2008 Plant Catalogue

GRASSES AND GRASS-LIKE PLANTS

ACORUS gramineus 'Ogon' - 9" - £3.90
Bright yellow foliage needs moisture and feeding.

ALOPECURUS alpinus subsp. glaucus - 1' - £3.90
A good blue grey grass forming dense clumps.

BRIZA media ‘Limouzi’ - 15” - £3.90
This form has greyer foliage and large flowers heads. Will grow even in poorly drained areas.

BROMUS inermis 'Skinner's Gold' - 3' - £3.90
Green and yellow striped leaves. Very airy and light.

CAREX comans 'Bronze Form' - 16" - £3.90
Mops of narrow arching leaves the colour of milk chocolate.We shall also have a form with darker brown foliage without the chestnut colouring.

CAREX comans 'Frosted Curls' - 18" - £3.90
Pale green arching leaves with silvery curling tips.

CAREX elata 'Aurea'  AGM - 2' - £3.90
Bowles' Golden Sedge. Bright yellow foliage. Needs moisture and is slow to establish.

CAREX flacca subsp. flacca - 1’ - £3.90
Good grey evergreen.

CAREX morrowii 'Variegata' - 16" - £3.90
Evergreen leaves with a slightly white edge makes an elegant clump.

CAREX oshimensis 'Evergold' AGM - 9" - £3.90
Evergreen sedge. Curling yellow foliage with green margins.

CAREX pendula - 3' - £3.90
Strong growing, evergreen, arching stems. Good in shade in the wild garden. Large plants

CAREX phyllocephala 'Sparkler' - 2' - £4.20
Upright stems supporting whorls of excellent cream variegated leaves. Has looked wonderful in a large
pot, it's from Japan and I'm not sure how hardy. Evergreen.

CAREX siderosticha 'Variegata' - 16" - £3.90
Wide leaves edged with white, creeping but slowly. Needs well drained conditions or a sunnier site than most sedges.

CAREX 'Silver Sceptre' - 6" - £3.90
Makes an excellent dense carpet of white striped leaves. Evergreen.

CAREX tenuiculmis - 18" - £3.90
Light brown with an arching habit. Flowers in mid-summer.

DESCHAMPSIA cespitosa 'Northern Lights' - £4.10
Tufts of dark green foliage. Flowers open silver purple and turn gold in late summer.

DESCHAMPSIA flexuosa 'Tatra Gold' - 16" - £3.90
Tufts of yellowish-green all year. Grows best in fertile soil with some shade.

ELYMUS magellanicus - 2' - £4.20
An excellent evergreen grey grass. A clump forming couch grass! We shall also have Elymus hispidus.

FESTUCA glauca 'Elijah Blue' -1' - £3.90
Evergreen clumps of glaucous blue.

FESTUCA 'Golden Toupee' - 1' - £3.90
A tight mound of narrow leaves.

HAKONECHLOA macra 'Aureola' AGM - 1' - £4.20
Good yellow variegation on the narrow arching foliage of this grass. Needs good fertile soil.

HOLCUS mollis 'Albo-variegatus' - 6" - £3.90
Dwarf variegated grass. Increases steadily.

IMPERATA cylindrica 'Red Baron' - 18" - £3.90
The Japanese blood grass Rich red leaves. Needs fertile soil and sun.

JUNCUS effusus - 9" - £3.90
Upright dark green flattened foliage topped with chestnut 'balls' which turn black and stay throughout the winter.

LUZULA maxima 'Marginata' - 18" - £3.90
Woodrush. Dense clumps of green leaves edged with white. Evergreen.

LUZULA sylvatica 'Aurea' - 1' - £3.90
Broad evergreen leaves, golden yellow. Best in fertile conditions.

MILLIUM effusum aureum AGM - 2' - £3.90
('Bowles' Golden Grass') Gold to yellow green soft textured leaves. Tufted clump.

MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Kleine Fontane' - 4' - £4.30
Narrow green leaves with a stripe up the middle. The flowers open silvery red in August and fade to silver.

MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Morning Light' - 3' - £4.30
Very graceful narrow foliage edged with white. Makes an elegant clump.

MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Silberfeder' - 6' - £4.50
Tall stems carry silky plumes of beige. Beautiful in autumn.

MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Yakushima Dwarf' - 2' - £4.30
A dwarf, clump forming selection. The panicles appear in late October. An excellent form, lovely in a large pot.

MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Zebrinus' - 3' - £4.30
Green leaves with bands of gold.

MOLINIA caerulea 'Moorhexe' - 18" - £3.90
From a tight clump of upright green foliage rises a narrow column topped with needle like flowers. Excellent in pots or
as an accent plant.

MOLINIA caerulea 'Variegata' AGM - 18" - £3.90
Herbaceous grass. Short tufts of green and cream leaves turning brown in autumn before disappearing.

PENNISETUM alopecuroides 'Hameln' - 1'6" - £4.00
Fluffy bottle brush flowers, green leaves in clumps. Hardier than other Pennisetums but still needs sunny well-drained
conditions.

PENNISETUM orientale 'Tall Tails' - 4' - £4.00
A long flowering form with narrow heads of pinky grey flowers.

SCHIZACHYRIUM scoparium - 3' - £3.90
Upright blue grey grass. Good autumn colours of orange-red. Will tolerate drought conditions.

SETARIA viridis - 18" - £3.90
The leaves start out green but deepen to a purplish-red. Bottle brush heads rather like millet. An annual but seeds around.

STIPA arundinacea - 3' - £3.90
Evergreen arching foliage which turns to bronze with age. The flowers are soft brown and trailing.

STIPA gigantea AGM - 4' - £4.30
A strong growing grass with huge heads of flowers turning a wonderful yellow in autumn.

STIPA tenuissima - 2' - £3.90
Syn. S. tenuifolia Pale brown fluffy plumes fading to white.

UNCINIA rubra - 6" - £3.90
A wonderful red grass, especially good in a trough or in gravel which shows off the colour. Evergreen.

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