
Pennisetum messiacum ‘Red Bunny Tails’
Fountain Grass
Compact perennial grass with arching bluegreen linear leaves and pink to redbrown flower plumes in late summer. All soils. Reasonably hardy.
Eventual size: 70 cm
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Black Snake Beard
Evergreen soil covering plant that spreads through root shootsbut isn’t aggressive. Sword-shaped, deep black purple leaves. The leaf feels leathery due to the wax layer. Small, inconspicuous, lilac flowers in late spring, and small bells in summer.
Eventual size: 20 to 30 cm
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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
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Carex Flacca
Blue sedge
Blue sedge spreads to form a mat of bluish-green foliage. The plant can be used as a ground cover or in rock gardens. Best growth occurs in the sun but the plant will grow in shade. Hardyn evergreen. Moist soil.
Eventual size: 30 to 70 cm
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Pennisetum orientale ‘Flamingo’
Fountain Grass
Very showy grass that is exceptionally floriferous. Fountains of gray green foliage and whitish inflorescences. Arching rose-pink seed heads. All soils but not too dry. Reasonably hardy.
Eventual size: 70-100 cm
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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
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