ornamental grasses - A Selection

Elevate your garden with Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry', a striking perennial grass known for its fluffy purple-black flower heads. This clump-forming grass features arching, dark green leaves that form a rounded mound, with flower spikes rising above from June through September. Plant it in groups for a dramatic effect in borders or showcase it as a centrepiece on your patio in a container. As autumn approaches, watch the foliage turn a stunning golden yellow, while the flower spikes fade

Enhance your garden with the striking presence of Carex Buchanii, also known as Leatherleaf Sedge. This hardy perennial ornamental grass boasts narrow, upright foliage that develops into a gracefully arching mound over time. Its unique copper-bronze coloration remains vibrant year-round, offering a captivating visual element to your outdoor space. Carex Buchanii is an excellent choice for adding texture and movement to your garden, effortlessly complementing various planting schemes.This

This pretty deciduous grass is perfect for bringing texture and late summer interest to the garden. With a neat, clump forming habit, it boasts slender green foliage that arches gently at the tips.

Miscanthus sinensis 'Volcano' produces arching, slender leafed foliage year after year. Grow as a deciduous perennial, mixed within ornamental grass borders or as a specimen plant. Late summer sees red-brown blooms bursting above the foliage, adding texture and movement as they sway in the breeze. Upright growth habit that brings height to the back of borders, as well as structure and intrigue. Miscanthus sinensis 'Volcano' grows neat and compact, making it suitable for most gardens, big or

A beautiful clump-forming perennial with blue-green foliage, boasting coppery-pink tips in the autumn which blends wonderfully with its orange-red blooms from the summer. Festuca 'Sunrise' is a graceful but robust ornamental grass which copes well in poor, dry soils and provides superb long-lasting groundcover. This evergreen grass adds a calm and relaxing feel to rockeries and borders, providing interesting movement and texture and even tolerating temperatures of -20C! Also makes a great

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

Carex morrowii ?Irish Green? is a mound forming, evergreen grass with long, arching emerald-green leaves that are wonderfully glossy.

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 vigorous grass-like hardy perennial with slender, drooping flower spikes

A great planting combination

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln,' also known as Fountain Grass, is a stunning ornamental grass that brings charm and elegance to your garden. This low-maintenance plant forms a dense, compact clump, making it perfect for filling gaps in perennial and shrub borders. The neat grassy foliage remains subtle until late summer, when it bursts into eye-catching flower heads that resemble a squirrel's tail, adding a dynamic vertical element to your garden design.The beauty of 'Hameln' continues into

Papmpas Grass 'White Feather' produces spikes of White Feather-like seed-heads, from a clump of evergreen perennial grass. A brilliant plant to make a strong statement in the garden that is sure to the eye. This is an elegant and stylish plant for gardens. It is ideal for garden borders and large containers. The feather-headed stems can be used as cut-flowers for floral and dried arrangements. Pampas Grass likes to be planted in full sun, in most, well-drained soil. Mature height and spread in

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

?Ruby Cute? is a brilliantly arching, deciduous, natural looking variety of grass shrub which looks at its best in autumn when the mostly green foliage fades into a ruby red colour, hence the name. Miscanthus sinensis will start out green with white veining, which will be followed in late summer by a display of feather like, silver coloured flower heads, that add a different dimension architecturally and texturally in your garden space. Grow in containers in your patio where it will spill and

Few plants are as versatile and reliable in the garden as this Japanese Sedge! Its arching foliage creates a fountain of green and white variegated leaves that remain evergreen, even through the coldest winters.

This low maintenance perennial ornamental grass is perfect for extending the season of interest in your garden right through autumn. Miscanthus ?Purpurascens? grows quickly between spring and summer, forming an attractive clump of mauve-tinged grassy foliage with tall upright stems which provide a good screen.