Description

Glyceria maxima variegata, or Variegated Reed Sweet Grass, is a stunning variation of the traditional Reed Sweet Grass, offering a unique and vibrant addition to wetland and water gardens. This relatively vigorous plant features striking pinkish-red striped grass foliage in spring, which matures into a beautiful mix of yellow and white as the season progresses, adding dynamic colour and texture to your garden.

In late summer, Variegated Reed Sweet Grass is graced with purplish-green flowering panicles that rise above the foliage, providing an elegant contrast to the colourful leaves. Ideal for moist, well-drained soils, this plant thrives in pond edges, marshes, and naturalised garden spaces. Its attractive, multi-toned foliage and soft flowering heads make it a standout feature in any landscape.

Features:

• Striking pinkish-red striped grass foliage in spring, maturing to yellow and white
• Graced with purplish-green flowering panicles in late summer, adding elegance and height
• Vigorous growth, ideal for wetland gardens, pond edges, or damp areas
• Thrives in moist, well-drained soils, making it perfect for water features or naturalised spaces
• Adds vibrant colour, texture, and interest throughout the growing season

Add Glyceria maxima variegata to your garden for a colourful, low-maintenance plant that brings vibrant stripes of colour and beautiful flowering panicles to your wetland or pondside setting.

Repotting or planting

9cm marginal plants require potting into a larger mesh basket. Place in a pond no deeper than 1/3 maximum recommended planting depth to allow the plants to establish. 1ltr marginal plants do not require repotting, place in the pond no deeper than 1/2 maximum recommended planting depth to allow the plants to establish. 3ltr and 5ltr plants do not require repotting, as they are larger more established plants they can be placed up to the maximum recommended depth. There is no need to remove the mesh basket.

Care instructions

Little maintenance is required. Trim just above the water surface after foliage has died back in Autumn to tidy.

Colour

Green

Growth rate

Fast

Flowers

June-Aug

Sun/shade

Full sun to part shade

Season

Spring, Summer

Measurements in centimetres

Height Min –Max

30-60

Depth Min-Max

3-25