Arundo donax Peppermint Stick Hybrid fluorescent cerise-red flowers top the

fluorescent cerise-red flowers top the late-January emerging foliage from late April through early May

light pink flowers in summer

Atop each stalk (petiole) is a giant peony-like leaf to 8'+ wide

plenty of 4-5" open

plant your herbertia in a container garden or trough

Arundo donax Peppermint Stick Hybrid fluorescent cerise-red flowers top theThis wonderful deer resistant grass, native to Mediterranean freshwater wetlands, has long been a favorite of gardeners. The only drawback was the fading of the leaf variegation in warm weather. Arundo 'Peppermint Stick', imported from the Shanghai Botanical Garden by the late plantsman Greg Speichert, solves that with striped leaves just as vivid in summer as in spring. Arundo 'Peppermint Stick' forms sturdy 12' tall canes, adorned with wide green