Ornamental grasses – Page 4

Miscanthus sinensis ‘Silberfeder’

Eulalia

‘Silberfeder’ is a reliably flowering deciduous grass to 2.0 m tall, with narrow, arching foliage and feathery silver flowerheads in late summer.
Eventual size: 1.8 to 2 m
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Miscanthus sinensis ‘Rotsilber’

Eulalia

‘Rotsilber’ is a clump-forming grass, deciduous, but with tough stems and leaves which stay interesting in winter. One of the earlier flowering cultivars, it begins to flower in mid-summer. It has a compact, upright habit, to 1.7 m tall when in flower. The leaves have a distinctive silver midrib, and flowers are silvery, tinged red-purple when young, and remaining attractive into the late autumn. Very hard but not evergreen. Moist but well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 175 cm
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Miscanthus sinensis ‘Morning Light’

Eulalia

‘Morning Light’ is a compact deciduous perennial with narrow leaves finely edged with white, and pink-tinged panicles of flowers in autumn. Hardy but not evergreen. Moist but well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 1.5 to 1.8 m
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Miscanthus sinensis ‘Malepartus’

Eulalia

‘Malepartus’ is a vigorous, free-flowering deciduous grass to 2 m tall, with arching leaves with white midribs, and proific, pink-tinged flower heads soon ageing to silver, opening in late summer.
Eventual size: up to 2 m
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Miscanthus sinensis ‘Kleine Silberspinne’

Eulalia

‘Kleine Silberspinne’ forms a compact clump of arching, narrow leaves with white midribs, and feathery reddish flower heads to 1.5 m tall in late summer, soon turning pale brown and lasting well into winter. Hardy but not evergreen. Moist but well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 1 to 1.5 m
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Miscanthus sinensis ‘Grosse Fontäne’

Eulalia

‘Grosse Fontäne’ is a tall plant with long, arching leaves with white midribs and turning orange, red and purple in autumn, and feathery flower heads in late summer, opening pink, later silver. Hardy. Well-drained, Moist but well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 1.8 to 2.5 m
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Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’

Eulalia

‘Gracillimus’ is a compact, clump-forming deciduous grass with narrow, arching leaves with white midribs, and silky, purple-tinged, curled flower panicles in late summer. Hardy but not evergreen. Well-drained, Moist but well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 1 to 1.8 m
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Miscanthus sinensis ‘Ghana’

Eulalia

‘Ghana’ is an upright, clump-forming deciduous grass to 1.6 m tall, with narrow, arching foliage that turns an attractive russet in autumn, and feathery, reddish inflorescences that age to silver, in late summer. Moist but well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 1.2 tot 1.6 m
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Miscanthus sinensis ‘Flamingo’

Eulalia

‘Flamingo’ is a deciduous grass with arching, leaves to 2 cm wide, with prominent white midribs, and feathery inflorescences opening in late summer, at first pink-tinged, later silvery. Hardy but not evergreen. Moist but well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 1 to 1.8m
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Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’

Eulalia

‘Adagio’ is a an elegant, clump-forming deciduous grass to 1.2 m tall, with long, narrow, grey-green, arching leaves that turn orange and yellow in autumn. Pink-tinged, tassel-like flower heads in summer turn creamy-white in autumn. Hardy but not evergreen. Moist but well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 1 to 1.2 m
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Miscanthus Floridulus Giganteus

Giant Silvergrass

This is a grass of large proportions, forming very tall clumps of green leaves, their tips arching gracefully in layers. Useful as a living screen or hedge, bearing soft-pink plumes in the fall. The corn-like stalks turn creamy tan in winter. Clumps are large, but well behaved and not invasive. Moist but well-drained rich soil. Hardy.
Eventual size: 2.5 to 4 m
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Liriope Muscari ‘Big Blue’

Big blue lilyturf

L. muscari is an evergreen tuberous perennial forming a dense clump of narrow, arching, leathery, dark green leaves, with small violet-purple flowers carried in dense, erect spikes to 30cm in height in autumn, followed by black berries. Excellent ground cover. Hardy.
Eventual size: 30 cm
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