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Cane
COMMON NAME: CANE
BOTANICAL NAME: Arundo donax
PRONUNCIATION: a-RUN-doe doe-NAX
TYPE: Perennial grass – Sun
HEIGHT: 8’-10’
SPREAD: Wide-spreading
SPACING: 3’-5’
HABIT: Many-flowered panicles with off white flowers. Tall grass that spreads by thick, knotty rhizomes. Has large summer flowers like those of pampas grass.
CULTURE: Extremely easy to grow, especially in moist soil.
USES: Tall screening plant, erosion protection and texture contrast.
PROBLEMS: Very aggressive.
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