Gardners Garters (Phalaris arundinacea) with floating ring
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Unit price perGardners Garters (Phalaris arundinacea) is an elegant perennial pond plant that brings height, structure and seasonal colour to your water garden. Its long, graceful foliage sways gently in the breeze, creating movement around the pond and a lush, natural feel.
One of its most striking features appears during the colder months, when the foliage can change to beautiful shades of soft pink and green. This seasonal colour is why it is sometimes known as ‘Strawberries and Cream’.
Gardners Garters is an excellent feature plant for pond margins and provides valuable shelter and cover for frogs and other pond wildlife.
Why you'll love Gardners Garters
- Elegant, graceful pond grass
- Adds height and structure to the water garden
- Attractive foliage that moves gently in the breeze
- Can develop beautiful pink and green winter colouring
- Sometimes known as ‘Strawberries and Cream’
- Excellent cover and habitat for frogs
- Suitable for full sun to part shade
- Can grow to approximately 1m high
- Ideal as a feature plant around larger ponds
- Perennial and easy to grow
- Can be planted in groups for a dramatic display
Where to grow Gardners Garters
Gardners Garters is a versatile marginal plant that grows well in full sun to part shade.
It can be planted in approximately 5–10cm of water, making it particularly well suited to the shallow margins of ponds and water gardens.
When growing Gardners Garters in a floating pond ring, we recommend removing some of the taller foliage so the plant remains balanced and sits comfortably in the ring.
Gardners Garters for frogs and pond wildlife
The tall, dense foliage provides excellent shelter and cover for frogs, while also creating habitat around the pond for other small wildlife.
Planting several Gardners Garters together can create a dense area of vegetation that helps make your pond feel more natural and established.
Combine it with lower-growing pond plants and floating plants to create different levels of habitat around your water garden.
Seasonal colour
One of the special features of Gardners Garters is the way its foliage can change colour as the weather cools.
During winter, the foliage can develop attractive soft pink and green tones, adding colour and interest to the pond when many other plants are slowing down.
This seasonal transformation gives the plant an extra dimension and makes it an excellent choice for a pond that you want to look interesting throughout the year.
Gardners Garters Plant Information
Plant type: Perennial pond grass
Botanical name: Phalaris arundinacea
Common name: Gardners Garters
Also known as: ‘Strawberries and Cream’
Position: Full sun to part shade
Flowers: Small seed spike
Water depth: Approximately 5–10cm
Height: Up to approximately 100cm
Width: Up to approximately 60cm
Foliage: Grows above the water
Oxygenating: No
Edible: No
Best for: Pond margins, feature planting, frog habitat, wildlife ponds and adding height and structure
How to grow Gardners Garters
For the strongest visual impact, plant several plants together to create a natural clump.
Gardners Garters can be trimmed to control its height and maintain the shape you want. It performs well in both full sun and part shade and is particularly effective when used as a taller background plant behind lower-growing pond plants.
Looking for more pond plants to add height and structure? Explore our range of Pond Plants Online and discover Australian native plants, grasses, rushes, flowering plants and wildlife-friendly pond plants.
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