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stripey grass
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Theres a bunch of really tall grass round my pond, its got long leafs with white stripes on it but the tops are feathery like wheat. Can anyone tell me if its a weed or a ornamental grass before i pull it out please 
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Is it Gardener's garters http://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/phalaris-arundinacea-var-picta-feesey . A cottage garden plant likes damp soil, sometimes new shoots are flushed with pink. If you like it leave it but watch it doesn't spread everywhere.
http://www.edenproject.com/shop/go/plant.aspx?id=7076
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Brilliant thanks alot. I am going to keep it