Category Archives: Garden Plants
Panicum virgatum Heavy Metal
A beautiful, sturdy, upright, clump-forming switch grass, particularly admired for its light, airy looks. Metallic blue foliage with burgundy tinted seed heads in Autumn. Look stunning planted with sedums or as a back drop to lower growing grasses. Supplied in approx 2-3 Litre containers.
Festuca glauca Elijah Blue – Intense Blue Fescue
A fine mystical blue grass which looks excellent early in the season and will flower later. Delicate cylindrical swards and a spreading habit. Brilliant for the container with other grasses or in the border.Strong established plants supplied in approx 2-3 Litre containers.
Imperata cylindrica Red Baron – Pack of THREE Japanese Blood Grasses
Imperata cylindrical Rubra, better known as ‘Red Barron’ or Japanese Blood Grass is one of our favourite ornamental grasses for the simple reason of it’s vivid and unusual colours – there is not other ornamental grass available quite like it.The foliage of this stunning herbaceous grass is quite literally blood-red, fading off to a nice
Cortaderia selloana Splendid Star – Dwarf Golden Pampas Grass
A startling new introduction with bright yellow and green foliage. This horticultural first, is the only fully hardy, dwarf golden pampas and quite unique, with golden streaked leaves that stay on the plant all year. Elegant white flower plumes are produced in late summer. Tolerant of a wide range of conditions, and easy to grow,
Carex oshimensis Evergold – Japanese Sedge – Pack of THREE
Attractive ornamental grass forms low hummocks of striking dark green leaves with a central strip of yellow-cream. In mid to late spring the plant bears brown flowerspikes. Looks good planted with other ornamental grasses with contrasting foliage. Strong established plants supplied in approx 2 Litre containers.
Calamagrostis acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ – Feather Reed Grass
The pink-bronze summer flowerheads of this strongly upright ornamental grass fade to a wonderful wheat colour and persist well into winter. Excellent as a specimen or mass planting, it looks particularly striking close to buildings. Best in moist, humus-rich soil in full sun. Larger, well established plants supplied in approx. 5-6.5 litre containers.
Carex morrowii Variegata
A good variegated light green and golden cream ‘rush’, this sedge of Japanese origin forms a low cascading clump of evergreen leathery leaves with a sunny cream-coloured stripe down the centre. A choice plant for edging or in the rock garden. Great in containers. Strong established plants supplied in approx 2 Litre containers.
Cortaderia selloana Rosea – Pink Pampas Grass
Tall, pink-flushed, feathery plumes in late summer above large mounds of sharp-edged, mid-green leaves. This unusual pink form of pampas grass looks wonderful planted by water or set in the middle of a sunny, well-drained lawn. One of the largest varieties currently available, it’s perfect for a medium or large garden. Supplied in an approx
Cortaderia selloana Sunningdale Silver – Pampas Grass
Dense silvery white plumes on strong, erect stems in late summer and early autumn are held high above clumps of arching mid-green leaves. This is a beautiful ornamental grass that makes a striking feature if given plenty of room in a sunny, well-drained spot. Supplied in approx 5 Litre containers.
Dwarf Pampas Grass – Cortaderia selloana Junior
‘Junior’ is a dwarf pampas grass better suited to requirements in smaller gardens providing all those lovely soft silvery white plumes on a plant just 90-150cm (3-5′) tall.This beautiful grass with lovely fluffy plumes will make a wonderful solitary specimen or work well blended in with shrubs and other grasses.One feature of the flowering is
Calamagrostis acutiflora ‘Overdam’ – Feather Reed Grass
This versatile, variegated grass has pale yellow margins and stripes which quickly fade to white. Equally suitable as a specimen or mass planting for a sunny, moist site, the pink-bronze summer flowerheads mature to a wonderful, wheat colour and provide interest in the winter months. Supplied in approx 6.5 litre containers.
Molinia caerulea variegata
An exceptionally versatile grass, which seems to do well in a wide variety of soils in sun or slight shade. This plant will shine in late evening sun and form a clump of green and creamy white striped leaf blades that reach 60-75cms in height.
Festuca gautieri Green – Pack of THREE
A fine emerald green grass which looks excellent early in the season and will flower later. Delicate cylindrical swards and a spreading habit. Brilliant for the container with other grasses or in the border. Supplied in 1 litre containers.
Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hameln’ – Fountain Grass
An attractive ornamental grass which makes a compact, densely tufted clump of dark green leaves, that turn yellow in autumn. From mid-summer to autumn, it bears bristly, greenish white flower spikes that mature to grey-brown. This grass looks good for months on end and needs very little attention either, just removal of dead leaves in
Hedera helix Goldheart – Evergreen Ivy
Clusters of yellowish-green autumn flowers followed by spherical, black fruit and small, lustrous, three-lobed, dark green leaves with a prominent golden-yellow centre. This popular, variegated, evergreen climber is perfect for covering a sunny or partly shady wall. Slow to establish and then fast-growing, it prefers a fertile soil. Supplied in approx 2-3 litre containers.
Carex comans Bronze
Clumping New Zealand native to 12″ with dense, fine textured bronzy-brown foliage. Grows well in moist soil in full sun to part shade. Supplied in approx 1 litre containers.
Virginia Creeper Vine – Parthenocissus quinquefolia Engelmannii – Boston Ivy
Gorgeous, glossy, deeply lobed, dark green leaves turning spectacular shades of red-purple in autumn if planted in a sunny spot. This beautiful Boston ivy is perfect for covering a large north or east-facing wall. A particularly vigorous variety needing pruning to keep in bounds, established plants are an important wildlife habitat for insects and small
Sunningdale Silver Pampas Grass – Cortaderia selloana Large Specimen Plant
Majestic Ornamental Grass originating from South AmericaStout stems carry huge, graceful feathery heads of silky, creamy-white flowersAttractive large tussocks of linear grassy foliageFully Hardy in the UK, resistant to drought and freezing temperaturesPerfect for use as a solitary specimen and focal pointAlso Looks great blended with Shrubs, Perennials and GrassesSuperb ornamental grass for late summer
Lonicera periclymenum Serotina – Honeysuckle
A classic cottage-garden climber bearing fragrant, tubular, creamy-white flowers, streaked dark-red purple, from July to October. Late Dutch honeysuckle looks lovely scrambling over a wall or fence or growing through a robust tree. A vigorous, late-flowering, deciduous variety it grows best in light shade. Supplied in approx 1-2 Litre containers, these are perfect to cover
