Avalanche Feather Reed Grass is a tufting ornamental grass that is a soft green with white banding and tall flowering stems. Its feathery stalks emerge a reddish-brown in spring and turn a beautiful golden yellow in fall. Prefers sunny areas in rich, moist soils. Avalanche is a variegated form of Karl Foerster's. Type: Orn. Grass Height: 3’ - 5’ Spread: 1’ - 2’ Spacing: 1’ USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9 Culture: Full Sun Bloom Color: Red Season of Interest: Spring , Summer , Fall MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance plant, prefers wet soil, but can tolerate dryer conditions. LANDSCAPE USES: Mass Plantings , Borders , Rock Gardens, Pond Edges, Naturalized Areas , Erosion Control, and Containers. COMPANION PLANTS: Shrub Rose , Russian Sage , Aster IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Calamagrostis x acutiflora Avalanche 3zz , CC BY-SA 4.0 , (2) Andrey Zharkikh , 2012.08.06_17.55.35_CIMG0933a , (3) F. D. Richards , Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Avalanche' WW46 Feather Reed Grass J1 *As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown