Upright-stemmed long, narrow grasslike leaves, striped lengthwise with white and green. Herbaceous perennial. Moisture tolerant. Deciduous. Can be invasive.
Eventual size: 60 cm to 1 m
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‘Overdam’ is a compact tufted grass forming a clump of narrow, yellow to cream-striped leaves, with airy purplish sprays of flower becoming pale brown in winter.
Evergreen but not very hardy. Moist but well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 1.25 to 1.50 m
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Elijah Blue’ forms small cushions of very fine, inrolled, intensely ice-blue leaves, becoming greener in winter. From late spring to summer it bears narrow, bristly blue-green flower plumes that turn golden-brown. Attract butterflies. Well-drained, Moist but well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 15 to 30 cm
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Very showy grass that is exceptionally floriferous. Fountains of gray green foliage and whitish inflorescences. Arching rose-pink seed heads. All soils but not too dry. Reasonably hardy.
Eventual size: 70-100 cm
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H. sempervirens is a dense tufted evergreen grass with rather rigid blue-grey leaves to 23cm in length. Small, straw-coloured spikelets are borne in large open panicles on erect stems to 1.5 m in height. Hardy. Eventual size: 1 to 1.5 m
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Densely tufted evergreen perennial, grown for its clumps of narrow, reddish or copper-colored leaves. Provide a moist but not too wet soil. Newly planted clumps may be slow to establish.
Eventual size: 50 to 80 cm
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