Plant Catalogue
Grasses
Perennials: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZFerns Grasses Bamboos
ANEMANTHELE lessoniana
Syn. Stipa arundinacea. Arching evergreen leaves turn orange-brown in late summer. Drooping flowerheads hold clouds of tiny flowers. Sun or part shade.
AGM 60cm £5.00
ARUNDO donax
Giant reed, growing up to 10ft high! Grey-green leaves. Needs a warm spot in moist soil.
3.00m £7.50
BRIZA media
Common Quaking Grass. Tufted semi-evergreen grass with purplish tinted leaves and green-purple flowers. Full sun.
70cm £5.00
BRIZA media 'Limouzi'
A much improved selection of perennial Quaking Grass with blue-green leaves and larger purplish flowers. Sun or part-shade.
45cm £5.00
CALAMAGROSTIS brachytricha
Korean Feather Grass. Lovely pinky-grey flowerheads in late summer. Bronze-tinted leaves in spring and autumn. Sun or part shade. Keeps its seed fronds well into the winter.
AGM 90cm £6.00
CALAMAGROSTIS x acutiflora 'Avalanche'
Forms a clump of arching, pale yellow leaves, fading to pinkish-white, striped with green. Purple flowers. Sun to part shade.
1.20m £6.00
CALAMAGROSTIS x acutiflora 'Eldorado'
Green and gold variegated leaves to 100cm, feathery flowers similar to 'Karl Foerster'. Sun to part shade in well-drained soil.
1.50m £6.00
CALAMAGROSTIS x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Dense clump of upright green leaves and reddish-brown flowerheads. Looks good in winter, cut down in February. Best in sun.
AGM 1.50m £6.00
CALAMAGROSTIS x acutiflora 'Overdam'
White-variegated leaves tinged pink in spring. Pink flowers.
1.20m £6.00
CAREX 'The Beatles'
Grassy leaves form a rounded evergreen mound, perfect for edging or containers.
25cm £5.00
CAREX oshimensis 'Everest'
A recent introduction, forms a clump of dark green and white striped foliage. Any soil in sun or part shade.
PBR 30cm £5.00
CAREX oshimensis 'Evergold'
Evergreen sedge with a central yellow stripe. Full sun or partial shade.
30cm £6.00
CHIONOCHLOA flavescens
Long stout stems carry long heads of golden tassels, towering above a compact tussock of broad leaves.
1.50m £5.00
DESCHAMPSIA cespitosa 'Goldschleier'
Shimmering silvery-gold flowers in summer look good into autumn. A lovely companion for almost anything. Sun or partial shade.
AGM 1.00m £5.00
ERAGROSTIS curvula
Tussocks of narrow airy foliage, arching stems bear small flowers. Sun.
90cm £5.00
ERAGROSTIS curvula 'Totnes Burgundy'
Wine red-flushed leaves, grey flowers from July-October.
90cm £5.00
ERAGROSTIS elliottii
Blue Love Grass. Blue-green nodding flower clumps from June-August. Sun.
70cm £5.00
FESTUCA glauca 'Azurit'
Exceptional blue foliage. Prefers a well drained sunny spot. Has good drought tolerance once established.
35cm £5.00
FESTUCA glauca 'Blaufuchs'
'Blue Fox'. A good, short blue grass. Any soil in sun. The best blue of this group.
20cm £5.50
HAKONECHLOA macra
Rounded arching mounds of bright green leaves flushed red in autumn. Evergreen.
AGM 45cm £6.50
HAKONECHLOA macra 'Aureola'
Bright yellow green-striped floppy leaves, slow-spreading, best in light shade and good soil.
AGM 30cm £6.50
LUZULA sylvatica 'Marginata'
Dense clumps of broad, glossy green leaves with a narrow cream margin. Chestnut-brown spikelets. Likes dry shade.
AGM 45cm £5.00
MELICA altissima 'Atropurpurea'
Tassels of smoky dark purple flowers which are great for cutting, on upright stems above clumping foliage.
90cm £5.50
MISCANTHUS 'Rosi'
Tall and upright, has moody, rosy-red flowers and stunning autumn foliage. Sun.
2.00m £5.00
MISCANTHUS nepalensis
My favourite Miscanthus - pale green foliage on a shorter plant, with long arching stems and silky buff flowers. Very different from other Miscanthus, and good for a small garden.
1.20m £5.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Augustfeder'
Narrow, dark green leaves, golden flowerheads late August turn silver in autumn.
2.00m £5.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'China'
One of my favourites, with dark green foliage and stunning red flower plumes.
AGM 1.80m £6.50
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Emmanuel Lepage'
An attractive, graceful, loose habit, with deep, pinky-red flowers high above the foliage from midsummer. Sun.
1.80m £5.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Ghana'
Slender red-brown flower plumes on dark stems. Good autumn foliage.
AGM 2.00m £6.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Hercules'
Broad leaves with a white midrib. Strong thick stems, flowers above foliage from September-October.
2.40m £5.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Malepartus'
Often requested! Darkest purple-red flowers fading to silver.
1.80m £7.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Memory'
Silver-white flower panicles August-November. Distinctive and memorable! Sun.
2.00m £5.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Morning Light'
Narrow white-variegated leaves, pinkish flower plumes fade to brown from August-November.
AGM 1.20m £5.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Poseidon'
Very broad leaves and chunky pink flowers. Stunning autumn colour.
2.00m £5.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Samurai'
Silvery-brown plumes, leaves and stems are also tinged with brown.
1.40m £5.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Silver Sceptre'
Bolt upright variety with wonderful foliage and flowers. Tall, light and airy, not dense.
1.80m £5.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Starlight'
Formerly known as 'Yakushima Dwarf' and now renamed by Knoll Gardens. Forms a compact mound of narrow foliage topped by masses of silvery-beige flowers. Sun.
90cm £5.00
MISCANTHUS sinensis 'Zwergelefant'
Unique dark pinky-red crimped flowers burst out of their bulbous sheaths late summer! Wide foliage. A current favourite.
1.80m £5.00
MISCANTHUS transmorrisonensis
Narrow dark green leaves, stunning pale pink flowers. Always admired in our display garden.
1.50m £5.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Bergfreund'
Short pale brown panicles on green upright stems. Shorter foliage. Deciduous.
2.00m £5.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Black Arrows'
A selection from Dove Cottage Nursery, with arching dark stems and flowers.
1.20m £5.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Cordoba'
Unusual form with gracefully curving flower stems, arching over lower planting.
1.80m £5.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Fontane'
Arching purple flower stems and yellow foliage in autumn.
1.80m £5.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Skyracer'
Very tall, branching stems, good autumn colour.
AGM 2.00m £5.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Transparent'
Strong-growing, clump forming. Has graceful arching tall stems with light airy flowers and seeds.
AGM 1.50m £5.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Windsaule'
Strong, upright form with more slender flower panicles than others. Molinias look good all winter.
2.00m £5.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Windspiel'
A more robust form, with open flowerheads playing in the wind.
AGM 1.80m £5.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. caerulea 'Claerwen'
Tussocks of green and white striped foliage, flowers on upright stems.
50cm £5.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. caerulea 'Dark Defender'
Raised by Marina Christopher, this is an atmospheric black-flowered form, which keeps its flowers well through winter and into spring!
90cm £5.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. caerulea 'Edith Dudszus'
A compact clump with dark stems and very dark flowers.
AGM 1.00m £5.50
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. caerulea 'Moorflamme'
Similar to 'Moorhexe' in height and colour, but the flower stems fan out more from the centre of the clump.
90cm £5.00
MOLINIA caerulea ssp. caerulea 'Variegata'
Mid green leaves with a yellow stripe and panicles of purple spikelets in early to mid summer.
60cm £5.00
PANICUM virgatum 'Heiliger Hain'
Purple to grey-green foliage, open sprays of red flowers from late summer.
1.00m £6.00
PANICUM virgatum 'JS Blue Darkness'
From Jan Spruyt. Stunning blue-green and black foliage, purple flowers on sturdy stems. Sun.
PBR 1.00m £6.50
PANICUM virgatum 'JS Dark Night'
From Jan Spruyt. Deep red and green autumn foliage, flowers held just above.
PBR 75cm £6.50
PANICUM virgatum 'Red Cloud'
A new form, tall and vigorous, with red-tinged foliage getting darker in late autumn. Sprays of wonderful ruby-red flowers.
1.50m £5.00
PANICUM virgatum 'Shenandoah'
Deciduous grass with red foliage turning much darker in early autumn. Airy flowers.
AGM 1.00m £5.00
PANICUM virgatum 'Squaw'
Red-flushed leaves turn purple-maroon in autumn, panicles of pinkish flowers from late summer.
1.00m £6.00
PANICUM virgatum 'Warrior'
Narrow upright grass with purple-tinged foliage and dark purple flowers in summer and autumn.
1.00m £6.00
PENNISETUM 'Fairy Tails'
Upright habit, with masses of long, delicate flower tails over a long season. Sunny spot. Why haven't I seen this before?!
AGM 90cm £5.00
PENNISETUM alopecuriodes
Chinese Fountain Grass. Cream bottlebrush flowers in summer. Well drained sunny spot.
75cm £5.50
PENNISETUM alopecuroides 'Hameln'
Spiky, narrow rich green leaves tinged purple. Fluffy bottlebrush flowers with orange stamens in summer and autumn. Any moist soil in sun.
AGM 60cm £5.00
PENNISETUM alopecuroides 'Little Bunny'
Chinese Fountain Grass. One of the shortest varieties with creamy-beige bottle brush flowers. Full sun.
NEW 50cm £6.50
PENNISETUM macrourum
Fountain Grass. An evergreen clump of leaves, and long flower racemes on upright stems.
AGM 1.50m £5.00
PENNISETUM thunbergii 'Red Buttons'
Mound of green foliage and pretty red flowerheads. Must-have on sight! Sun.
90cm £5.00
SCHIZACHYRIUM scoparium 'Blue Heaven'
Silver-blue foliage turns burgundy, pink and orange by late summer, tan flower plumes above. Sun.
1.00m £7.00
SCHIZACHYRIUM scoparium 'Prairie Blues'
Little Bluestem. Upright clumps of grey-blue foliage turns orange in the autumn. Sunny free draining position.
NEW 75cm £7.00
SPODIOPOGON sibiricus 'West Lake'
Upright stems with broad leaves and graceful airy flowers in late summer. Lovely autumn foliage colour.
1.30m £5.00
STIPA gigantea
Dense base clump of narrow leaves and many tall stems with heads of oat-like flowers which shimmer in the sun. A feature plant throughout the summer. Moist soil in sun.
AGM 2.00m £6.50
STIPA ichu
Fine textured clump with showy flowerheads in spring just above the foliage. Better than S. tenuissima. Full sun.
AGM 60cm £6.50
STIPA tenuissima
Upright clump of very narrow bright green leaves and beautiful soft feathery plumes above.
AGM 60cm £5.00
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