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Acorus Ogon
A low-growing grass-like perennial forming a clump of bright yellow leaves striped yellowish green.
Calamagrostis brachytricha
An upright, clump-forming ornamental grass grown for its tall, fluffy silver-grey flower heads which occasionally have pinkish-purple tints. As the flowers age, the grass takes on a light golden yellow shade in autumn giving this particular grass a long period of interest in the garden. To avoid the grass from flopping over, this variety is best grown in full sun though somewhere in the middle of the border as the younger growth can look a little tatty if planted too close to the front.
Calamagrostis Karl Foerster
A clump-forming, deciduous perennial grass with flat, arching leaves and bearing green flowers at first, quickly fading to buff.
Calamagrostis Overdam
A compact, tufted, clump-forming perennial grass with narrow, yellow-cream striped leaves becoming pale brown in winter.
Carex buchananii
Tufted evergreen perennial with arching orange-brown leaves, curled at their tips. From mid summer onwards, spikes of brown flowers are displayed on long stems.
Carex comans bronze-leaved
A tufted, evergreen grass with bronze leaves and bearing inconspicuous brown flower spikes in late summer.
Carex elata Aurea
An evergreen, perennial grass forming a compact clump of arching, bright yellow leaves and producing small, blackish flower spikes in early summer.
Carex Evergold
A clump-forming sedge grass with narrow, arching, evergreen leaves, striped yellow. A versatile and very useful garden plant.
Carex Frosted Curls
A compact, evergreen grass forming a dense mound of icy green tufts. Great when planted en masse and also as a container plant on the patio.
Carex Ice Dance
An evergreen perennial grass with arching green leaves narrowly edged creamy white. A great ornamental plant for sunny or partially shaded areas and also good for containers.
Carex testacea
One of the evergreen New Zealand sedges which have many uses, providing winter and summer interest. Its narrow, arching leaves are olive-green in summer, the colour intensifying to warm coppery-orange in winter. Flowers are brown and insignificant, but their stems droop gracefully as they age.
Festuca Elijah Blue
A compact, ornamental grass with blue-green leaves bearing short spikes of blue-green flowers in midsummer. It looks great in Mediterranean planting schemes or growing in gravel. The colour is better the more sun the plants get.
Hakonechloa Aureola
A clump-forming deciduous grass with narrow, arching, bright yellow leaves with green stripes, often tinged red in late autumn and early winter.
Hakonechloa macra
A small, ornamental, slow-spreading semi-evergreen grass which builds into cascading hummocks of green. Fantastic planted in drifts, particularly when it bears its lime green flowers in late June to early July.
Hakonechloa Nicolas
A slow-growing, clump-forming semi-evergreen grass with arching green leaves flushed red and orange in autumn and producing spikelets of needle-like, pale green flowers from late summer into early autumn.
Imperata Red Baron
An interesting grass with richly red-suffused, green leaves of upright habit produced as an open clump with narrow panicles of silver flowers in late summer.
Leymus Blue Dune
A wonderful grass for open, sunny sites in well-drained soils with steely blue foliage throughout the summer and straw-coloured seed heads in spring.
Luzula nivea
A slender, evergreen grass with hairy leaves, forming loose clumps, making a great ground cover plant throughout the year. In midsummer, it bears elegant clusters of small, white flowers which can self-seed freely, so to keep it in check, prompt deadheading is recommended.
Miscanthus Morning Light
A hardy, deciduous grass with arching narrow leaves edged white developing reddish-brown flowers in autumn after a hot summer. A really attractive, statement plant.
Miscanthus Zebrinus
A large, deciduous grass producing long, arching green leaves with wide bands of pale creamy yellow and plumes of bronze-pink flowers from late summer turning silvery white in autumn.
Molinia Heidebraut
Forms dense tussocks of narrow upright leaves, colouring in autumn. Slender plumes of densely-set dark purple spikelets are borne on deep purple-black arching stems, to around 1.2m tall. The stems turn colour as they age, becoming orange-yellow by late autumn.
Molinia Karl Foerster
Tufted deciduous grass with arching green leaves turning yellow in autumn producing panicles of purple flowers in summer.
Molinia Moorhexe
A compact, deciduous grass forming a dense clump of narrow, upright foliage turning pale brown and orange in winter and producing purplish flower heads in late summer.
Ophiopogon Nigrescens
An evergreen perennial forming dense, tufts of arching, strap-shaped black leaves. Small spikes of bell-shaped, pale mauve flowers form in summer, followed by glossy, black berries.
Panicum Heavy Metal
A perennial grass forming clumps of upright, metallic blue-grey leaves. turning yellow in autumn. Weeping panicles of tiny, purple-green spikelets in autumn.
Panicum Prairie Sky
A deciduous grass with blue-green leaves turning orange-yellow in autumn and producing drooping, branched panicles of blue-green spikelets in autumn.
Panicum Rehbraun
A perennial grass with flat, linear, mid-green leaves developing rich, reddish-purple shades in autumn. Airy sprays of tiny, purple-green flowers are produced from mid-summer to early autumn.
Panicum Squaw
Mounds of green foliage topped by masses of tiny pink-flushed flowers in summer.
Pennisetum Hameln
A clump-forming, perennial grass with arching, linear leaves and bearing cylindrical panicles of purple-tinged flowers spikes in summer.
Pennisetum Little Bunny
A dwarf cultivar with fluffy, cream to pale pink flower panicles and narrow, green and white leaves.
Sesleria autumnalis
Perennial grass forming a neat clump of bright green leaves producing silvery-white flower panicles in late summer.