Eldorado Golden Variegated Feather Reed Grass is a clumping ornamental grass that is attractive year round. The clumps grow to about 4 feet high and 3 feet wide, but the vertical flower spikes can grow to 5 feet high. The dark green leaves have yellow stripes giving this cultivar its name. The purplish-yellow flowers appear in early summer and provide visual interest year round.

Although it prefers moderate soils and full sun, it will tolerate light shade and even damp clay soils, but it struggles in hot humid summer climates. The flower spikes are usually retained for winter interest and the entire plant is cut back or divided in late winter to promote new growth. This plant is sterile, so self-seeding is not a problem, and the plant does not spread aggressively making it a low maintenance beauty. This grass is used extensively in massed plantings but can also be a successful specimen plant.