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A guide to hardiness

	After the worst winter for decades we have revised the hardiness guidelines for
some of our plants..........

Norfolk Nursery Network

Bamboo / Grasses

(All pot sizes are approximate)
All Bamboos sent will be a maximum of 2 meters high. We will do our best to bend taller canes without breaking. Some canes may have to be cut back if bending is not possible.

Anemanthele lessoniana - 2Ltr £5.50
Family: Poaceae (syn. Stipa arundinacea) AGM (Pheasants Tail Grass) Evergreen perennial with fountains of dark green leaves turning bright orange/red in late summer.

Arundo donax - 3Ltr £7.50
Family: Poaceae (Giant reed) From Southern Europe where it grows in ditches and on riversides, this giant of a grass is often mistaken for bamboo or even sugar-cane.

Arundo donax - 7.5Ltr £15.00
Family: Poaceae (Giant reed) From Southern Europe where it grows in ditches and on riversides, this giant of a grass is often mistaken for bamboo or even sugar-cane.

Arundo donax var. versicolor - 5Ltr £12.50
Family: Poaceae The most magnificant of the grass-like plants, this variegated giant reed will grow in reasonably fertile, moisture retentive soil but needs permanently moist soil to achieve its full potential.

Arundo formosana 'Golden Showers' - 7.5Ltr £15.00
Family: Poaceae Green and golden yellow striped arched leaves.

Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' - 3Ltr £6.00
Family: Poaceae (Feather Reed Grass, Smallweed) Sturdy perennial clump forming grass with elegant pink-bronze inflorescences.

Carex buchananii - 2Ltr £5.50
Family: Cyperaceae AGM (leatherleaf sedge) Densely tufted evergreen with orange-brown foliage and brown flower spikes in mid/late summer.

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' - 2Ltr £5.50
Family: Cyperaceae (sedge 'Evergold') AGM Clump-forming evergreen sedge with narrow arching leaves centre striped yellow/cream and brown flower spikes in summer.

Carex trifida 'Rekohu Sunrise' - 5Ltr £12.50
Family: Cyperaceae (Variegated Tataki Grass) Clump forming evergreen sedge, broad mid-green leaves with gold margins that are bluish on the underside and weep over gracefully toward the leaf tip.

Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda - 5Ltr £39.00
(Walking Stick bamboo) Very prominent nodes with leaves up to 10cm long and the culms that are initially dark green.

Chusquea culeou - 3Ltr £23.75
(Chilean bamboo) AGM A highly desirable, exceptionally graceful, tidy, well-behaved bamboo. Multiple branches bearing dark green leaves are arranged almost completely around the node giving the culm a bushy, foxtail like appearance.

Chusquea culeou - 5Ltr £36.50
(Chilean bamboo) AGM A highly desirable, exceptionally graceful, tidy, well-behaved bamboo. Multiple branches bearing dark green leaves are arranged almost completely around the node giving the culm a bushy, foxtail like appearance.

Cortaderia selloana 'Splendid Star' - 10Ltr £22.50
Family: Poaceae (Dwarf Golden Pampas Grass) Evergreen Pampas grass with green foliage streaked with golden yellow, elegant white flower plumes in late summer.

Cyperus papyrus - 2Ltr £7.50
Family: Cyperaceae AGM (Egyptian paper rush) An architectural moisture loving perennial with long, angular stems and massive globes of thread like flowers, rather like the seed head of a monster allium.

Fargesia murielae 'Jumbo' - 5Ltr £24.00
Family: Poaceae The big murielae! Clump forming, slightly larger leaves than usual, vertical green canes turn orange-yellow with age and a fountain of greenery at the top.

Fargesia murielae 'Simba' - 5Ltr £24.00
Family: Poaceae (umbrella bamboo 'Simba') AGM Short, elegant and compact form of Fargesia, Clump-forming with yellow-green culms and light green foliage.

Fargesia murielae 'Vampire' - 1.5m £67.00
Family: Poaceae A new and exciting Fargesia, ‘Vampire’ has a graceful aching habit, and the profusion of narrow, pale green leaves on tight clumped canes give the plant a feel of density.

Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou - 3Ltr £20.00
An elegant bamboo of upright habit, with slender, stiff, yellow upright culms. These age to a rich red, giving outstanding colour combinations between new and previous season’s canes.

Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' - 2Ltr £5.00
Family: Poaceae (blue fescue) Evergreen compact ornamental grass with needle-like, silvery blue-green leaves and short spikes of blue-green midsummer flowers.

Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima' - 5Ltr £31.50
AGM Vibrantly variegated leaves that are carried on olive green canes which are sometimes embellished with white streaks. This is a strong growing bamboo and can tolerate some drought, cold and wind.

Imperata cylindrica 'Rubra' - 2Ltr £5.50
Family: Poaceae (Japanese blood grass) A slowly spreading, clump-forming grass from Japan with chartreuse green, upright ribbon-like blades with red tips.

Indocalamus latifolius - 10Ltr £29.50
Family: Poaceae Very tropical-looking bamboo with large, long, narrow leaves p to 30cm of a deep glossy green.

Koeleria glauca - 2Ltr £5.00
Family: Poaceae (Blue hair grass, grey-blue koeleria) A densely tufted, semi-evergreen grass with rich silver/blue leaves and very upright stems carrying blue green flowers, turning brown as the season progresses.

Milium effusum 'Aureum' - 2Ltr £5.00
Family: Poaceae AGM (Bowles golden sedge) A slowly spreading, tufted, semi-evergreen grass with superb, bright yellow strap-shaped leaves and golden, nodding panicles from late spring to mid-summer.

Miscanthus sinensis 'Ferner Osten' - 3Ltr £6.50
Family: Poaceae (Far East) A very early flowering miscanthus, often as early as the beginning of July. It has an upright habit and coppery-red foliage and exceptional red/purple flowers.

Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar' - 2Ltr £5.50
Family: Poaceae (sport of M. sinensis 'Strictus') Compact, clump-forming grass with horizontal cream bands and panicles of pinkish flowers in autumn.

Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' - 10Ltr £15.00
Family: Poaceae (Maiden Grass, eulalia 'Gracillimus') A deciduous grass with narrow, arching leaves ribbed white, feathery, purple-flushed, flower panicles in late summer.

Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' - 3Ltr £6.00
Family: Poaceae (Maiden Grass, eulalia 'Gracillimus') A deciduous grass with narrow, arching leaves ribbed white, feathery, purple-flushed, flower panicles in late summer.

Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra' - 5Ltr £12.50
Family: Poaceae Clump forming deciduous grass with upright arching foliage and vivid yellow horizontal banding, reddish plumes changing to tan in late summer.

Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus' - 10Ltr £15.00
Family: Poaceae An imposing grass with an upright habit, broad leaves, bronze tinted foliage and purple/red flower plumes.

Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' - 10Ltr £15.00
Family: Poaceae AGM A dense erect grass with very narrow, grey/green leaves, lit up with a thin white leaf margin.

Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' - 2Ltr £5.50
Family: Poaceae AGM A dense erect grass with very narrow, grey/green leaves, lit up with a thin white leaf margin.

Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus' - 10Ltr £15.00
Family: Poaceae (Variegated maiden grass) Clump forming deciduous grass with narrow, arching, green leaves with white stripes, feathery, purple-flushed, flower panicles in late summer.

Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus' - 3Ltr £6.00
Family: Poaceae AGM (Zebra grass) A very tall, broadly arching grass with long dark green leaves with stunning cream or yellow, horizontal leaf bands.

Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus' - 7.5Ltr £15.00
Family: Poaceae AGM (Zebra grass) A very tall, broadly arching grass with long dark green leaves with stunning cream or yellow, horizontal leaf bands.

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' - 2Ltr £6.50
Family: Liliaceae AGM (Lilyturf, Black mondo grass, Black dragon) A rhizomatous perennial from Japan with dense tufts of evergreen, black, glossy, strap-shaped leaves and tiny bell-shaped purple Muscari-like flowers in summer.

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head' - 7.5Ltr £15.00
Family: Poaceae (Red Head Fountain Grass) Plumes of burgundy-red foxtails when opening which turn into huge (25cm long) smoky-purple bottlebrushes in late summer.

Phyllostachys aurea - 1.5m £35.00
Family: Poaceae AGM (fish-pole bamboo, golden bamboo, yellow bamboo) A very handsome, well-known but variable species, usually clump-forming in the UK, with tightly packed canes.

Phyllostachys aureosulcata f. aureocaulis - 1.8m £40.00
Family: Poaceae AGM (yellow-groove bamboo) A very well behaved bamboo in the UK with very bright yellow canes, often coloured a deep red on the side facing the sun.

Phyllostachys aureosulcata f. spectabilis - 5Ltr £39.00
AGM Family: Gramineae (Green groove bamboo) Thick rich yellow canes with a chiselled vertical green groove on each stem. Stems often zig-zag as they age. Height 3-6m (10-20ft). Spread indefinite.

Phyllostachys bambusoides f. lacrima-deae – 5Ltr £41.25
This Chinese bamboo has green culms and branches overlaid with blackish-purple, leopard-like spots. The tall thick canes (up to 3 or 4cm wide) are easily visible between the layers of glossy, rich green leaves.

Phyllostachys humilis - 1.8m £46.00
Family: Poaceae A Phyllostachys of short stature growing only to 3m. Canes are quite slender and emerge reddish/brown, becoming olive green, aging to burnt orange.
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Phyllostachys nigra - 1.8m £45.00
Family: Poaceae AGM (black bamboo, whangee cane, kuro-chiku) Perhaps the most well-known and popular bamboo. Pink-tinged shoots emerge in late spring, turning to green culms.

Phyllostachys nigra 'Boryana' - 1.5m £40.00
Family: Poaceae A huge, stunning bamboo with very thick green culms developing purple blotches at the end of the first season.

Phyllostachys vivax f. aureocaulis - 5Ltr £39.00
Family: Poaceae AGM (golden Chinese timber bamboo) Spectacular is a word that barely does justice to this bamboo. The shoots emerge in late spring/early summer and thrust skyward at an incredible pace.

Phyllostachys vivax f. aureocaulis 'Huanwenzii' - 10Ltr/1.8m £39.00
Family: Poaceae Very thick, sturdy green canes with yellow vertical stripes. It is not uncommon for some of the canes to revert to yellow and the resulting two-tone bamboo can be quite stunning.

Stipa gigantea - 2Ltr £5.00
AGM (Golden Oats) Evergreen arching green leaves forming a large clump. Golden brown airy flower plumes which age to straw yellow.

Thamnocalamus crassinodus 'Kew Beauty' - 5Ltr £47.50
An elegant, upright, slightly arching bamboo with an abundance of very small green leaves giving an airy effect. Hairy-sheathed shoots emerging from the ground in early summer.

Uncinia rubra - 1Ltr £4.00
Family: Cyperaceae (red hook sedge) A beautiful deep red grass, low growing and compact.