Sugarcane Plumegrass
Saccharum giganteum
A towering grass crowned in fall with silky, plume-like seed heads that glow pink-silver in low light. A bold vertical accent for wet, sunny edges.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 9.8–9.8 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- October
- Bloom colors
- red
- Wildlife value
- songbirds
- Landscape uses
- specimen, rain garden, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA