Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Likes seasonal flooding
Mature size
2–3 m
First harvest
Plumes at month five
Family
Poaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Spreads by rhizome; only for open ground you want covered.
Silver plumes across the riverbanks after the monsoon; the kans of the floodplain.
Growing it
Spreads by rhizome; only for open ground you want covered.
What it is for
Thatch and screens; riverbank and floodplain stabilisation.