Strawberries & Cream Ribbon Grass is a naturalized cool-season wetland grass with hollow stems and flat, arching green blades with bold creamy white stripes that emerges flushed pink.  The fine panicles of tiny white flowers appear above the foliage in early summer and age to tan. Ribbon Grass is very adaptable and can grow in any soil type or moisture tolerance.

NOTE: extremely vigorous spreader that is invasive if not planted in contained area! However, if this is not a concern it can be used for erosion control and dense ground cover.  Planting in dry soil helps limit invasive qualities.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Keep soil moist.  No serious pests or diseases.  Invasive spreader- any tiny segment of root or rhizome can sprout, so raised containers or deep bed separators can help contain it.   

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Native Gardens, Pond Edges, Water Gardens, and Containers

COMPANION PLANTS: Swamp Milkweed, Sedge, Iris

IMAGES: Salicyna, Phalaris arundinacea var. picta Feesey 2020-06-23 0615, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Phalaris arundinacea picta 'Feesey' kz3, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Salicyna, Phalaris arundinacea var. picta Feesey 2020-06-23 0616, CC BY-SA 4.0