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Carex oshimensis Everest
Carex oshimensis Everest
€6.00
Variegated Japanese Sedge Everest A delightful little variegated grass, Carex oshimensis Everest is a small, tufted, clump-forming, perennial sedge with arching leaves. The narrow, sword-shaped leaves are deep- and mid-green along their length, with narrow, silvery white margins. In early summer, airy, brown flower-spikelets appear above the fol...
Carex oshimensis Everillo
€6.00
Japanese Sedge Everillo A beautiful dwarf sedge for even the smallest garden, Carex oshimensis Everillo is a small, clump-forming, evergreen grass, whose leaves emerge lime-green, gradually turning golden yellow as the seasons progress. In April and May, light to deep brown spikelets, 3”/7.6cm long, are borne on slender 6”/15cm stems. The lime-g...
Carex oshimensis Everlime
€6.00
Sedge Everlime A beautiful, Irish-bred plant for all-year colour, Carex oshimensis Everlime is a small, evergreen, clump-forming, variegated, grass-like sedge with a neat, dense, arching habit. The long, narrow, arching leaves are lime green down the edges with a deep green centre, a lovely, subtle, green-on-green colour. In summer, this sedge b...
Carex oshimensis Eversheen
€4.00
Variegated Japanese Sedge Everest A delightful little variegated grass, Carex oshimensis Everest is a small, tufted, clump-forming, perennial sedge with arching leaves. The narrow, sword-shaped leaves are deep- and mid-green along their length, with narrow, silvery white margins. In early summer, airy, brown flower-spikelets appear above the fol...
Carex pendula
Carex pendula
€4.00
Pendulous Sedge A very adaptable, woodland sedge, Carex pendula is a large, evergreen, clump-forming, vigorous, perennial grass with erect, arching stems and smooth, mid-green, strap-shaped leaves that grow up to 5’/1.5m long. In May and June, long, drooping, rather catkin-like flowers emerge green, ageing to brown, on arching stems held above t...
Cordyline australis
Cordyline australis
€6.00
Cabbage Tree A tall growing shrub or small tree from New Zealand that starts out as a palm-like bush and eventually grows up on a tall trunk. Cordyline australis produces a dense mass of long, spiky sword-like leaves on stout branches. On mature plants, large clusters of small, creamy-white flowers are produced in early Summer. The Cabbage Tree ...
Cordyline australis Pink Passion
€15.00
Cordyline Pink Passion Grown for its brilliant colouring, Cordyline australis Pink Passion has long, linear leaves of purplish-grey streaked with shocking pink, magenta and cream. Unlike most cordylines, after developing its trunk to about a metre, it sprouts more stems from the base, maintaining a shrub-like appearance. Perhaps too bright to si...
Cordyline australis Red Comet
€12.00
Cordyline Red Comet A wonderful feature plant, Cordyline australis Red Comet brings an exotic palm-like note to the garden. A medium-sized, evergreen shrub, it’s like an explosion of long, narrow, arching leaves of brilliant crimson, eventually forming a trunk as the lower leaves drop away. Upright spikes of white, lightly scented flowers appear...
Cordyline australis Red Heart
€25.00
Cordyline Red Heart A dwarf cabbage palm, Cordyline australis Red Heart is a small, palm-like, evergreen tree forming an upright trunk eventually. The long, strap-like, leathery, arching leaves are olive-green, with red bases, which form the ‘red heart’. Trusses of white flowers are produced in summer when the plant is mature, but this is a plan...
Cordyline australis Torbay Dazzler
€15.00
Cordyline Torbay Dazzler A lovely palm-like shrub or small tree, Cordyline australis Torbay Dazzler lends an exotic note to a garden in a mild, coastal area, and can also be grown in a container. Long, linear leaves striped green and white and up to 2’/60cm long, gradually die away at the base as the trunk slowly extends, giving the plant its p...
Cordyline Red Star
Cordyline Red Star
€6.00
Red Cabbage Tree A tall growing shrub or small tree from New Zealand that starts out as a palm-like bush and eventually grows up on a tall trunk. Cordyline australis produces a dense mass of long, spiky sword-like dark red leaves on stout branches. On mature plants, large clusters of small, creamy-white flowers are produced in early Summer. The ...
Cortaderia richardii
Cortaderia richardii
€4.00
Cortaderia richardii - Pampas Grass Cortaderia richardii is a dense, evergreen, clump-forming grass. Arching stems carry shaggy, drooping, creamy or silvery white flower panicles, from midsummer and lasting into winter. Pampas are very tolerant of salt and wind so an excellent plant for a seaside garden. Position: Full sunSoil: Well drained but ...
Cortaderia selloana Pink Feather
€10.00
Pampas Grass Pink Feather A beautiful cultivar of the magnificent pampas grass, Cortaderia selloana Pink Feather is a big, clump-forming, evergreen, perennial grass which makes a wonderful specimen, particularly good against a background of dark trees. The slender, arching, mid-green leaves form a dense clump over which pale pink flowers like gr...
Deschampsia cespitosa Goldtau
€10.00
Tufted Hair Grass Goldtau A smaller, graceful, tufted hair grass, Deschampsia cespitosa Goldtau (Golden Dew) is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial grass with deep green, narrow leaves which age to golden-brown. In summer, delicate but long-lasting, silvery-brownish-green flowers, ageing to gold, form on stems to 30”/75cm tall, and give a grac...
Dianella caerulea Cassa Blue
Dianella caerulea Cassa Blue
€12.00
Dianella Cassa Blue A small grass like perennial from SE Australia, Dianella caerulea Cassa Blue is a rhizomatous, evergreen perennial with an upright, tufted, compact habit. The glaucous-blue leaves are broadly lance-shaped, with a ‘keel’ and rather rough edges. Delicate, purplish-blue flowers in loose panicles are followed by round, shiny, bl...
Elegia elephantina - Large Cape Rush
€28.00
Large Cape Rush An elegant, architectural plant from South Africa’s Cape Province, Elegia elephantina is a tall, clump-forming, rush-like perennial in the Restio family, which makes a handsome, robust specimen plant with an arching habit. The deep green stems are jointed, looking slightly zig-zag, with maroon sheaths at the joints which drop of...
Elymus magellanicus
Elymus magellanicus
€4.00
Blue Wheat Grass Elymus magellanicus is a clump-forming grass with striking, silvery blue foliage, showing the best colour in spring and early summer. Blue grasses don’t love our long wet Irish winters and are best grown in a well-drained rock garden or raised bed. A superb architectural grass and possibly the bluest of them all. Position: Full ...
Elymus magellanicus
Elymus magellanicus
€4.00
Elymus magellanicus
Eriophorum angustifolium - Common Cotton Grass
€4.75
Common Cotton Grass Familiarly known as bog cotton, Eriophorum angustifolium is a native plant of raised and blanket bogs. It is a small, rhizomatous, herbaceous sedge with a creeping habit, ideal for open gardens with wet, peaty soils. The leaves are stiff, deep green, long, narrow and grass-like. Rather inconspicuous flowers are borne in April...
Festuca glauca
Festuca glauca
€4.00
Festuca glauca From the south of France, Festuca glauca is a small, clump-forming, evergreen, cool-season grass forming dense clumps. Arching, linear, steel-blue leaves are soft to the touch; fresh, clear blue growth appears in spring. Pretty, slender, blue flowering spikes appear in early summer; these turn hay-coloured, and can be removed to p...