reed grass

**jdkline** · #1 09-13-2008, 01:20 PM

Heres the pics of the reed grass that I promised to put on here yesterday.

And heres the other one

Gotta love em!!!
Deb

unicorn2564 · #2 09-13-2008, 02:10 PM

Those are nice looking. I like different colors on leaves.

**jdkline** · #3 09-13-2008, 02:14 PM

Me too. I love that these are variegated.

unicorn2564 · #4 09-13-2008, 02:17 PM

LOL thats the word that was stuck on the tip of my toungue!!!

marasri · #5 09-13-2008, 02:39 PM

OH my, these can be very aggressive growers and they will EXPAND. You might want to give them more room away from your wall. I love them, very architectural, but think of them more like large bamboo because that is what they do down here if they can get their roots to water. They are listed on the invasive plant list also for Texas. One specimen above the Blanco river covers a dense 25 yards.

GARDEN GUY · #6 09-13-2008, 02:52 PM

Oh......Oh.........
Ok.....Now.....get a box.....lick a stamp.....and here it comes!!!!!!

Boy, do I want that!!!!

Very nice...

trudy · #7 09-13-2008, 04:03 PM

those I like to look at in someone elses yard. Very invasive here, I see them all over the place but mostly the non varigated ones. Very old plant, see them a lot where homesteads use to be years ago. I agree though if your gonna keep them to put them in a spot well away from any buildings, like in the far back corner of your yard near the woods or something.

Dean W. · #8 09-13-2008, 09:45 PM

I agree, trudy, is right on. They are nice to look at, but can be invasive.

marasri · #9 09-13-2008, 10:01 PM

Notice that all the people who say bewary of this plant are from the south. I think trudy's "left of nowhere" location is southern judging from her have and want list. Maybe the reed has to be coddled up in Zone 5 michigan and it behaves totally different up there. I would check your states invasive plant list to make sure, and ask around to find out how big it will get there in Michigan. It might just destroy that retaining wall when your back is turned.

bhscarlett · #10 09-14-2008, 08:43 AM

Really nice looking plants,, they really look great in your yard,, blessings, beth,, hope all is well,, planning the trip yet? blessings,, Beth

Mandy · #11 09-14-2008, 12:19 PM

Marasri You hit it right on the head. What is considered invasive in one area is not necessarily that way in another. At any rate that grass is beautifuk jd!

Dean W. · #12 09-16-2008, 03:52 PM

Deb, I was tempted to dig some of that up once upon a time.

**jdkline** · #13 09-16-2008, 05:29 PM

The grass is not invasive here. Probably a cooler climate. This is not the really tall growing ones that I have seen but I havent seen those that are variegated. They are still taller than me and I can live with that.