IMPERATA
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IMPERATA
Commonly known as Blady grass, Cogon grass
A devastating noxious weed in some places; a desirable ornamental in others.
After a long, warm summer can produce silvery spikelets of flowers.
Genus of about 10 species of slender-stemmed, rhizamatous, perennial grasses from tropical and warm-temperate open grassland in Japan.
Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes
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Good to know
Striking foliage colour. Good at the front of a border or in a light woodland setting. -
Place of origin
Japan -
Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennialRhizomatous perennial
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Ornamental grasses
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