Reed canary grass
Phalaris arundinacea
In Dutch: Rietgras
Ornamental grassesCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 0.5 to 2 m
- Spread
- More than 8 m: keeps spreading
- Full grown after
- 5 to 10 years
- Sun
- Full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- Moist to wet and rich in nutrients
- Water
- Plenty: the soil can be wet
- Maintenance
- Average: remove dead stems, cut back runners
- Flowers
- June and July, white-green or reddish
- For bees
- Yes: plenty of pollen, June and July
- Hay fever
- Very strongly allergenic, June and July
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn: dead stems stand through winter
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No, as far as is known
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €2.50 to €7.45 each, in a small pot
- Price, grown
- Not for sale
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- June to July
- Fruit
- no noticeable fruit