Phalaris arundinacea ‘Picta’
Reed canary grass
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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Eulalia
The tall stems topped with feathery plumes of rich copper red look magnificent above clumps of narrow, green, arching foliage. The stately flower spikes of Miscanthus ‘Purpurascens’ are most numerous following a long hot summer. This hardy perennial is easy to grow and needs very little maintenance. Hardy but not evergreen. Well-drained soil..
Eventual size: 1.2 to 1.5 m
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Miscanthus sinensis ‘Red Chief’
Red Maiden Silvergrass
Compact deciduous perennial with narrow leaves with fine white stripes down the center,coloring to reddish orange in autumn. Brownred plumes coloring to white from late summer to autumn. All well-drained soils.
Eventual size: 0.9 to 1.8 m
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Helictotrichon sempervirens
Blue oat grass
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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Pennisetum messiacum ‘Red Bunny Tails’
Fountain Grass
Compact perennial grass with arching bluegreen linear leaves and pink to redbrown flower plumes in late summer. All soils. Reasonably hardy.
Eventual size: 70 cm
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Deschampsia Cespitosa
Tufted hair grass
D. cespitosa is an evergreen grass forming a neat tussock of narrow, leathery, dark green leaves to 60cm long, with feathery panicles of silvery-purple flowers on arching stems in summer. Moist but well-drained soil. Hardy.
Eventual size: 1.5 to 2 m
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