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Bamboos
ALOPECURUS borealis subsp. glaucus - Spreading blue-grey tufty alpine grass for moist conditions in sun or light shade. Flowers June to August.
ALOPECURUS pratensis 'Aureovariegatus' - A beautiful yellow/green variegated grass with cylindrical flower spikes in mid-summer. Seems happiest in light shade and can be cut back in July for fresh new growth.
ANEMANTHELE lessoniana - Formerly Stipa arundunacea. Leaves have rusty orange tints. Arching stems with clouds of tiny purple flowers. For well drained soil in full sun.
ARRHENATHERUM elatius subsp. bulbosum 'Variegatum' - Light green leaves with pure white margins. Cut back in midsummer for fresh new growth. Moist soil in light shade.
ARUNDO donax - 'Giant Reed Grass' with broad grey/blue leaves and thick stems. Needs warm sunny spot and well drained soil.
ARUNDO donax 'Golden Showers' - 'Giant Reed Grass' with golden variegated foliage. Fast growing and good for ordinary or wet soils.
ARUNDO donax var. versicolor - Giant grass with variegated foliage on tall stems. Flowers in second year. Looks tattty after winter but does recover, Grow in moist soil in sun.
BRIZA triloba - Attractive Quaking Grass with dense nodding spikes of pearl green flowers in mid summer. Moist soil in sun or light shade.
CALAMAGROSTIS acutiflora 'Avalanche' - New variety with white striped leaves and not as tall as the green forms. Grows in any soil in sun or light shade and tolerant of windy exposed conditions.
CALAMAGROSTIS acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' - Best wind tolerant grass and an excellent back border plant for winter colour. Any soil in sun or light shade.
CALAMAGROSTIS acutiflora 'Overdam' - Smaller than Karl Foerster. Mound forming with white striped green leaves and pink tints. Any soil in sun.
CALAMAGROSTIS acutiflora 'Waldenbuch' - New variety with a very upright habit and glaucous green foliage and dark flowers in early summer which fade and last throughout the winter. Cut back in spring. Grows in any soil in sun or light shade,
CALAMAGROSTIS brachytricha - Open pink/white flower heads on 120cm stems in late summer . Any soil in sun or light shade. Good with late herbaceous. Fairly wind tolerant. One of the best for holding stems over winter. Clay tolerant
CAREX arenaria - Sand Sedge. A spreader with long flower spikes in summer. Found in coastal dunes etc.
CAREX berggrenii - A dwarf sedge for a rock garden with metalic shiny brown leaves and short brown flower spikes.
CAREX buchananii - Dense arching red/brown leaves up to 1m long. Moist well drained soil in sun or light shade. Good in long pot.
CAREX buchananii 'Viridis' - Green form of the Leatherleaf Sedge with long arching leaves. For sun and moisture. Protect young plants in winter. Good in pots
CAREX comans 'Bronze Form' - Mound forming with dull brown narrow leaves. Good for pot culture in sun or light shade in well drained soil.
CAREX dipsacea - Arching sedge with bronze/olive leaves and black seed heads in early summer. For a moist sheltered spot in sun.
CAREX elata 'Aurea' - 'Bowles Golden Sedge' has golden yellow leaves if grown in sun with green leaf margins, flower spikes dark brown. Needs moisture even wet soil in full sun.
CAREX flacca - Evergreen sedge with narrow blue green leaves and dark brown flowers. Spreader. Best in moist shade.
CAREX flagellifera 'Frosted Curls' - Evergreen mop head sedge with very narrow spiraling grey/green leaves. For sun and moist well drained soil.
CAREX lupilina - Good sedge for wet soil in sun or light shade. Large spikey seedheads in late spring.
CAREX muskingumensis - Good sedge for marginal planting. Flower spikes golden in summer turning dark brown. Sun or light shade.
CAREX muskingumensis 'Little Midge' - Dwarf form of the Palm Sedge with spikey appearance and lush green foliage. Grow in sun or light shade and well drained soil.
CAREX muskingumensis 'Oehme' - Beautiful variegated form of the palm sedge. For full sun and very tolerant of very wet soil.
CAREX muskingumensis 'Silberstreif' - Low growing 'Palm Sedge' with cream central stripe on the foliage. Prefers a well drained soil in sun.
CAREX ornithopoda 'Variegata' - Good grass for rock garden with broad white striped leaves. Slow growing and like full sun and moist but well drained soil
CAREX oshimensis 'Evergold' - Evergreen tuft forming with a central cream stripe on the leaves. Good in pots or in a rock garden.
CAREX plantaginea - Clumps of broad evergreen leaves to 20cms with showy flowers held above in late spring. Best in shade.
CAREX pseudocyperus - Dense evergreen clumps with long arching stems to 90cm with drooping yellow/green inflorescens. For sun or light shade and moist even wet soil.
CAREX riparia 'Variegata' - Spreading sedge for water or wet soil. Dark brown flowers in late spring. Sun.
CAREX secta - Waterside grass that builds a trunk through time with glossy evergreen leaves. Will grow in wet or moist conditions in sun.
CAREX testacea - Coppery brown sedge with orange winter tints. For sun and well drained soil especially when young.
CAREX trifida 'Chatham Blue' - Broad dark green leaves with blue undersides.Nodding fat brown flowers on erect stems. Good in moist soil in sun or light shade.
CHIONOCHLOA flavescens - 'The Broad Leafed Snow Tussock' with dense 70cm tufts of leaves are reddish/green. Flowers are large and pale green on long stems from early summer to autumn. Good for a large pot. Needs protection in winter.
CHIONOCHLOA rubra subsp. cuprea - Good form of the Tussock Grass with a coppery sheen to the foliage. Moist soil in sun.
CHONDROPETALUM tectorum - Rush like relative from South Africa with tall stems and tiny black flowers. Good structural plant for a pot and best kept under cover in the winter in a frost free greenhouse or similar. Grow in poor soil in sun.
CORTADERIA 'Splendid Star' - Real dwarf pampas grass with gold variegated foliage and short flower spikes in late summer. Good pot or specimen if you like that sort of thing.
CORTADERIA fulvida - Early flowering species from New Zealand with long arching flowers. Also a shorter plant than other species. Grow in well drained soil in sun.
CORTADERIA richardii - Arching leaves to 120cm with yellow midrib,Flowers narrower than C.selloana and one sided.
CORTADERIA selloana 'Pumila' - Lower growing Pampas grass with the flower heads appearing just above the foliage. For well drained soil in sun.
CORTADERIA selloana 'Sunningdale Silver' - Arching leaves and large feathery plumes lasting well into winter. For sun and well drained soil.
DESCHAMPSIA cespitosa 'Bronzeschleier' - Flower panicles like a bronze cloud shimmering in the slightest breeze, from a 50cm mophead of dark green leaves.Tolerates full shade.
DESCHAMPSIA cespitosa 'Golden Veil' - Taller than D. 'Goldtau' and has airy golden panicles from June to September. Sun or shade. Moist or dry soil.
DESCHAMPSIA cespitosa 'Schottland' - Scottish selection of 'Tufted Hair Grass' from the 1930's with darker green foliage. The silky green flowers turn to clouds of golden seed heads by the autumn. Grows in sun or shade in any soil.
ELYMUS hispidus - Erect flower spikes in early summer over grey blue foliage. Good in dry poor sandy soil in sun or light shade. Spreader.
ELYMUS magellanicus - Clump forming intense pale blue lax foliage. Tight upright buff flowers in mid summer. Sun and good drainage.
ELYMUS solandri - New Zealander with blue foliage like E. magellanicus but more lax in habit. Collected at 1500m on scree. Full sun.
FESTUCA coxii - Small blue Fescue similar to F.glauca. Native of Chatham Islands. Grows well in pots and drought tolerant. Grow in well drained soil in sun.
FESTUCA gautieri (scoparia) - Wirey green leaves like a hedgehog and short yellow/green flower spikelet's to 40cm. Good for rock garden or scree. Well drained soil in full sun.
FESTUCA gautieri 'Pic Carlit' - Dwarf form of this little spikey mountain grass that snugs neatly between rocks in scree or in a big trough. Sun or light shade and good drainage.
FESTUCA glauca - Everblue with arching leaves and long flower stems fading to light brown. Great in Mediterranean gardens or pots. Full sun and well drained soil.
FESTUCA glauca 'Elijah Blue' - Dwarf form with intense grey blue leaves. For sun and good drainage. Good in pots.
FESTUCA glauca 'Silbersee' - Forms a small tight bun of silver blue leaves. For full sun and well drained soil.
FESTUCA tatrae - Similar to F.glauca but with bright green leaves. A lovely grass. Sun and well drained soil.
GLYCERIA maxima var. variegata - Robust spreading cream and green variegated grass for pond or garden. Grow in moist to wet soil in sun.
HAKONECHLOA macra 'Alboaurea' - Variegated Hakone Grass with narrow white striped leaves. Takes a few years to make a big plant. Grows in sun or shade in rich moist soil.
HAKONECHLOA macra 'Aureola' - Deciduous grass with arching layers of green and gold striped leaves. Good in tall pot in full sun eventually making a big plant.
HAKONECHLOA macra 'Naomi' - Similar to H.m. Aureola but the creamy yellow variegated leaves take on purple tones in the autumn - more pronounced in colder weather. Grow in sun and well drained soil.
HAKONECHLOA macra 'Nicolas' - Good form of the all green Hakone Grass that takes on rich orange red autumn colour especially in colder cimates. Grow in moist well drained soil in sun.
HOLCUS mollis 'Albovariegatus' - Bright and beautiful grass with soft velvety leaves. Spreading but never a problem. Cut back after flowering.
LEYMUS arenarius - Similar blue to Elymus magellanicus but a more upright and spreading plant. Good by the sea.
LOMANDRA longifolia 'Nyalla' - Australian grass like plant with narrow blue/green leaves that form a large evergreen clump. Good for container and drought tolernt. Grow in full sun for best foliage colour.
LUZULA alpinoplosa - Alpine Woodrush' Tufts of narrow evergreen leaves. Airy brown flower clusters. Good by water and scree.
LUZULA borreri 'Botany Bay' - Dwarf woodrush for shade with white or pink young growth in spring. Sterile flowers.
LUZULA luzuloides 'Schneehaschen' - Slightly larger than nivea with whiter flowers and leaves with finer hair. good in moist woodland conditions or groundcover in shade.
LUZULA sylvatica 'Hohe Tatra' - Evergreen native woodrush with light green leaves turning golden yellow in winter. Flowers persistent and brown. Any soil in sun or shade.
MILIUM effusum 'Aureum ' - The bright yellow rather lax foliage makes this an excellent contrast for many grasses, shrubs and perennials. Cut back hard in mid summer to encourage fresh new growth. Flower stems long and arching to 1.5m.
MILIUM effusum 'Yaffle' - Similar habit as Bowles Golden Grass but with central yellow leaf stripe. For moist soil in light shade.
MISCANTHUS 'Purpurescens' - Small species with dark purple red autumn colour. For moist soil in sun.
MISCANTHUS giganteus - Wide arching leaves, shy of flowering except during Indian summers. Loses bottom leaves in late summer. Sun and shelter.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Adagio' - Low growing form with red tinted flowers appearing early in profusion and held high above the foliage. Moist soil in sun.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'China' - Top class hybrid from Ernst Pagels with narrow leaves, metalic red flowers and good autumn colour. Sun and moist well drained soil. Similar to M.Ferner Osten.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Ferner Osten' - 'Far East' Reddish pink flowers with white tips and good autumn foliage colour. Similar to M.China. For sun and moist soil.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Goliath' - One of the larger M.sinensis hybrids of upright habit with broad green leaves. Pink tinted flowers in late summer. Pagels introduction.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Gracillimus' - Narrow leaves with white mid-rib, bronzy flowers fading to white. Shy of flowering in the north. Moist soil in sun.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Grosse Fontane' - Broad green leaves with white midrib and silvery pink drooping flowers. Moist soil in sun.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Hinjo' - Compact and vertical form with horizontal stripes closer together than other varieties. Grow in full sun and moist soil.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Juli' (July) - Sparse early flowering form from Pagels. Sun and good moist soil.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Kleine Silberspinne' - Dwarf form with narrow leaves, pale purple flowers and good autumn colour. Pagels. Sun and moist soil.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Malepartus' - Early flowering and imposing with its broad dark green leaves and purple red panicles. Pagels. Robust. Sun or light shade and moist soil.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Punktchen' - Similar to M 'Strictus' with a more upright spiky habit and the same broad gold band on maturing leaves. Pagels introduction.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Rotsilber' - Flowers deep red fading with age, leaves narrow with silver stripe. Pagels. For moist soil in sun.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Silberfeder' - Early flowering with arching foliage which turns yellow. Good specimen grass for sun and moist soil.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Sioux' - Excellent Pagels introduction with dark foliage taking on good autumn colour. Sun and good soil.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Udine' - Narrow leaves and fluffy coppery/pink flowers in September Pagels. For sun and moist well drained soil.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Variegatus' - Variegated form with narrow leaves forming impressive clumps after a few years. Grow in rich moist soil in sun.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Yakushima Dwarf' - Narrow green leaves with central white stripe on this dwarf form with flowers held well above the foliage.
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Zebrinus' - Forms arching clump with horizontal brown stripes on leaves appearing in July. Flowers coppery pink. For moisture and sun.
MISCANTHUS transmorrisonensis - Distinct from M.sinensis being smaller with narrow green leaves staying evergreen in very mild winters. Flowers pinkish
MOLINIA caer. subsp arund. 'Bergfreund' - Arching leaves to 75cm turning yellow in autumn. Panicles brown and spiky and arching. Somewhat similar to 'Transparent'. Moist soil in sun or light shade.
MOLINIA caer. subsp arund. 'Karl Foerster' - Tall Purple moor grass with arching leaves to 80cm. Spiky panicles tinted purple. Sun or light shade in moist soil.
MOLINIA caer. subsp arund. 'Transparent' - Stunning plant with initially arching stems opening to spiky flowers in late summer. For moist soil in sun or light shade.
MOLINIA caer. subsp arund. 'Windspiel' - Very upright with thick spiky heads. Sun or light shade in moist soil.
MOLINIA caer. subsp caer. 'Edith Dudszus' - Compact with arching stems and dark flower spikes in late summer. For moist soil in sun or light shade.
MOLINIA caer. subsp caer. 'Moorhexe' - Smallest of the Molinias with purple/green spikey flowers. Good autumn/winter colour. For cool moist soil in sun or light shade.
MOLINIA caer. subsp caer. 'Variegata' - Good for a pot. Cream and green arching leaves and purple tinted flowers in summer. Moist soil in sun or light shade.
PANICUM virgatum 'Shenandoah' - Best Red Switch Grass broad pale green foliage that colours up to burgandy in autumn. The spikey seedheads in late summer are also red. Any soil in sun.
PANICUM virgatum 'Squaw' - Form with good red autumn foliage. Any soil but moist soil in sun is best.
PANICUM virgatum 'Warrior' - Upright with airy panicles. Foliage greeny bronze with yellow tints in the autumn lasting well into winter.
PENNISETUM alopecuroides 'Herbstzauber' - Medium sized Fountain Grass with good autumn colour doing best in a sheltered spot and good drainage in the north.
PHALARIS arundinacea 'Feesey's Form' - Allegedly less invasive form of Gardeners Garters with white variegated leaves tinged pink on young growth. Grows in most aspects in any soil.
PHRAGMITES australis - Syn. P. communis. Huge spreading reed for a large garden also used for water purification. Spreads fast in wet conditions. Rewarding for its silvery flowers that fade to brown and good for drying. Divisions.
RESTIO tetraphyllus - Australian Restio which forms dense clumps to 1m high and wide. Should be hardy to -10c. Grow in moist poor soil in sun.
RHODOCOMA gigantea - South African Restio relative with tall arching stems with feathery appearance. Makes a good specimen plants. Needs very well drained soil in sun. Try in pots and keep dry in winter.
SPARTINA pectinata 'Aureomarginata' - Graceful arching grass with golden margins on the leaves. A spreader in moist soil. Flowers in late summer and good autumn colour. Moist or dry soil in sun.
SPODIOPOGON sibiricus - Forms rounded clumps with leaves held horizontally. Erect airy flower panicles lasting into winter. Good autumn foliage tints. Light shade and ample moisture.
SPOROBOLUS heterolepis - 'Prairie Drop Seed' hails from the open plains of America and is drought tolerant. Liking full sun the fine leaves are emerald turning orange in autumn. Slow growing.
STIPA barbata - Clumps of thin leaves emerge silvery narrow panicles with feathery 19cm awns. Beautiful grass in a sunny sheltered spot. May need winter protection in the north.
STIPA calamagrostis - Feathery flowers on arching stems all summer. Good in the herbaceous border or on its own. Full sun and well drained soil.
STIPA gigantea - 'Golden Oat Grass' Large open flower spikes all summer over arching clump of narrow green leaves. Sun and good drainage.
STIPA gigantea 'Gold Fontaene' - Superior form from Pagels with larger flower heads. Grow in well drained soil in sun.
STIPA tenuissima - The ultimate touchy feely grass with arching clumps of narrow leaves, waving in the breeze. Good in groups or in pots. Sun and well drained soil
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