Bamboo & Grasses

Astelia are clump-forming, rhizomatous evergreen perennials with arching, linear, keeled, silvery leaves and panicles of small, pale greenish or brown flowers, followed on female plants by orange or red berries.

Astelai chathamica is an evergreen perennial to 1.2m tall, forming a large clump of silvery, sword-shaped leaves, with panicles of small greenish flowers followed, on female plants, by orange berries.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Fertile, peaty soil
• Position: Full sun or partial shade
• Flowering Period: April - May
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Rate of Growth: Average
• Height & Spread: 120cm x 180cm
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Cordyline australis 'Cherry Sensation' has strap-shaped cherry pink leaves, each striped with a dark bronze-pink, which radiate from the stem, creating an exotic-looking display, which is perfect for jungle-style borders or creating a feature in a large pot.

A dazzling new form, it will produce clusters of creamy-white summer flowers, followed by white or blue tinted berries when it matures.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Fertile, Moist but well drained soil
• Position: Full sun or partial shade
• Flowering Period: July-August
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Rate of Growth: Slow Growing
• Max Height & Spread: 2.5m x 1m
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Cordyline 'Pink Passion' is an incedibly showy evergreen shrub with arching, sword-like, ray-purple leaves adorned with bold pink margins. Unlike many Cabbage Palms, this cultivar has a low, clump-forming habit, producing lots of new stems from the base once the main stem reaches 1m.

Superb architectural shrub for containers, or a focal point in a courtyard garden.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Shrub
• Colour: Ivory
• Height & Spread: H 7m x S 7m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: July to August
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Cordyline australis 'Sunrise' with its vivid, shiny and colourful palm like leaves in pink and red is a stunning feature for your patio container or garden border. 'Sunrise' looks great in a tall modern patio container as its foliage cascades elegantly over the edges of the container. It can also be planted in small groups in your garden to add contrast all year round.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen bushy shrub
• Colour: Pink, White
• Height & Spread: H 3m x S 1m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

'Charlie Boy' is a fabulous strikingly variegated cordyline with burgundy leaves edged in cerise pink. It has a strong stem which becomes more noticeable as the plant ages. That's because as the new growth is produced at the top of the stem, some of the lower leaves are shed.

Characteristics:

• Colour: Bright Pink & Deep Purple
• Max. Height & Spread: H 3m x S 1m
• Hardiness: Half-Hardy (Needs Winter Protection)
• Flowers: July to August
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Common name: New Zealand flax

'Cream Delight' is an evergreen perennial making a compact clump of arching, sword-shaped leaves which are mostly cream, narrowly edged with green; tubular greenish-yellow flowers are seldom produced.

Phormium 'Pink Stripe' is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial bearing broad, linear, upright to pendulous, leathery, dark bronze-green leaves with wide, bright pink margins and, on occasion, panicles of tubular, burgundy flowers borne on erect, leafless stems in summer.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen
• Colour: Green with Pink Edges
• Max. Height & Spread: H-2m x S-1.5m
• Hardiness: Frost Hardy (May Need Winter Protection)
• Flowers: July
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Cordyline 'Red Fountain' is an attractive palm type shrub with arching, sword-shaped leaves. Cordylines are a fantastic architectural plant for landscaping around pools and in garden beds. Cordyline Red Fountain is also ideal for specimen plantings, large pots and contemporary gardens.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen
• Colour: Pink/Red
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-1m
• Hardiness: Frost Hardy (May Need Winter Protection)
• Flowers: Late Spring & Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Juncus effusus 'Spiralis' is an evergreen perennial forming a clump of corkscrew-like, spirally curled, leafless stems, occasionally with small clusters of brown flowers in summer.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Tufted Grass
• Colour: Green/Brown
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.5m x S-0.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Green All Year, Brown in Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Fargesia mur. 'Luca' is a dwarf , clump-forming bamboo reaching 50cm tall and slowly spreading to 1m or so. It has narrow, pointed, bright, evergreen leaves

Characteristics:

• Type: Clump-Forming Bamboo
• Colour: Green
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.5m x S-1m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Stipa tenuissima 'Pony Tails' or 'Mexican Feather Grass' is an exceptionally lovely and graceful ornamental grass which exhibits silvery-green thread-like leaves in late spring. All summer, it bears abundant feathery panicles, which are held a little above the foialge and can be used in dry arangements

Characteristics:

• Type: Semi-Evergreen
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.6m x S-0.3m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: June to September
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre