Acanthus Carex Evercolor Evercream (P) Festuca Intense Blue P9 Liner 22 Imperata Red Baron PlugTray Size Pennisetum Fireworks (P) Height/Spread Liner Size/Tray Size
Grasses & Architectural Acanthus Varieties This versatile range provides all year round sales opportunities. Whether used within mixed planting schemes or as individual focal points of interest within the garden, they offer great contrast to more colourful planting. The amazing Evercolor assortment combine easily with other products for early spring and autumn sales, while our colourful Pennisetum provide superb summer pot sales opportunities. Our mature 9cm liners are perfect for added value baskets and containers as well as planting into larger pots for specimen plant sales. 23
Acorus, Arundo, Calamagrostis, Carex Acorus Sweet Flag is not a true grass but has a distinctive grassy appearance. Evergreen, with narrow foliage that makes for beautiful accent plants in various positions in the garden including borders, containers and hanging baskets. gramineus Golden Delight Arundo A robust evergreen grass with strong stout stems bearing broadly linear white and green leaves. Feathery panicles of small, purplish flowers during the autumn. Calamagrostis Commonly known as Reed Grass forming a strong, upright habit and soft feathery greenish plumes that mature into stiff wheat-coloured spikes, which last into winter. 30/30 Karl Foerster gramineus Ogon 25/30 donax Variegata Compact 250/125 Overdam 125/65 105/50 Carex Sedges are grass-like plants, mostly preferring sites with moist, rich soil. Their striking foliage provides year round interest and makes wonderful companion plants in mixed container plantings. brunnea Feather Falls (P) brunnea Jenneke 35/45 35/35 brunnea NEW Lady Sunshine 25/30 buchananii 45/35 comans Bronze 35/35 comans Frosted Curls 25/35 elata Aurea (Bowles Gold) 75/45 24 PlugTray Size Height/Spread Liner Size/Tray Size
Carex Evercolor Everillo (P) Carex Evercolor The premium Evercolor range has been developed for high impulse retail pot sales. Easy and fast to grow varieties. Carex Full Sun to Full Shade Moderate Height: 25-50cm Spread: 15-50cm Flowering Time: n/a -20 C Evercream (P) Everest (P) Evergold (P) Everillo (P) 45/45 45/45 45/45 45/45 Everlime (P) 45/45 Everlite (P) 30/20 Everoro 35/35 Eversheen (P) 35/35 25
Carex, Cordyline Carex Carex Aurea (Bowles Gold) morrowii testacea hachijoensis Maxigold 25/25 petriei Milk Chocolate 55/35 Vanilla Ice (P) 35/35 50/50 Carex Lady Sunshine Cordyline Palm-like, evergreen shrub with sword-like arching leaves. Provides a great focal point as an architectural feature in the border. The Festival series feature unique cascading foliage which looks stunning as a feature plant on the patio. Cordyline Torbay Dazzler 100/80 Atlantic Green Charlie Boy (P) Karo Kiri Red Comet Red Star 600/300 250/100 120/40 250/100 100/50 Southern Splendour (P) 80/80 Sunset 120/180 Torbay Dazzler 110/125 Torbay Red 200/125 obtecta Albatross (P) 90/90 26 PlugTray Size Height/Spread Liner Size/Tray Size
FESTIVAL Burgundy (P) 100/100 SELLOANA Golden Goblin (P) 130/105 cespitosa cespitosa FESTIVAL Raspberry (P) 95/95 Cortaderia Dwarf Pampas Grass ideal for finishing in large pots and containers. Golden Goblin is a mutation of Pumilla with the same compact habit but with attractive yellow and green variegated leaves. Excellent garden performance, low argentea maintenance and year round interest. Pumilla 130/105 Deschampsia The Tufted Hair Grass, is a clump-forming, cool season grass providing great autumn and early winter interest. Deep green foliage and airy panicles from which tiny, variable coloured flowers form an attractive cloud. One of the few ornamental grasses that grows well in shade. Cordyline, Cortaderia, Deschampsia, Fascicularia Goldschleier Tardiflora 75/75 75/75 bicolor 55/60 Fascicularia Exotic, pineapple-like flowers of silver-green with red bracts. Striking metallic blue flowers form in the centre of mature plants. 27
Festuca Festuca The Blue Fescues are valued for their clumping habit and display of colourful, grassy foliage. Intense Blue is undoubtedly one of the best blue forms with dense tufts of bluer-thanblue leaves that remain blue all season... stunning! Festuca Intense Blue (P) Full Sun to Part Shade Moderate Height: 20-40cm Spread: 20-45cm Flowering Time: June -25 C glauca glauca Elijah Blue 25/25 Intense Blue (P) 25/25 28 PlugTray Size Height/Spread Liner Size/Tray Size
macra macra Sunflare (P) 35/55 macra Albostriata (VR) NEW macra All Gold (VR) Hakonechloa Providing wonderful texture and form, Japanese Forest Grasses are amongst the most desirable of ornamental grasses. Forming mounds of arching stems, with cascading layers of narrow colourful foliage. Look great spilling out of containers or along pathways and border edges. macra Aureola macra Stripe It Rich Hakonechloa, Holcus, Imperata 50/45 70/90 48/50 50/45 45/50 mollis NEW Holcus Attractive variegated foliage of cream and white, with pale green flowers appearing in July/ August. Great for groundcover. Jackdaws Cream 50/50 cylindrica Red Baron 45/30 Imperata An unusual and dramatic grass, slowly forming a low clump. Leaves are green at the base, with red tips that become more intense over the summer and autumn until they appear to glow. Great for edging, in the rock garden and especially when mass planted. 29
Libertia, Liriope, Lomandra Libertia Goldfinger is a clump forming grass-like plant with golden foliage. Taupo Sunset has narrow sword-like leaves of yellow-orange changing to strong orange with burnt-red highlights as the season progresses. Both produce a profusion of star-like pure white flowers in spring followed by attractive yellow berries in autumn. ixioides Goldfinger (P) ixioides Taupo Sunset (P) Liriope Lily-Turf is a grassy-leaved, evergreen perennial most often used as a groundcover or edging plant in shady places. Forms a low clump, bearing spikes of tiny lily flowers in summer. muscari muscari muscari 40/40 75/75 muscari Moneymaker Okina Pee Dee Gold Ingot Variegata 40/35 40/35 30/25 30/25 Lomandra This new variegated Lomandra has beautiful, soft and slender foliage with small yellow flowers early summer. Compact habit which looks great as a stand alone feature plant or wonderful as a focal plant in mixed containers on the patio. Performs best in full sun to light shade. Tolerant of drought and frost, avoid excessive watering. White Sands (P) 55/45 Lomandra White Sands (P) 30 PlugTray Size Height/Spread Liner Size/Tray Size
Miscanthus Miscanthus are prized for their wonderful display of showy plumes that remain attractive all winter. Clump forming habit and attractive, graceful arching foliage that provides a stunning backdrop in any garden border. Miscanthus Miscanthus Navajo NEW NEW Brazil Cosmopolitan Gold Bar (P) 150/50 205/135 125/80 x giganteus NEW NEW NEW Little Miss Navajo Alligator (P) 75/75 120/60 150/50 sinensis sinensis sinensis sinensis Ferner Osten 130/90 Morning Light 150/85 Strictus 205/85 Zebrinus 205/85 31
Molinia, Ophiopogon, Panicum Molinia Moor Grass is a medium sized grass for the waterside or perennial border. Forms a low clump of green and creamy-white or yellow striped leaves, bearing taller arching stems of airy yellow flowers in late summer, lasting into the autumn. Ophiopogon The Black Mondo Grass is a low growing, clump forming, evergreen perennial with arching, narrow strap-shaped, leathery black leaves and racemes of small purple-white flowers in summer which are followed by glossy, black fruit. caerulea Variegata 70/45 Nigrescens 15/25 Panicum Also known as Switch Grass, Panicum is one of the easiest and most attractive ornamental grasses, with no tendency to spread or become troublesome. Flowers appear late summer and look great well into winter. NEW Purple Breeze J40 50/40 virgatum virgatum virgatum virgatum J40 Heavy Metal 135/75 J40 Northwind 135/75 J40 Prairie Sky 105/75 J40 Warrior 105/75 32 PlugTray Size Height/Spread Liner Size/Tray Size
Pennisetum Fireworks (P) Pennisetum An upright mound of arching leaves resembling a fountain, bearing bottle-brush like flowers. Great for mass planting or specimen accent in the garden and containers. Pennisetum Full Sun to Part Shade Moderate Height: 25-120cm Spread: 30-90cm Flowering Time: July to September -5 C Cherry Sparkler (P) Fireworks (P) Hamelyn Gold (VR) 105/85 105/85 85/85 alopecuroides setaceum Little Bunny 30/30 /J28 Sky Rocket (P) 105/85 Hamelyn 85/85 Rubrum 105/85 33
Phormium, Schizachyrium Phormium New Zealand Flax are striking foliage plants. With their broad, colourful, arching sword-shaped leaves they make wonderful feature plants in both garden borders and patio containers. cookianum Flamingo 95/45 cookianum Tricolor 125/200 Apricot Queen 110/110 Black Adder (P) 75/75 Bronze Baby 55/55 Cream Delight Evening Glow Golden Ray Jester Maori Maiden 75/75 70/70 150/150 95/95 75/75 Maori Queen Maori Sunrise Red Sensation Yellow Wave 95/145 80/125 95/95 350/200 Phormium Flamingo Schizachyrium Forms sturdy, tight, upright blue-green stems with purple closer to the base. Silver flower spikes appear in late summer. Tolerates heat and humidity. NEW Standing Ovation 105/55 34 PlugTray Size Height/Spread Liner Size/Tray Size
gigantea 230/105 violacea Variegata 45/45 rubra tenuissima Pony Tails 55/40 Stipa The Mexican Feather Grass is a terrific accent plant. Clump forming habit and tan coloured flowers late summer. Drought tolerant once established. Tulbaghia The variegated Society Garlic is a clump forming perennial with narrow, linear, garlic-scented, cream and grey-green variegated leaves and stems bearing large clusters of fragrant, pale purple flowers from mid summer. Uncinia This beautiful evergreen Hook Sedge features a low, arching mound of narrow, bronze red leaves with a cherry-red edge. Small brown flower tassels are borne on wiry stems in the summer. Stipa. Tulbaghia, Uncinia, Yucca Everflame (P) 25/30 Yucca Commonly known as Adam s Needle, a terrific plant for solving problem hot and sunny areas with dry soil. Plants form a rosette of leathery sword-shaped leaves. An attractive specimen plant that requires very little maintenance. gloriosa Bright Edge 80/85 Colour Guard (VR) 120/60 Sapphire Skies (VR) 90/40 Variegata 200/200 35