ORNAMENTAL GRASSES ONLINE CATALOGUE UK

Click for photo	GENUS	Species / CULTIVAR	Height/ spread (cm)	DESCRIPTION
Awaiting photo	Acorus	gramineus 'Licorice' ('Liquorice')	30 x 100	Forms bright green fan with a wonderful liquorice aroma. Good for sensory gardens. Can be grown in moist container.
	Acorus	gramineus 'Ogon' ('Wogon')	30 x 100	Golden variegated Japanese sweet flag. Elegant golden fan, ideal along water. Evergreen - all year round splash of yellow.
	Acorus	gramineus 'Variegatus'	30 x 100	White striped Japanese sweet flag. Erect white/green fan, great on pond edge.
	Agrostis	canina 'Silver Needles'	10 x 100	Discontinued.
	Alopecurus	borealis glaucus	20 x 30	Blue Foxtail. Fine, blue-silver leaves with cylindrical flower heads. Will spread.
	Alopecurus	pratensis 'Aureovariegatus'	30 x 30	Golden Foxtail. Bright green soft leaves with vivid yellow stripes. Brightest in sun.
	Anemanthele	lessoniana (Stipa arundinacea)	75 x 60	New Zealand's Pheasant's Tail Grass due to the lovely orange/red/bronze foliage in autumn. Good accent plant or in groups.
	Anemanthele	lessoniana 'Golden Hue' (Stipa arundinacea 'Golden Hue')	75 x 60	Autumn leaves flushed deep yellow. Likes moist soil in sun.
	Arrhenatherum	elatius bulbosum 'Variegatum'	30 x 30	Narrow, soft leaves variegated green and bright white. Good border feature, glowing silvery-white.
	Arthropodium	candidum 'Purpureum'	25 x 25	New Zealand Rock Lily. Purple-bronze, narrow grass like leaves, attractively speckled. Tiny white flowers are a bonus.
	Arundo	donax	450 x indef	Giant reed. Monster of grasses. Tallest hardy grass, after bamboos. Hollow stems, used for wind instruments. Drought tolerant.
	Arundo	donax 'Golden Chain'	240 x indef	Variegated yellow and green. Wonderful feature in pot. Needs winter protection.
	Arundo	donax 'Versicolour' (Variegata)	250 x indef	Variegated Giant reed with cream and green variegation. Needs sheltered spot and protection in winter.
Awaiting photo	Bouteloua	gracilis	30 x 60	Discontinued.
	Briza	media	60 x 60	The original Quaking/Totter grass with trembling seedheads. Good as table decoration.
	Briza	media 'Limouzi'	70 x 60	Discontinued.
	Briza	media 'Russells'	60 x 60	The newest member of the Briza group: 'Russells' has pleasingly variegated foliage of pastel green and white, as well as the amusing pearl-like, trembling spikelets.
	Bromus	inermis 'Skinner's Gold'	60 x 100	Yellow and green variegated leaves. Prefers poor soil in sun/part shade. Can be trained upwards. Will spread and brighten up a corner.
	Calamagrostis	acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' ('Stricta')	170 x 100	One of the first of the tall grasses to gain height. Described as the 'Exclamation Mark' of the garden for its reliably vertical form whatever the weather. Moist soil.
	Calamagrostis	acutiflora 'Overdam'	120 x 100	Green/cream vertical variegation. Best in moist soil.
	Calamagrostis	brachytricha	80 x 90	Korean Diamond Grass. Very pretty influorescences: purple-red tinged at first, ageing silver.
Awaiting photo	Calamagrostis	emodensis	130 x 100	We love this one almost as much as Miscanthus nepalensis. It has wide green leaves with feathery like nodding plumes up to 35cm in length. Sun/part shade. Very graceful.
	Carex	brunnea 'Jenneke'	23 x 30	Discontinued.
	Carex	brunnea 'Variegata'	30 x 30	Slender grass with green leaves and golden edges. Elegant plant.
	Carex	buchananii ('Red Rooster')	75 x 60	New Zealand leatherleaf sedge. Erect rusty copper-bronze foliage, great with pink, orange or yellow flowered perennials. Moist but well-drained.
	Carex	comans 'Bronze' ('Bronco')	30 x 75	Compact, warm brown leaves delicately tousling to ground. Moist, sun/shade.
	Carex	comans 'Frosted Curls' ('Amazon Mist')	45 x 100	Arching pastel green leaves with curling tips. Moist soil, sun/shade.
	Carex	comans 'Milk Chocolate'	60 x 40	Shiny rich brown leaves with orange and green tints in autumn. Moist soil.
	Carex	conica 'Snowline'	15 x 30	Discontinued.
	Carex	dipsacea ('Coppertop')	45 x 45	Deep bronze-green leaves, with orange tips. Attractive, prominent flower spikes.
	Carex	dolichostachya 'Kaga Nishiki'	25 x 38	Discontinued.
	Carex	elata 'Aurea'	75 x 90	Bowles Golden Sedge. Bright deep yellow leaves with narrow green edge. Pond edge.
	Carex	flacca	30 x 30	Discontinued.
	Carex	kaloides	75 x 45	Carex of many colours from yellow-green to pale orange-brown depending on sun levels. A warm effect.
	Carex	morrowii 'Ice Dance'	60 x 100	Wide, shiny, deep green leaves with prominent white edges. Moist soil in part shade. Excellent for autumn displays.
	Carex	morrowii 'Silver Sceptre'	45 x 100	Discontinued.
	Carex	morrowii 'Variegata'	60 x 75	Shiny green leaves with less prominent edges than 'Ice Dance'. Moist soil in part shade.
	Carex	muskingumensis	90 x 100	Discontinued.
	Carex	oshimensis 'Evergold' ('Old Gold', 'Aureovariegata')	25 x 45	Small bright clump of green edged leaves with broad central, yellow stripe. Moist soil.
	Carex	panicea	30 x 30	Blue-grey carnation sedge. Purple-brown spikes. Moist soil.
	Carex	pendula 'Moonraker'	75 x 100	Discontinued.
	Carex	secta tenuiculmis ('Bronzina', 'Cappucino')	75 x 100	An endangered plant in the wild. Lovely red-bronze clump former.
	Carex	'Taranaki' ('Little Red')	40 x 75	Discontinued.
	Carex	testacea ('Indian Summer', 'Prairie Fire')	50 x 45	Unusual olive green arching leaves, turning orange in full sun. Moist soil.
	Carex	testacea 'Old Gold'	50 x 45	Discontinued.
Awaiting photo	Carex	trifida	90 x 60	An impressive grass: Blue-green foliage with large dark flower spikes. Evergreen. Good for jungley look.
Awaiting photo	Chionochloa	rubra	100 x 100	Red tussock grass. Forms a clump of various shades: copper-brown, red and green.
Awaiting photo	Cordyline	australis 'Purpurea'	400 x 200	Palm-like cabbage tree with plum coloured wide leaves. Great in pots or as focal point in garden. Slow growing.
Awaiting photo	Cortaderia	selloana 'Pumila'	120 x 90	'Compact Pampas Grass'. Large, fluffy, white, feather-like blooms late summer. Good pampas for smaller gardens.
	Cortaderia	selloana 'Rosea'	250 x 120	'Pink Feathered Pampas Grass'. Silver plumes, tinged pink.
Awaiting photo	Cortaderia	selloana 'White Feather'	250 x 120	'White Feathered Pampas Grass'. Silvery-white flower plumes.
	Corynephorus	canescens ('Spiky Blue')	25 x 60	'Silver Grass'. Very fine silver/grey-green leaves with silvery plumes and purple anthers.
	Cyperus	glaber	50 x 50	Unusual flower spikelets, with up to 8 heads on one stem. Good for cutting.