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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.

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CAREX

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

-bergrennii 2” tall. Miniature brown sedge with brown seed-heads on 4” tall stems in summer. Sun/part shade.

- 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.

-“Silver Sceptre” 8”- 10” tall with silvery white margined leaves, needs some shade and shelter.

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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DICHELACHNE

-crinita  2 - 3ft tall from New Zealand. Said to have silvery-pink plumes from early summer. Not yet flowered for us.

 

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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.

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

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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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LEYMUS

-arenerius 3 ft 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.  

-effusum “Yaffle”12” 16” tall. Pale lemon leaves with gold central band, best colour in 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 slim, beige bottle-brush heads held on 3 ft upright stems. Choice.

-villosum 2 ft tall x 3 ft (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

-caerulea “Malvern Mop” 6” - 8” tall with bluish green leaves makes a dense clump. The panicles are little pom-poms on the tips of short stems late spring/early summer.

SPOROBOLUS

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

STIPA

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

-calamagrostis 3 - 4 ft 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 - 5 ft tall with long cream/green striped leaves clustered on slender stems. 

MISCANTHUS

- “Giganteus” 11 ft 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