Diarrhena japonica

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Price:  £7.20 –+ Add to Basket Brand:  The Plantsman's Preference Family:  Poaceae Main Season:  All Year Flower Colour:  Gold Leaf Colour:  Green Foliage:  Semi-Evergreen Position:  Shade Soil Type:  Good, moist, humus-rich Height:  60cm to 90cm (2' to 3') Peat Free?  Yes Hardiness Guide:  RHS H7 minimum at least -20C Pot Size:  1.4L Availability:      Approx. 5 in stock View our Pot Size guide:

Neat clumps of glossy green, ribbon-like, leaves will produce arching stems of fine flowers from midsummer to 60cm. Best in at least some shade.

One of just four species in this small genus, Diarrhena japonica is a classy ornamental grass that provides a largely evergreen foliage plant with the bonus of the airy flowers in the second half of the year.  Deciduous in exposed sites and colder winters.

From China, Korea and Japan.

Synonyn Neomolinia japonica.