Stipa

Some of the best known grasses are in this family but there are lots of others too. Drained soil in sun suits most of them. Many with fine airy foliage and flowers all summer.

Stipa is a family which is in the process of being revised somewhat so many familar Stipa are being (or have already been) moved to other families.  If you can't find the Stipa you want here try searching (top right of the page) for : Anemanthele, Calamagrostis and Nasella.  We haven't moved them all yet but will do so in time.

Many Stipa come from arid, open steppes and accordingly require full sun and well drained soil without too much fertility.  The usualy cause of Stipa failing or flopping is too much moisture or food - or both!

A number of species will self-seed quite a bit but don't remove all of the seedlings as the parent plants will need to be replaced after a few years so having a ready supply of replacements is handy.  Some species, like Stipa gigantea, tend not to seed much though they are also much longer lived.

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Amelichloa ambigua

Amelichloa ambigua£4.50

A distinctive tufted grass from Argentina with fine bright green foliage and shining plumes of flowers with short, bent, awns to 60cm-1m. Well drained soil in full sun.


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Nasella charruana

Nasella charruana£4.50

AGM An attractive clump forming grass from south America with rich green, narrow, leaves and arching stems holding clusters of red-tinted flowers all summer. Drained soil in sun. 60cm.


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Nassella trichotoma 'Palomino'

Nassella trichotoma 'Palomino'£4.50

Very fine hair-like green foliage that tries to be evergreen. Clouds of light sandy flowers in summer to 40cm until the stems extend and the flower trail around the plant. Full sun and well drained soil. Perennial grass from Chile.


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Stipa extremiorientalis

Stipa extremiorientalis£4.50

Tight clumps of broad, pale green leaves and tall, arching stems bearing spikes of awned yellow-green flowers in late summer to 1.5m. Ordinary soil in sun or part shade.


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Stipa gigantea

Stipa gigantea£7.50

AGM Golden Oats. The largest early flowering grass we grow. Rich bronze oat-like flowers up to 25cm long and 2m tall. A superb specimen plant and very drought tolerant.


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Stipa gigantea 'Alberich'

Stipa gigantea 'Alberich'£8.50

A new form from Germany. Seems finer and perhaps dwarfer than the species. Drained soil in full sun.


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Stipa gigantea 'Gold Fontaene'

Stipa gigantea 'Gold Fontaene'£8.50

AGM A selection from Ernst Pagels with larger bronze-gold panicles up to 50cm long on 2.5m tall stems. Rather more imposing than the species. Can reflower in autumn. Drained soil in sun.


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Stipa lessingiana

Stipa lessingiana£4.50

Clumps of very fine bright green leaves and wispy pale buff flowers in summer to 70cm. Hardier and a little bigger than the well known Stipa tenuissima. Drained soil in sun.


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Stipa pseudoichu

Stipa pseudoichu£4.50

Slow growing clumps of upright foliage to 80cm and tall arching stems topped with silvery plumes to 1.4m in summer. Average soil in sun.


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Stipa tenuissima

Stipa tenuissima£4.50

AGM Hair-like bright green foliage to 40cm. the flowers fountain up and form a light layer of wispy hair-like material over the top of the foliage. Drained soil in sun.


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