ARUNDO donax 'VARIEGATA'

giant reed 'VARIAGATA'

ARUNDO donax 'VARIEGATA'

giant reed 'VARIAGATA'

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  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, trim the culms, sparing the new shoots growing from the base. For the first two years, water regularly and abundantly.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin
  • Use group : Bamboo and Grass
  • Height at 10 years : 4 m
  • Width at 10 years : 2 m
  • Growth : Fast
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : bush, spreading
  • Colour of leaves : Variegated green white
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Free standing specimen
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Outstanding leaf and stem variegation. It is bright white in spring in cool weather,then creamy yellow later and yellow-green in late summer. Can grow over 2m50 to 3m in height and 3 to 4m large. The giant reed has long been used to make flutes and other wind instruments.