Bamboo & Grasses

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

Other Common names: Japanese sedge (Everest)

Everest is a hardy sedge that creates mounds of arching leaves that are variegated with a linear white stripe on green. Flowers in summer and reaches around 45cm in height.

Characteristics: Soil: Fertile, Moist but well drained soil
Position: Full sun or partial shade
Flowering Period: April - June
Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Rate of Growth: Average to Fast
Height & Spread: 45cm x 30cm

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

'Intense Blue' is a compact, dense, mound-forming, evergreen perennial grass with linear, blue-grey leaves and, in summer, erect stems bearing dense, narrow, blue-green flower spikelets maturing pale brown. Comb through the plant with your fingers in winter to remove dead foliage. Plants may need replacing every few years as they may become tatty-looking.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Grass
• Colour: Blue
• Height & Spread: H 0.3m x 0.2m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: June to July
• Position: Full Sun
• 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.

Common name: Cabbage Tree 'Cherry Sensation'

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.

Gorgeous, fast-growing and tough as nails, Stripa arundinacea is an elegant and impressive ornamental grass that has become a real favourite of landscape designers and gardeners. With an open growth habit, it exhibits arching, dark green, thread-like leaves that sway gracefully in the slightest colour to the dull winter landscape.

Characteristics:

• Type: Ornamental Grass
• Colour: Copper, Gold, Bronze
• Height & Spread: H 6m x S 6m
• Hardiness: Full Hardy
• Flowers: Spring & Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

This majestic semi-evergreen grass is a superb specimen plant for a sunny, mixed or new perennial border. Arching stems of glistening, golden, oat-like flowerheads above clumps of slender, grey-green leaves.

Characteristics:

• Type: Golden Oat Grass (Semi-Evergreen)
• Colour: Golden-Brown
• Height & Spread: H 2.5m x S 1.2m
• Hardiness: Fully Hady
• Flowers: June and July
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre