ORNAMENTAL GRASS | ||||
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Plant Name: |
PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS |
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Description:
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Robust stems bearing deciduous, flat, linear, mid or slightly gray green leaves. From late summer to mid or late autumn, they produce large, plumed, silky hairy panicles of 3-11 flowered spikelets, which are useful dried arrangements. P. australis is the only species commonly grown, it is vigorous and invasive, especially at the water's edge. |
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SYNOPSIS | ||||
Mature Size / Form | 3m / Indefinite / Rhizomatous perennial | |||
Foliage Color | Grey - green / Silky yellow | |||
Growth Rate | Fast | |||
Sunlight tolerance | High | |||
Wind tolerance | Medium | |||
Salinity tolerance | Medium | |||
Drought tolerance | Medium | |||
Family name | GRAMINEAE / POACEAE |