Ornamental grasses – Page 5

Leymus arenarius ‘Blue Dune’

Blue Lyme Grass

This bright blue, cool-season ornamental grass maintains its coloring throughout the growing season. In spring, straw-colored seed heads appear on stalks. Hardy and evergreen. Invasive. Dry, sandy soil.
Eventual size: 80 cm
Position:

Imperata Cylindrica ‘Red Baron’

Japanese blood grass

‘Red Baron’ is a deciduous grass forming a loose clump of erect, linear green leaves strongly suffused with deep red, and narrow silvery flower panicles in late summer. Medium hardy. Well-drained, Moist but well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 30 – 50 cm
Position:

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
Position:

Miscanthus sinensis ‘Purpurescens’

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
Position:

Festuca glauca ‘Golden Toupee’

Blue fescue

‘Golden Toupee’ is a compact, mound-forming deciduous grass with needle-like leaves that are bright yellow in spring, later becoming grey-green. Evergreen. Attract butterflies.
Well drained soil.
Eventual size: 20 cm
Position:

Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’

Blue fescue

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
Position:

Deschampsia Cespitosa ‘Goldschleier’

Tufted hair grass

‘Goldschleier’ is a tuft-forming evergreen perennial with dark, bluish-green leaves. It produces golden-yellow flowers with a silvery sheen from late spring to summer that are followed by long-lasting plumes giving good autumn display. Well-drained, Moist but well-drained soil. Hardy.
Eventual size: 1 to 1.2 m
Position:

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
Position:

Calamagrostis Acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’

Feather reed-grass

‘Karl Foerster’ is a clump-forming deciduous perennial grass with flat, arching leaves to 90 cm in length, and bronze flowering panicles that fade to pale brown. The blossoms change color through the season and remain on the plant until winter snow brings them down. Moist to wet fertile soil.
Eventual size: 1 à 1.5 m
Position:

Calamagrostis Acutiflora ‘Overdam’

Feather reed-grass

‘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
Position:

Carex Pendula

Sedge

Carex pendula is a vigorous rhizomatous perennial forming large clumps of dark green, linear, pleated leaves, with tall stems bearing several slender, drooping flower spikes. Moist, poorly-drained soil.
Eventual size: 1 tot 1.5m
Position:

Carex Morrowii ‘Variegata’

Japanese sedge

Looking as though each blade has been touched by frost, Carex morrowii ‘Variegata’ has slender strap-shaped leaves edged in white. With a tidy clumping habit, this hardy evergreen sedge is fantastic for edging paths or planting in drifts through perennial borders. Well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 40 to 60 cm
Position: