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Grasses
(All pot sizes are approximate)
Ornamental garden grasses for sun or shade – even dry shade. From towering Miscanthus species to small ground covering Carex. Most look lovely in pots and containers or associate well with flowering perennials in the garden.
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Ornamental garden grasses for sun or shade – even dry shade. From towering Miscanthus species to small ground covering Carex. Most look lovely in pots and containers or associate well with flowering perennials in the garden.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Anemanthele lessoniana - 2Ltr £6.99
(Syn. Stipa arundinaceae) (Pheasant’s tail grass), AGM, Family Poaceae, Originating from New Zealand. An evergreen grass, forming softly arching clumps of fine, hair-like leaves that sway in the slightest breeze.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Arundo donax - 3Ltr £8.99
(Spanish cane, giant reed), Family Poaceae, Originating from Mediterranean. This giant of a grass is often mistaken for bamboo or even sugar-cane. Very thick, hollow, glaucous stems carrying luxuriant, long, strap-shaped leaves.
Half hardy - will take light frost. Protect from cold and wet, mulch/wrap/fleece in position or move to cool greenhouse. Arundo donax var. versicolor - 7.5Ltr £12.99
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.
Hardy - recommended for a sheltered south or west facing position. Protect in severe cold. Arundo formosana 'Golden Showers' - 3Ltr £8.99
(Giant reed), Family Poaceae, Originating from Southern Europe. A clumping reed forming a fountain of long, arching gold and green striped leaves on stiff stems. Its appearance in the growing season is very bamboo-like.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' - 2Ltr £6.99
(Feather Reed Grass, Smallweed), Family Poaceae, Garden origin. Drought-tolerant, sturdy perennial clump forming grass with elegant pink-bronze inflorescences.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Chasmanthium latifolium - 2Ltr £6.99
(North America wild oats), Family Poaceae, Originating from East US, New Mexico. Deciduous, loosely-tufted, spreading, perennial grass with arching, lance-shaped, leaves that turn yellow in winter.
Hardy - recommended for a sheltered south or west facing position. Protect in severe cold. Chondropetalum tectorum - 7.5Ltr £14.99
(Roof reed, Thatching reed), Family Restionaceae, Originating from South Africa. An architectural, tufted, evergreen, grass-like perennial used for thatching in South Africa.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Deschampsia cespitosa 'Bronzeschleier' - 2Ltr £6.99
(Tufted hairgrass 'Bronzeschleier'), Family Poaceae, Originating from Europe, Asia, USA and South America. Semi-evergreen, compact, tussock-forming grass with stiff, arching, needle-thin, dark green leaves and a profusion of pendulous, shimmering, airy bronze pan
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' - 9cm pot £3.99
(blue fescue), Family Poaceae, Originating from western Europe. Evergreen compact ornamental grass with needle-like, silvery blue-green leaves and short spikes of blue-green midsummer flowers.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Hakonechloa macra 'Nicolas' - 2Ltr £6.99
(Japanese forest grass), Family Poaceae, Originating from Japan. A deciduous grass forming a spreading, mound of arching, narrow green leaves. In autumn the foliage turns outstanding tones of fiery orange and red.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Milium effusum 'Aureum' - 2Ltr £6.99
(Bowles golden grass), AGM, Family Poaceae, Originating from Northern temperate areas. A slowly spreading, tufted, semi-evergreen grass with superb, bright yellow strap-shaped leaves and golden, nodding panicles.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Miscanthus nepalensis - 2Ltr £6.99
(Himalayan fairy grass), Family Poaceae, Originating from W China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal. Deciduous, tall, ornamental grass with green, arching foliage and creamy-yellow, pendant flowerheads in summer.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Miscanthus sinensis 'Ferner Osten' - 2Ltr £7.99
(eulalia 'Ferner Osten'), Family Poaceae, Originating from S.E. Asia. An early and free - flowering Miscanthus, often as early as mid-July, producing fluffy, wine red flowering heads, becoming pink as the season progresses.
Hardy - recommended for a sheltered south or west facing position. Protect in severe cold. Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar' - 2Ltr £7.99
Family Poaceae, Garden origin (sport of M. sinensis 'Strictus') Compact, clump-forming grass with horizontal cream bands and panicles of pinkish flowers.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' - 2Ltr £6.99
(Maiden Grass, eulalia 'Gracillimus'), Family Poaceae, Originating from S.E. Asia. Very narrow, curved leaves with white midribs form a compact vase-shaped mound.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus' - 2Ltr £7.99
(eulalia 'Malepartus'), Family Poaceae, Originating from Eastern Asia to Africa. An imposing grass with an upright habit, broad leaves, bronze tinted foliage and purple/red flower plumes.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' - 2Ltr £6.99
(Silver grass), AGM, Family Poaceae, Originating from S.E. Asia. Vase shaped clumps of long, extremely slender, glaucous/green leaves with narrow white margins, give an overall shimmering silver appearance.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus' - 2Ltr £7.99
(Zebra grass), AGM, Family Poaceae, Garden origin. A very tall, broadly arching grass with long dark green leaves with stunning cream or yellow, horizontal leaf bands.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Miscanthus x giganteus - 3Ltr £7.99
(Silver banner grass), Family Poaceae, Originating from S.E. Asia. A remarkable, towering, clump-forming grass with sturdy stems bearing 1m long, blue/green arching leaves with pale midribs.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Miscanthus x giganteus - 7.5Ltr £14.99
(Silver banner grass), Family Poaceae, Originating from S.E. Asia. A remarkable, towering, clump-forming grass with sturdy stems bearing 1m long, blue/green arching leaves with pale midribs.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Karl Foerster' - 3Ltr £7.99
(Purple moor grass), Family Poaceae, Originating from Europe and North Asia. Forms a dense mound of mid-green leaves to 60cm and long, arching stems bearing purple tinged flowering spikes in summer.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Skyracer' - 3Ltr £7.99
(Purple moor grass), Family Poaceae, Originating from Europe and North Asia. Forms a dense clump of mid-green leaves to 1m and long, arching stems bearing purple tinged flowering spikes in summer.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Transparent' - 3Ltr £7.99
(Purple moor grass), Family Poaceae, Originating from Europe and North Asia. Forms a dense clump of mid-green leaves to 1m and long, arching stems bearing purple tinged flowering spikes in summer.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Sky' - 2Ltr £6.99
(Switch grass), Family Poaceae, Originating from Canada. The bluest of all the Switch grasses and the most robust. It makes tight, upright clumps of sky blue stems bearing flat leaves up to 60cm long that arch towards their tips.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head' - 2Ltr £7.99
(Red Head Fountain Grass), Family Poaceae, Garden origin. Plumes of burgundy-red foxtails when opening which turn into huge (25cm long) smoky-purple bottlebrushes in late summer.
Hardy - recommended for a sheltered south or west facing position. Protect in severe cold. Pennisetum macrourum - 2Ltr £6.99
(African feather grass), Family Poacea, Originating from Southern Africa. A tufted, semi-evergreen grass with leaves up to 60cm long. In summer it produces an explosion of long, slender, cylindrical spikes of green flowers turning to rich purple brown in autumn.
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Pennisetum massaicum 'Red Bunny Tails' - 2Ltr £5.99
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Half hardy - will take light frost. Protect from cold and wet, mulch/wrap/fleece in position or move to cool greenhouse. Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' - 9cm pot £3.99
(Purple fountain grass), AGM, Family Poaceae, Originating from Tropical Africa, S.W. Asia. A stunning ornamental grass forming an upright fountain-like mound of narrow dark rich burgundy leaves and arching, feathery purple/pink flower spikes in late summer.
Half hardy - will take light frost. Protect from cold and wet, mulch/wrap/fleece in position or move to cool greenhouse. Pennisetum setaceum 'Vertigo' - 2Ltr £5.99
(Pearl millet), Family Poaceae, Originating from tropical Africa and Asia. NEW A big and bold, vigorous, architectural grass with broad, dark green leaves that turn deep purple/black in the sun. The hotter and sunnier the better!
Fully hardy - requires no frost protection. Stipa gigantea - 2Ltr £6.99
(Golden Oats), AGM, Family Poaceae, Originating from SW Europe, NW Africa. Evergreen arching green leaves forming a large clump. Golden brown airy flower plumes which age to straw yellow.
Hardy - recommended for a sheltered south or west facing position. Protect in severe cold. Uncinia rubra - 2Ltr £6.99
(Red hook sedge), Family Cyperaceae, Originating from New Zealand. Dense, evergreen, grass-like perennial with tufts of upright, shiny, leaves of lustrous red and bronze tones.