Pleioblastus variegatus
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- plee-oh-BLASS-tuss vay-ree-eh-GAY-tuss
- Description
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green-An evergreen groundcover plant with green-white striped leaves. It can be very invasive, spreading by rhizomes. It can be very difficult to eradicate once established.
Its foliage makes this a good container plant while controlling the spread of unwanted growth.
This plant can be kept at a shorter height by cutting the foliage to ground level in the spring, prior to the plant sending up new shoots. This procedure will also assist the plant in looking its best, as cutting to the ground will encourage new and healthy growth to emerge.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Pleioblastus
- Species:
- variegatus
- Family:
- Poaceae
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Division
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- East Asia - Japan
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Ground Cover
- Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
- Perennial
- Habit/Form:
- Horizontal
- Spreading
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil Drainage:
- Occasionally Wet
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Flowers:
- Flower Description:
- Insignificant
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- White
- Leaf Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Showy green-white variegated leaves
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Container
- Meadow
- Naturalized Area
- Patio
- Slope/Bank
- Woodland
- Landscape Theme:
- Rock Garden
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Hedge
- Mass Planting
- Small groups
- Problems:
- Weedy
