Grasses

Elijah Blue is a low-growing, semi-evergreen, clump-forming ornamental grass noted for its glaucous, finely-textured, silver-blue foliage. Excellent as ground cover, a border front or rock garden accent or an edging plant.

Carex elata aurea. A graceful and elegant ornamental grass, with rich arching golden yellow leaves edged in white giving it a considerable sparkle. This plant can be grown as a marginal waterside plant or in a moist border.

Ophiopogon Nigrescens. Unusual, clump-forming, rhizomatous grass with very dark, green leaves, turning to black in the sun. In summer they bear pretty pale pink, bell-shaped flowers, contrasting well with the black leaves. Plant in groups of 3 for a greater impact.

Carex Evergold is an excellent foliage plant for borders and naturalized planting schemes. This evergreen, perennial sedge bears arching, striped leaves of green and yellow and makes a good winter colour for the garden.

'Morning Light' is a eulalia grass cultivar that is noted for its very narrow green leaves with white variegation on the margins. Tiny reddish-copper flowers appear in mid to late September, gradually turning into silvery white plumes as the seeds mature. Can be used in borders, meadows, wild gardens, cottage gardens, naturalized areas or pond/water garden peripheries.

Carex oshimensis 'Everest' - Japanese Sedge A vigorous mound forming evergreen grass with attractive silvery-white margined, dark green leaves. They produce small, brown spiklets in late spring/early summer.

Stipa gigantea is an evergreen grass that forms a spiky clump of arching deep green foliage from which a huge sheaf of very long-stemmed, oat-like flower-heads erupt in mid-summer. An excellent alternative to pampas grass as a lawn specimen in small gardens, and perfect in a border or a gravel garden.

Phalaris arundinacea 'Artic Sun' is a beautiful, semi-evergreen, brightly coloured grass. It produces very attractive gold-striped green leaves that are upright to arching in their habit. Narrow panicles of yellow spiklets appear in early to mid-summer.

Pampas grass is commonly grown for the magnificent seed heads produced each summer. The stout-stemmed, plume-like, silver, gold or pale rose-pink flower panicles are often used to provide height to a border and are popularly used in decorative dried cut flower arrangements.

Glauca is a low-growing, semi-evergreen, clump-forming ornamental grass noted for its glaucous, finely-textured, blue-grey foliage. Excellent as a border front, rock garden accent or edging plant.

A neat, compact, evergreen grass; the Stipa tenuissima has lots of close-packed, stiff, thread-like stems that form a strong horizontal shape. In summer, plants are covered with masses of elegant pale feathery seed-heads which are held a little above the foliage.

Imperata Red Baron is a clump-forming, ornamental grass which features erect, thin blades - the upper halves of which turn a garnet red in summer with the red color often deepening toward burgundy as the growing season progresses. Ideal for borders, rock gardens, edging plants, or as a ground cover