Arundo donax Peppermint Stick Thrillers the 4' wide clumps are

the 4' wide clumps are topped with 24" tall stalks of pale lavender flowers

both in their macabre beauty and memorable fragrance (like running over a skunk)

Originally selected from an NC Coastal Plain population of Solidago rugosa

Crinum erubescens will make a sizable colony

In patterns

Arundo donax Peppermint Stick Thrillers the 4' wide clumps areThis 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