Unique Features: Maiden grass is native to Asia growing in most of China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.  It does best in moist well drained soil but can tolerate some periods of drought once established.  When the tips of the grass blades turn to tan and twist into spirals, then it is not getting enough water. Maiden grass is a warm season grass so doesn’t start growing in the spring until the soil temperature is 50 degrees for several weeks.  It maintains a showy presence through the winter so the best time to cut it back is around mid-spring.  Bandwidth is smaller cultivar named for the yellow horizontal bands marking its rich green blades. It is a late bloomer, September to November, so we might not see the reddish tassel like flower spikes but it is the foliage that puts on the show.  Bandwidth is sterile so it’s definitely not invasive.