Alopecurus borealis ssp. glaucus

One of the best grey leafed grasses and it has good flowers too!  Low patches of fine, powdery grey foliage and slender stems bearing foxy foxtails in spring.  Drained soil in sun.  30cm. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Alopecurus pratensis ‘Aureovariegatus’

Clumps of bright yellow foliage with narrow green stripes produce tall stems with foxtail flowers in spring.  Ordinary soil in full sun, not too dry. 60cm.  (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Alopecurus pratensis ‘No Overtaking’

Green foliage with bold white stripes down the centre of each leaf. Very pretty in flower, 40cm.Cut back after flowering. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Anemanthele lessoniana

AGM  syn. Stipa arundinacea - New Zealand Wind Grass. Green foliage tinted orange and red in late summer and autumn. Wispy flowers form a cloud above the foliage in late summer. 1m. Not dry. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum ‘Variegatum’

Neat little clumps of boldly white variegated foliage to 25cm and upright flowers to about 50cm.  Best in well drained soil in sun or part shade. Easy, very hardy and well-behaved. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Arundo donax

Giant Reed. Stout stems of arching, grey bamboo-like foliage to 4.5m when established.  If you are really lucky it will produce panicles of purplish green flowers in late summer. Best in moist/wet soil but it will grown in drier places. (3L pots) Please note extra postage may apply due to the size of these plants!

£6.00

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Arundo donax ‘Golden Chain’

Spectacular yellow variegated foliage on this recent introduction. It is as hardy as the more familiar A. d. var. versicolor.. 3.5m. Good soil in a warm position. (3L pots) Please note extra postage may apply due to the size of these plants

£6.50

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Brachyelytrum japonicum

New to us this tall elegant grass from Asia has fresh green foliage and large bottle-brush-like flowers in autumn. Good autumn foliage too. Hardy and perennial for average soil in sun. 1.5m? (1L pots)

£4.00

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Briza media ‘Golden Bee’

A new form with golden green flowers on a slightly more compact plant. Shining golden buff seedheads for weeks in summer. Average soil in sun or light shade.  45cm. (9cm pots)

£3.50

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Briza media ‘Russells’

A new form with subtle white striped variegation flushed pink.  The usual quaking flowers in summer.  Average soil in light shade seems best. 45cm CPVR. (9cm pots)

£3.50

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Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Avalanche’

A new form from America with a stronger habit than ‘Overdam’ and a reversed variegation.  Creamy white stripes, tinged pink and the usual purplish pink flowers in summer. 1.2m?  Dense clumps of foliage provide upright columns of stems that last all winter, cut back in February. (9cm pots)

£4.00

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Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’

Often used in naturalistic gardens this is an excellent garden grass.  Dense clumps of foliage and tall, upright stems topped with purple flushed green flowers in summer. 1.5m. Ordinary soil in sun or part shade. Good winter effect from the stems and seedheads. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Stricta’

Very similar to the better known ‘Karl Foerster’ but flowers two weeks earlier, narrow flowers. Dense clumps of foliage and tall, uprigfht stems topped with purple flushed green flowers in summer.  1.5m. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Calamagrostis epigejos ‘Hortorum’

= C. x acutiflora??  Very similar to 'Karl Foerster' but we can't tell them apart from 'Stricta' either!  Upright columns of strong stems topped with purple flushed flowers in early summer.  Long lasting seedheads, still look good in winter.  1.5m.  Easy in average soil in sun. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Carex buchananii

Stiffly upright when young, becoming more arching with age. Narrow rich reddish brown leaves to 60cm. Does best in sun, average to moist soil.  (1L pots)

£3.50

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Carex buchananii ‘Viridis’

The rare whitish green form of this New Zealand native sedge.  Upright clumps of fine, leathery leaves to 50cm.  Best in good soil in sun. (9cm pots)

£3.50

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Carex caryophyllea ‘The Beatles’

Low growing mats of bright green leaves and short stems carrying heads of rich brown flowers in spring. Good groundcover for good soil in sun or shade.  15cm. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Carex ciliatomarginata ‘Treasure Island’

A new form, similar to the variegated selections of C. siderosticha.  Groundcover with broad foliage heavily striped with cream.  Low growing, neat habit, forming a low carpet.  15cm.   Good soil in shade. (9cm pots)

£3.50

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Carex comans coll. Dunedin, NZ

The genuine milk chocolate coloured, fine leafed “dead” sedge. Virtually identical to the commonly available C. comans bronze with neat wig-like clumps to 30cm. Any soil in sun. (9cm pots) 

£3.00

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Carex comans ‘Amazon Mist’

A seed strain with whitish green, fine foliage that bleaches to a creamy buff on the tips. Neat clumps to 30cm.  For average soil in sun or part shade. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Carex comans ‘Frosted Curls’

Lovely bright whitish green, fine foliage that bleaches to a creamy buff on the tips. Neat clumps to 30cm.  For average soil in sun or part shade. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Carex comans ‘Grayassina’

A new form with a rather dodgy name! This has fine greyish brown foliage and small heads of brown flowers on very long trailing stems. Average to good soil in sun. 30cm. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Carex dipsacea ‘Dark Horse’

Slightly darker foliage on this form.  Olive green foliage tinted orange and bronze towards the tips particularly in winter. Clump forming for good to moist soil in sun or light shade,  45cm. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Carex ‘Evergold’

Listed under both C. hachijoensis and C. oshimensis this plant has a rich green foliage broadly centred creamy yellow. Clump forming to 20cm high and 40cm across. Not dry soil. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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