disturbing movie), I really liked that field that they were running through and found out that it was miscanthus giganteus. I think it is a beautiful plant that I could possibly use for landscaping/mazes/nature paths. I live in the foothills of the Front Range in Colorado, zone 5b, has anyone had success growing this variety or one like it? Any thoughts on how it would fare without watering?
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Disturbing is right!

I don’t know much about the grass. It seems incredible hardy.
 
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I never ever take care of it, and it's doing fine (zone 8b).
 
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I learned about Miscanthus earlier this year and became very excited about the prospective of using it to grow my own mulch (versus importing woodchips). I have a 5 acre berry orchard so I can't rely solely on the occasional free shipment of chips. I also plan to use it as bedding for my horses (and in turn great compost).

I'm in Zone 4 so cooler than the traditional growing habitat of this plant. I bought and planted about 1/10th of an acre this spring of a sterile variety bred for biomass production. I planted in June and they grew about 2.5 feet in the first season. The big test will be this winter to see if they can survive the deep freeze in this area. If they do I plan expanding much larger by dividing the rootballs. Assuming it works, I'll have a locally available starting source for others in the area.

It seems an ideal plant to have as mitigation for climate change; as it's heat loving and water efficient.
 
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Edible Acres in NY - Zone 5b - sells and grows it. He's also active on here I think. He has a Youtube channel and a couple of videos about it as well. I think he uses it for privacy. Haven't tried it myself yet, but it seems to be growing great for him.
 
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I’m using Maiden Grass for landscaping and mulch. Miscanthus sinensis. The stems are pretty thick, but it works.
 
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Maiden grass actually seems to be a little rot resistant. That can be either good or bad depending on the situation.
 
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