ornamental grasses - A Selection

Elevate your garden with the stunning Carex morrowii 'Irish Green'. This evergreen grass features long, arching leaves in a captivating emerald hue that gleam with a glossy finish. The plant forms a graceful mound, creating a dynamic visual element wherever it is placed. It's an excellent choice for enhancing winter containers or providing evergreen ground cover in both sunny and shaded areas. How to Grow: Light: Prefers partial shade to full sun. Temperature: Hardy and tolerant of varying

A spreading, tufted herbaceous perennial with aromatic, variegated sword-shaped

This vibrant evergreen Sedge is just what you need to add some colour and texture to your borders and flower beds. ?Green? produces arching, slender leaflets that provide a clump forming habit and architectural interest all year round. This Carex generates delicate blooms from July until September, it makes exciting ground cover and adds lots of ornamental value to dull spaces. Great for adding to rockeries, alpines and cottage gardens, you can count on ?Green? to also make a sufficient accent

A tall, elegant grass

Carex panicea is a graceful, grass-like perennial ideal for softening pond edges or enhancing boggy spots with a naturalistic feel. Its fine, blue-green foliage forms neat, semi-evergreen clumps that bring texture and colour all year round. Delicate brown flower spikes appear in summer, arching elegantly above the leaves. A native to the UK, it not only adds visual charm but also offers shelter and habitat for aquatic creatures and other wildlife. Perfect for low-maintenance, wildlife-friendly

The exotic appearance of this perennial grass is undeniably impressive. The strong, upright stems reach up to 180cm (70) in height and are draped in variegated ribbon-like foliage with wide cream margins. The Giant Reed, grown for its dramatic foliage and bamboo-like stature, makes an elegant conservatory pot plant. In late summer, Arundo donax 'Variegata' can be grown at the back of moist, sunny borders to add height and architecture. This half-hardy perennial should be lifted and moved to a

A compact Miscanthus with showy flowerheads

Grass Ophiopogon Planiscapus Nigrescens is a hardy clump forming perennial. In summer it has dainty bell-shaped blooms followed by dark inky-blue berries. Ideal for planting in the front of borders as produces 60% truly black grass-like foliage with the remaining leaves an attractive darker green shade. Making a useful addition to winter containers by adding colour, texture, and structure during the cold months. Height: 20cm (8”). Spread: 30cm (12”). Plant height and spread is

Generous bloomer.

‘Dance with me’ is the perfect name for this sun loving pennisetum, due to the gentle synchronized swaying movements that will catch your eye on a breezy day! You should expect masses of tall pale green arched stems to appear during the summer months, along with decorative misty white feathery blooms on top, that love to soak up the sun! This low maintenance hardy perennial is not only perfect for cottage gardens and ground cover, but also used for on trend cut flower displays in your

This versatile and low maintenance hardy perennial will remain rather compact and is ideal for creating attractive groundcover or for growing in a patio pot. Carex morrowii 'Eversheen' forms low mounds of variegated, grass-like foliage which is decorated with vibrant green and cream stripes and deep green edges. Height and spread 30cm (12?).

Stipa tenuissima, also known as Mexican Feather Grass, is a captivating hardy perennial that brings graceful movement and texture to any garden. Its fine, thread-like foliage forms neat, arching clumps that sway elegantly with the breeze. The fluffy, buff-coloured flowerheads add a subtle silvery shimmer, enhancing the beauty of this tactile, deciduous grass. This plant is low maintenance, resilient, and becomes drought tolerant once established, making it ideal for those seeking an easy-care

Carex riparia, commonly known as Greater Pond Sedge, is a vigorous, clump-forming evergreen perennial native to the UK which is suited to growing in larger ponds. Reaching heights of up to 1.5 metres, it features tall stems and stiff, strap-like, glaucous green leaves that provide a striking vertical accent to pond margins and bog gardens. Flowering from May to June, it produces stout, upright spikes of dark brown flowers that add textural interest.Its extensive rhizome system enables it to

Pampas grass is loved for its feathery plumes of silvery flowers in late summer. Reaching just 60cm (24) tall, Cortaderia selloana 'Tiny Pampa' is the most compact variety yet, making it perfect for small gardens, narrow borders and patio pots. With slender grassy foliage and an abundance of flower plumes, even from a young age, this superb perennial adds glamour, texture and movement to the garden. Height and spread: 60cm (24).

Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' is an attractive sedge with arching variegated foliage that really catches the eye. In late spring, it is decorated with small, white flower spikes. This hardy perennial grass has a dense, clump forming habit that makes it well suited to the front of borders, rockeries or patio containers. An easy evergreen grass that is virtually maintenance free. Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' thrives in any rich, fertile soil and will happily grow in a light shade. Height: 40cm (14).

Cortaderia selloana Duo features two stunning varieties of Pampas grass: one with classic white plumes and the other with delicate rosy pink plumes. Pampas grass is a hardy and low-maintenance plant that thrives effortlessly in the garden. It forms dense clumps of tough, evergreen foliage, making it an excellent choice for filling gaps in borders and providing year-round interest. In late summer, tall, feathery flower plumes emerge, creating striking backlit effects and adding texture and