Ribbon Grass

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Ribbon Grass (Phalaris) - Garden grasses useful in the wild garden or beside water, where the spreading roots can do no harm. The forms commonly grown are those striped with yellow or creamy-white, and known as arundinacea variegata and elegantissima. These grow about 4 feet high, and are best in rather poor soils, but are not particular, doing well almost anywhere, and also in shallow water. The Canary Grass, P. canariensis, is a pretty annual kind, with graceful variegated seed spikes. Syn. Digraphis.

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You can cut it back to about six inches tall every spring. It should also be divided every five years to keep it healthy.

-- Contributed by: Kathleen Roberts

I'm pruning back winter brown and my ribbon grass is already green. I'd like to get rid of some as it has taken over an area and I'm wondering if I should cut back grass to the ground or what?

-- Contributed by: Jeanine

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