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Family: PoaceaeMain Season: SummerFlower Colour: YellowLeaf Colour: GreenFoliage: EvergreenPosition: SunSoil Type: Dry, well drainedHeight: 45cm to 60cm (18" to 2')RHS Award of Garden Merit: RHS Award of Garden MeritPeat Free? YesHardiness Guide: RHS H5 minimum -10C to -15CPot Size: 9cm
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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.
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.
Stipa gigantea 'Alberich'£8.50
A new form from Germany. Seems finer and perhaps dwarfer than the species. Drained soil in full sun.
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.
