Great manna grass
Glyceria maxima
In Dutch: Liesgras
Ornamental grassesCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 0.9 to 2 m
- Spread
- 1.5 to 2.5 m, and after that it keeps creeping
- Full grown after
- 2 to 5 years
- Sun
- Full sun, sometimes lightly shaded
- Soil
- Wet and rich in nutrients, or shallow water
- Water
- Plenty: the base can stand in water
- Maintenance
- Average: keep it in check and cut it back in autumn
- Flowers
- July and August, golden yellow with some purple
- For bees
- Little: pollinated by the wind, not a known bee plant
- Hay fever
- Very strongly allergenic, July and August
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn: they die back in late autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No: not known to be poisonous
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €3 to €5 each, loose (sold in tens) or in a small pot
- Price, grown
- Not for sale
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- July to August
- Fruit
- no noticeable fruit