Grow in 5-20 gallon container; cover 1-6 inches with water; sun to partial shade; best suited for large water gardens; very aggressive and difficult to eradicate; less cold hardy than counterparts. This cultivar appears to be sterile and generally doesn't …

Variegated Giant Reed Grass is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its ornamental upright and spreading habit of growth. It features airy panicles of tan flowers rising above the foliage from late summer to mid fall.

2023年9月11日 · As one of the tallest ornamental grasses, Variegated Giant Reed makes quite a statement. Often used alone as a specimen planting, it can also function as a screen or wind break when planted en masse. It keeps its form for winter interest, though it can get damaged from wind or snow.

Our research has shown that Arundo donax, giant reed grass, is in fact an invasive species. It's roots can grow estend downwards up to three meters and they use much of the water reserved for agricultural purposes. Research indicates that it is an invasive species here and many other states as well, even being banned in certain states.

Arundo donax 'Variegata' is a fast-growing deciduous perennial grass (or grassy in appearance) with green, variegated and white foliage. In fall and summer cream, pink, silver and tan flowers emerge. Features grassy texture.

Giant reed grass is one of the tallest ornamental grasses in the Poaceae family native to the Mediterranean and eastern Asia. It was introduced to the US in the 1800s for erosion control because it spreads by rhizomes holding the soil. It grows up to 30 to 40 feet tall rapidly and can quickly crowd out native plants.

Variegated form of "Giant Reed": clumps of stout tall stems with ranks of long leaf spears striped white-cream make this the most impressive dramatic giant grass which is reliably winter hardy here. The have traditionally been fashioned into mouth pieces for bagpipes & clarinets.

'Variegata Compact' is a clump-forming, rhizomatous, evergreen, perennial grass with arching, broadly linear, white or pale yellow and green variegated leaves and feathery, terminal panicles of small, pale green to purple flower spikelets in autumn.

As you approach the car park at Burncoose Nurseries you cannot fail to see a tall (8-10ft) mature clump of A. donax var. versicolor (syn. ‘Variegata’) growing on top of a Cornish stone faced earth bank. Its canes look like they are those of a bamboo despite its white striped leaves.