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Does anybody know the name of this plant, I was given it, they said it was a grass but I have seen something similar but it says it's a bamboo.
I get's about 1 and half foot, it has spread just in one year.
Would I best in a pot as it spreads.
Any info or idea's would be great.
Thank you.
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Might it be a Carex? I used to have one similar called C. Everest.
It looks like the grass known as 'Gardener's Gaiters' to me. Invasive, just like the bamboo
Garters is it MU? I had gaiter in my mind but same difference
Don't touch it Lorna.
I've always called it Garters too. In any case - it's a right b***er!
I've never been tempted to grow it MU. I've seen what it can be like in other gardens.....
I think it always resembles a bamboo's habit , nut. It runs like mad if it likes the location.
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Right just googled what was suggested and that is it, I do like it but I don't want it getting out of hand, do you think it would be ok in a large pot. weather permitting it will be coming out tomorrow.
Thank you everybody for your help.
It's quite well-behaved in improved heavy clay
Thanks B3, Think I will have to take it out anyway, I have only had it a year and it has spread quiet a bit.
I planted it into my 'Dell', a shaded boggy hollow, and it it went mad and over-ran the whole space in the first year. Looked lovely, all waving green and white. But it ran out of steam very quickly, and after 3 years there was hardly any left!
I planted it in my last garden, under an old copper beech tree where almost nothing would grow. It kind of survived, and gave us a bit of interest under the tree. I wouldn't dream of planting it in the open though.