Bamboo & Grasses

Pheasant's Tail. An evergreen grass with glowing shades of copper, gold and bronze in the Autumn. It has a soft arching habit, so plant it among shrubs for textural contrast, or in a mixed border. Height 90cm. Will thrive in sun or shade, in dry soil.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Grass
• Colour: Copper, Gold & Bronze
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-1m
• Hardiness: Frost Hardy (Needs Winter Protection)
• Flowers: June to September
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Phormium 'moonraker' is a compact, clump-forming, evergreen perennial bearing broadly linear, cream to pale yellow leaves with wide, dark green margins and erect stems bearing panicles of tubular, red flowers in summer.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Grass
• Colour: Green/White
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.8m x S-0.8m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Carex buchananii is a tufted perennial grass with an evergreen foliage of narrow, copper-bronze leaves. Erect when young, the grass-like leaves tend gradually to arch over time, curling gracefully towards their tips. Perfect for a sunny garden.

Characteristics:

• Type: Perennial Grass
• Colour: Copper-Bronze
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.9m x S-0.9m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: July to September
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' is a semi-evergreen Japanese Sedge forming a low, slow-spreading tufted mound of narrow, arching, shiny, dark green leaves adorned with bright white edges. In late spring, it bears inconspicuous brown flower spikes on long stems.

Attractive both in shape and foilage, this highly decorative grass is one of the most beautiful ornamental grasses for the garden, where it provides a lovely contrast with other plants, mulch or gravel.

Characteristics:

• Type: Semi-Evergreen Grass
• Colour: Green/White
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.3m x S-0.6m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Ophigogon 'Nigrescens' is an beautiful looking, evergreen grass with purple-green leaves that turn jet black when grown in full sun and well-drained soil. This hardy grass is easily lost in a border, therefore making it ideal for a rock garden container or raised bed.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Grass
• Colour: Inky-Purple
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.2m x S-0.3m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: June to August
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade

Fargesia murieliae is an elegant, evergreen, clump-forming bamboo with tall and slender, rich yellow-green canes gently arching under the weight of the foliage. The leaves are bright green on the upper surface, grey-green underneath.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Bamboo
• Colour: Yellow-Green
• Max. Height & Spread: H-4.5cm x S-1.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Season Of Interest: Spring & Summer
• Position: Partial Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Carex 'Feather Falls' is a clump-forming, evergreen, grass-like sedge bearing long, arching, linear, dark green leaves with cream to pale yellow margins. Short, brown flower spikelets bloom in summer.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Grass
• Colour: Green/Variegated
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.5m x S-0.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 5 Litre, Square Pot

Carex comans 'Milk Chocolate' is an evergreen grass with glossy arching leaves that have yellow and red tints when new, ageing to brown and becoming orange-tinted in the autumn.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Grass
• Colour: Yellow-Red, Orange-Red
• Max. Height & Spread: H0.6m x S-0.4m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Autumn
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 3 Litre

Carex oshimensis 'Everest' is a dense, tufted, evergreen, perennial grass forming a mound of narrow, arching, glossy, dark green leaves with white margins and lax stems bearing brown flower spikes in summer.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Grass
• Colour: Dark Green, White
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.6m x S-0.6m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre Square Pot

Carex elata 'Aurea' is an evergreen perennial forming a compact clump of upright or arching, narrow, bright yellow leaves, to 70cm in height, with small blackish flower spikes on erect stems to 45cm in height in early summer.

Characteristics:

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

'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: 5 Litre

'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

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

Phormium 'Cream Delight' is an evergreen, architectural perennial with long, strap shaped leaves. Foliage is marked with a broad central cream band, and narrower cream stripes towards the edges.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Grass
• Colour: Cream, Green
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-1m
• Hardiness: Hardy, but tender in frost
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Carex 'Feather Falls' is a clump-forming, evergreen, grass-like sedge bearing long, arching, linear, dark green leaves with cream to pale yellow margins. Short, brown flower spikelets bloom in summer.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Grass
• Colour: Green/Variegated
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.5m x S-0.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre, Square Pot