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Miscanthus sinensis Ferner Osten
Miscanthus sinensis Ferner Osten
€12.00
Japanese Silver Grass Ferner Osten A really good cultivar of Japanese silver grass or eulalia grass, Miscanthus sinensis Ferner Osten (Far East) is a fairly compact, deciduous, perennial, warm-season grass with a graceful, fountain-like, clump-forming habit. The slender, arching leaves are green with a narrow vertical white stripe, giving a ligh...
Miscanthus sinensis Gracillimus
€6.50
Eulalia Grass Gracillimus (Maiden Grass) The name means ‘most graceful’, and Miscanthus sinensis Gracillimus certainly is, remaining narrow at the bottom and arching outwards to its full width. It is a medium-sized, deciduous, warm-season grass with a clump-forming habit. The very slender leaves are green with white midribs, giving a light, airy...
Miscanthus sinensis Little Zebra
€12.00
Chinese Silver Grass Little Zebra A dwarf form of Miscanthus sinensis Zebrinus, suitable for the smaller garden, Miscanthus sinensis Little Zebra is a clump-forming, deciduous, perennial grass of average vigour and a compact and quite upright habit. The leaves are arching, narrow, and deep green with creamy-yellow horizontal banding, turning str...
Miscanthus sinensis Morning Light
€12.00
Japanese Silver Grass Morning Light A wonderfully refined, graceful grass, long cultivated in Japan, Miscanthus sinensis Morning Light is a fairly compact, deciduous, warm-season grass with a particularly elegant, upright, arching habit, like a wheat-sheaf. The very slender leaves are green with narrow white edges, giving an airy, mobile, silver...
Miscanthus sinensis Red Chief
Miscanthus sinensis Red Chief
€6.50
Eulalia Grass Red Chief A beautiful grass grown as a specimen, Miscanthus sinensis Red Chief is a large, deciduous, clump-forming, warm-season, perennial grass with an erect, arching habit. Narrow, arching, mid-green, leaves turn yellow in autumn, fading to light-brown in winter. Feathery, plume-like flowers emerge deep maroon-red from July to a...
Miscanthus sinensis Yakushima Dwarf
€6.50
Eulalia Grass Yakushima Dwarf Smaller than most eulalia or silver grasses, Miscanthus sinensis Yakushima Dwarf is a low, deciduous, warm-season grass with a clump-forming habit, and suitable for the smaller garden. The narrow leaves are green longitudinally striped white, giving an airy feel to the clump. From August to October, arching plumes o...
Ophiopogon planiscapus Nigrescens
€6.50
Ophiopogon planiscapus Nigrescens - Black Mondo Ophiopogon planiscapus Nigrescens is a low growing, evergreen grass like perennial with nearly jet-black leaves, it makes a most unique specimen for edging or in the rock garden. Short spikes of pinky-white flowers are followed by black berries in the fall. This is a slow plant to establish, so giv...
Pennisetum alopecuroides Hameln
€6.50
Chinese Fountain Grass Hameln A delightful grass for milder areas, Pennisetum alopecuroides Hameln is a clump-forming, deciduous, perennial grass with narrow, linear green leaves forming a compact mound, turning yellow in autumn and brown in winter. In July and August and into September, fuzzy, bottle-brush flowers like squirrel-tails appear abo...
Phormium Cream Delight
Phormium Cream Delight
€20.00
New Zealand Flax Cream Delight Phormium Cream Delight is one of the smaller growing flaxes with a broad cream-coloured stripe down each leaf. In summer it produces beautiful tall panicles of small, tubular flowers. New Zealand Flax makes an ideal specimen for coastal locations or for low maintenance gardens or for adding foliage interest to urba...
Phormium Platt’s Black
Phormium Platt’s Black
€17.00
New Zealand Flax Platt’s Black A very compact New Zealand flax cultivar, Phormium Platt’s Black is an evergreen perennial which forms a clump of long arching leaves, striking in a border, but small enough to be grown in containers. The long, sword-shaped leaves are deep purplish black, a wonderful contrast to pink, blue and white summer flower...
Phormium tenax
Phormium tenax
€45.00
New Zealand Flax Phormium tenax is native to, you guessed it, New Zealand, where the fibre has been widely utilised, originally in M?ori traditional textiles and also in rope and sail making until the 1940’s. Bronzy-red flowers are produced on very tall stems from July to September to a background of strap-like leathery leaves. New Zealand Flax ...
Phormium tenax Purpureum
Phormium tenax Purpureum
€30.00
Purple New Zealand Flax Phormium tenax has long, leathery foliage with a rich, bronzy-purple colour. Bronze-red flowers are produced on mature plants and carried on very tall stems from July to September. The Purple New Zealand Flax makes an ideal specimen plants for coastal, windy locations. Can be planted in mixed flower and shrub beds to add ...
Stipa arundinacea
Stipa arundinacea
€4.00
Stipa arundinacea - Pheasant’s grass Stipa arundinacea syn anemanthele lessoniana is a very attractive clump forming grass with narrow olive green leaves that streak with yellow, red and orange in the Autumn. Commonly known as pheasant’s grass, it bears slender feathery purplish flower heads in summer. Excellent planted in a container. Site: Tol...
Stipa gigantea
Stipa gigantea
€10.00
Stipa gigantea - Giant Oat Grass Stipa gigantea is tall, striking, ornamental grass suitable for dry sunny locations. Green narrow leaves forming a mound to about 50 cm. or more. In Summer tall stems rise up to 2.5 m. carrying the beautiful dangling sprays of golden flowers. Site: Tolerates Salt and ExposurePosition: Full sunSoil: Fertile, well-...
Stipa tenuissima
Stipa tenuissima
€4.00
Stipa tenuissima - Mexican Feather Grass A cool-season grass from the Americas, Stipa tenuissima is a small, clump-forming, deciduous grass with an upright, arching habit, moving gracefully in the slightest breeze. Very slender leaves emerge jade-green, turn straw-coloured in autumn. Panicles of flowers, with the longest, slenderest, silky aw...
Acorus gramineus Ogon
Acorus gramineus Ogon
€4.00
Golden variegated slender sweet flag This variegated semi evergreen, grass-like perennial has aromatic, showy bright yellow & green striped foliage that grows in attractive wide fans forming large low growing clumps. Foliage is scented when crushed. Will grow on margins above as well as below the water line. Will also do well in containers a...
Calamagrostis brachytricha
€4.00
Korean Feather Reed Grass An excellent warm-season garden grass, Calamagrostis brachytricha is a medium-sized, upright, deciduous, clump-forming grass which persists particularly well in winter. Arching grey-green foliage turns golden in autumn. Fluffy, purple-tinged seed heads appear in late summer fading to light silver-grey and then to rich b...
Carex buchananii Red Rooster
€8.00
Leatherleaf Sedge Red Rooster Grown for its lovely reddish-copper colour and graceful habit, Carex buchananii Red Rooster is a small to medium-sized, clump-forming, evergreen, perennial grass. The clumps are upright and vase-shaped, making an impressive statement despite the grass’s rather small size. The fine, slender leaves, which keep their c...
Carex comans Amazon Mist
Carex comans Amazon Mist
€6.00
Dwarf Sedge Amazon Mist An amazingly adaptable dwarf sedge for year-round interest, Carex comans Amazon Mist is an evergreen, perennial grass with a graceful, arching, clump-forming, non-invasive habit. The narrow leaves are silvery with a green reverse, arching over with an attractive curl at the tips, giving a mobile effect to any planting. Th...
Carex elata Aurea - Golden Sedge
€5.50
Bowles’ Golden Sedge Named after the botanist E A Bowles, who discovered the species growing wild in Norfolk, Carex elata Aurea is a dwarf, clump-forming, deciduous sedge with narrow, arching leaves of rich Chartreuse-yellow, finely edged in green. In June and July, chocolate-brown, feathery flowers appear on long stems above the leaves. Bowles’...