ornamental grasses - A Selection
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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
Adds late summer interest
Great for prolonging interest in the garden
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
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 'Everglow' forms low mounds of green, grass-like foliage with cream edges that will take on an orange hue in the colder months. Height 60cm (24?) and spread 50cm (20?).
Pampas Grass is a tough, long-lasting garden plant that will almost take care of itself. Cortaderia selloana 'White' has beautiful plumes of feathery, white seed heads on sturdy stalks that rise above the extremely tough foliage. Pampas Grass's tufted evergreen plants are ideal for filling gaps in a border, and 'Pumila' is also suitable for small gardens. Plants provide year-round interest in the garden, but are at their best in August, when silvery plumes emerge from the very center of the
A pretty, compact grass for small gardens
Carex pendula is a vibrant marginal aquatic native to Britain. This Pendulous Sedge produces dense clumps of tall, gently arching, deep green, grassy stems that provide superb cover for wildlife. During summer, long, weeping seed heads similar to catkins create an eye-catching display, adding further texture and interest. Ideal for pond and lake edges, bog gardens and the back of damp borders. Height and spread: 120cm (36). Planting depth: Zones 1, & 2 to 15cm below water level.
?Pink Cloud? is an elegant perennial that flowers from August to November. It boasts an attractive clump forming habit of fresh green foliage, that generates upright lengthy stems and grassy leaflets. Its dusky pink blooms add movement and texture, as well as a pop of colour throughout those warmer months. Great for adding into gravel gardens, borders and coastal areas, your Miscanthus will turn heads and create an impactful focal point. It enjoys full sun to develop and will progress to a
Carex comans 'Frosted Curls', also known as New Zealand Hairy Sedge, is a delightful hardy perennial prized for its striking appearance. This variety forms low hummocks of narrow, linear leaves that are silvery-green with delicate curls at their tips. These cascading leaves spill gracefully over edges, making it perfect for border planting, pathways, or as a feature in pots and containers.This Carex is evergreen, ensuring your garden has year-round interest. It thrives in sun or partial shade
A striking species for prairie borders where it can reach a good height of up to 1m (3?) with maturity. Carex testacea forms a dense clump of grassy foliage that slowly transforms from olive-green in summer to a rich orange-bronze in autumn.
Carex morrowii ?Irish Green? is a mound forming, evergreen grass with long, arching emerald-green leaves that are wonderfully glossy.
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
Miscanthus 'Kleine Fontane' is a mound forming, ornamental grass that produces plumes of red blooms in late summer. Slender, deciduous foliage arches and droops, bringing texture and movement to borders and large patio containers. Miscanthus 'Kleine Fontane' is a perennial, meaning it will return year after year. Plant among other grasses or in between broad-leaved perennials for a contrast of foliage. Height: 150cm (59). Spread: 60cm (24).
