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ACORUS

- grammineus variegata 8” - 10” tall will grow in soil or water.

- grammineus “Ogon” 8” - 10” tall, will grow in soil or water.  Lovely soft yellow foliage.

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BRIZA

- media 2ft x 2ft (Lesser Quaking grass) blue green leaves, purple tinted green spikelets which dance in the slightest wind and turn straw coloured when ripe.

-subaristata –Chilean Quaking grass 12” tall with countless seed-heads on the panicles giving it a substantial look even though its not very tall

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CAREX

- atrata “Jet Sedge” 16” x 16”, glaucous foliage with black seed-heads.

- buchananii 2ft x 2ft narrow reddish brown leaves, brown seed-heads.

- comans “Bronze Form” 18”x 18” gingery brown leaves. Looks wonderful with the light behind it.

- comans “Frosted Curls” 2ft x 2ft silvery green leaves which curls at the ends. Magnificent in a pot where its form can be appreciated.

-dallii 2ft x 2ft a bronze version of the above with mahogany flower-heads.

- dipsacea 2ft x 2ft rich dark olive green leaves with dark  brown seed-heads.

-siderosticha  variegata 12” x 12” white variegation to bright green leaves. Dies down completely in winter and is quite late emerging.

CALAMAGROSTIS

brachytricta ( syn. Stipa brachytricha) 2-4ft tall clump forming grass which in late summer has pinkish-grey feathery panicles at the top of its 4ft culms.

epigejos 2-5 ft forms an upright clump of narrow pointed leaves with12” long feathery purplish panicles  which fade to biscuit and persist well into winter.

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ERAGROSTIS

-curvula (Weeping Love grass) 2 - 4ft tall dark green leaves, beautiful drooping panicles of dark olive green. A lovely plant.

-curvula “Totnes Burgundy” 2-4ft tall steely-grey panicles on arching stems, the mature foliage is dark wine-red. Full sun. NEW  

-elliottii (Blue Love Grass)2ft tall blue/green foliage with airy plumes

-spectabilis (Purple Love Grass) 2ft tall smaller panicles than the others but its spiklets are an iridescent violet.

-trichoides (Sand Love Grass)spectacular  plant with large diffuse panicles 3ft long bearing many amethyst-coloured spiklets.

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FESTUCA

- glauca 8” x 8” silvery blue leaves, beige seed heads.

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HAKONECHLOA

- macra “Aureola” 16” x 16” soft and flowing golden yellow grass. AGM

HELICTRICHON

- sempervirons (Blue oat grass) 3ft  x 2ft grey blue leaves and stiff upright stems which bear straw coloured spikelets in open panicles. AGM

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KOELERIA

- glauca 18” x 18” bright blue grass with beige seed-heads.

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LEYMUS

-arenerius3ft tall beautiful blue lyme grass having blue wheat-like flowers fading to a buff wheat colour .Runs  in all but heavy clay, but looks lovely in a terra cotta pot as a specimen.

LUZULA

- sylvatica 12” x 12” green leaves with brown seed-heads. Will grow in sun or shade.

- sylvatica “Marginata” 12” x 12” green leaves with fine white margins. Will tolerate sun or shade.

- sylvatica “Aurea” 12” x 12” lovely golden yellow leaves with the same easy-going nature as the other members of the sedge family.

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MELICA

- altissima var atropurpurea (Siberian Melic) 30” x 30” pale to mid-green leaves with lustrous deep purple spikelets. Excellent for drying.

MILIUM

- effusum “Aureum” known by all as “Bowles Golden Grass” 18” x 18” Bright golden leaves if grown in semi or full shade.

MISCANTHUS

- sinensis “Morning Light” 3 - 4ft tall. Delicate silver variegated leaves with upright habit.  Beautiful.

- sinensis “Hinjo” 36”-40” tall. Pale yellow horizontal bands on green leaves, a striking grass.

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PANICUM

-virgatum (Switch Grass) 3-4ft tall upright green leaves with weeping panicles, the whole plant turns yellow in autumn and light brown in winter

-virgatum “Shenandoah” 3-4ft tall bluish leaves tipped with violet/purple which extends to the whole plant in autumn

PENNISETUM

-macrourum 4ft tall spikes of beige seed-heads late summer.

-villosum 2ft tall x 3ft (Ethiopian fountain grass) white fluffy bunny-tails cover this grass in summer.

PHALARIS

-arundinacea 30” x 30” White striped grass with beige seed-heads which are good for drying.

-“Feeseys Form”  syn. Mervin Feesey as above but leaves are flushed pink at the base and the panicles have a purple flush. It is less invasive than the species.

PHRAGMITES

- australis variegata up to 8ft tall in flower, leaves striped golden yellow with silky plumes of dark brownish purple.  Vigorous.

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SESLERIA

-“Malvern Mop” new to us and not yet flowered but looks attractive.  

SPOROBOLUS

-airoides 3ft clumps of grey/green leaves, doubles in height when in flower with dense clouds of pink panicles. Good autumn colour. 

STIPA

-arundinacea “Pheasant grass 2ft tall bronze leaves with airy seed-heads.The whole plant taking on coppery bronze tones in autumn.

-calamagrostis3-4ft tall, this grass goes on producing new green panicles among the faded ones right up until the frosts.

-capillata “Lace Veil”3ft tall, one of the needle stipas this has grey-green foliage then in summerit has the most beautiful and delicate needle-like awns. An outstanding grass.

-tenuifolia 18”-24” tall this is one of the feather group of stipas having soft feathery plumes and giving tremendous movement in the garden.

- tenuissima “Pony Tails” 16 - 20” tall. Another of the feather stipas, this one is a fine grass with large silky flowers it appears to make a more dense clump than S. tenuifolia but has the same habit.

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We have various Bamboos and Miscanthus for sale, all in 5L and above pots and therefore only available for collection.

PHYLLOSTACHYS

-bissettii Slim olive-green stems with small slightly glaucous foliage to 3 metres. Withstands winds.

-nigra very hardy, wind resistant with beautiful stems to 4 metres.

PLEIOBLASTUS

-shibuyanus “Tsubi” very elegant bamboo 4-5ft tall with long cream/green striped leaves clustered on slender stems. MISCANTHUS

- “Giganteus” 11ft tall. This is offered with the Bamboos because the plants are too big to sell mail order. We have garden designer customers who use this grass for clients instead of a tree as a screening plant. It flowers every year (for the last six years), does not run and is cut to the ground every spring