Miscanthus sinensis 'Red Spear'

Large, clump-forming, deciduous grass, to 2.4m tall, with strongly upright stems and narrow, arching blue-green leaves, gold in autumn, fading to pale brown in winter. Spear-shaped flower buds open to very-upright bright-red, feathery, flower panicles in late summer and early autumn, fading to silver and remaining on the plant over winter