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Japanese sedge is a perfect companion plant for evergreen arrangements because this grass-like perennial remains in leaf all year long. The stiff and glossy leaves are dark green with wide, creamy-white margins. It needs well-drained but constantly moist and humus-rich soil. When establis ...


	0.3 - 0.4m			5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Carex oshimensis 'EVERGOLD'
(Japanese sedge)

Japanese sedge is a perfect companion plant for evergreen arrangements because this grass-like perennial remains in leaf all year long. Evergold is a variety with linear, narrow leaves that are creamy yellow in the centre and have dark green margins. It is a well-behaved plant n ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.2 - 0.3m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fargesia murieliae 'JUMBO'
(bamboo)

Jumbo is an old bamboo favourite with soft green, pointed leaves, about 10 cm long, elegantly hanging on the canes offering a relaxed appearance. Young canes are green and change to yellow when mature. It grows into a compact, dense bush which looks good not only as a specimen p ...


	2 - 3m	1 - 1.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Festuca gautieri
(bearskin fescue)

Bearskin fescue or spiky fescue is a lovely perennial with bright green, narrowly linear, inward inrolled leaves that look spiky but are very soft and nice to touch indeed. The plant naturally forms small mounds and spreads very s ...


	0.2 - 0.2m	0.2 - 0.3m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Festuca glauca 'ELIJAH BLUE'
(blue fescue)

Blue fescue is an attractive perennial – grass forming low mounds of short, silvery blue, thin foliage. It grows only about 20 cm tall but in summer it is decorated with approx. 40 cm tall stems with light beige spikes of flowers. They can be removed at any t ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.2 - 0.3m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Festuca glauca 'Casblue' INTENSE BLUE®
(blue fescue)

INTENSE BLUE® is a blue fescue of a striking colour. It was bred by Allure Tuinplanten and Amigra from the Netherlands. It was found in 2005 and introduced three years later. The plant makes well-behaved, symmetrical, ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.2 - 0.3m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hakonechloa macra
(Hakone grass)

Hakone grass is one of the top grass species most appreciated by landscape designers. It is so showy and simple at the same time, so no wonder it is often used as undergrowth of larger beautiful Japanese maples or other appealing multistemmed shrubs with bare frame ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Hakonechloa macra 'AUREOLA'
(Hakone grass)

Aureola is a distinct hakone grass variety with variegated foliage. Its leaves have narrow stripes of banana yellow, pale green, and light butter yellow colour. They are only about one centimeter wide leaves and grow from s ...


	0.3 - 0.6m	0.3 - 0.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Liriope muscari 'MONEYMAKER'
(border grass)

Moneymaker is a clump forming lily-turf variety with attractive foliage and flowers. Its dark green, ribbon-like, semi-glossy, narrow leaves are evergreen in mild winters of zone 6, and reliably evergreen in warmer areas. I ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.5m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Miscanthus sinensis 'ADAGIO'
(dwarf maiden grass)

Adagio is a dwarf variety of eulalia (maiden grass) as it does not grow taller than some 70 cm in leaf, and slightly over one meter in bloom. Leaves are dark green, elegantly narrow, and emerge late in spring, often in May. ...


	0.5 - 0.8m	1 - 1.5m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Miscanthus sinensis 'FLAMINGO'
(eulalia)

Flamingo is an eulaila variety of a graceful habit. It has deep green, glossy leaves with a conspicuous white stripe in the middle. In autumn they quickly gain purple shades and later turn fiery orange. Glossy, wine red flo ...


	1.5 - 1.8m	1 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Miscanthus sinensis 'GOLD BAR'®
(eulalia)

Gold Bar® is a very attractive mutation of popular zebra grass which exhibits a shorter, more compact growth with more profuse yellow variegation. Gold Bar®


	0.8 - 1.3m	0.6 - 1m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Miscanthus sinensis 'GRACILLIMUS'
(eulalia)

Gracillimus is a maiden grass (eulalia) which is very popular among both interior as well as landscape designers. It offers a lush effect of dense tufts of narrow, rich green leaves, elegantly arching. It is not very tall b ...


	1.5 - 1.8m	1 - 2m		4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Miscanthus sinensis 'LITTLE ZEBRA'®
(dwarf eulalia)

Little Zebra® is an eulalia variety which is commonly supposed to be a dwarf version of Zebrinus, an older eulalia variety, however, these two have nothing in ...


	0.8 - 1.3m	0.8 - 1.3m		5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Miscanthus sinensis 'MALEPARTUS'
(eulalia)

Malepartus is a robust eulalia variety with striking foliage and flowers. The leaves are wide, rich green with a prominent white midrib, turning orange in autumn. Flowers are produced from late July and are held high above ...


	1.5 - 1.8m	1 - 1.3m			for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Miscanthus sinensis 'MORNING LIGHT'
(silver grass)

Morning Light is an almost silver-leaved variety of eulalia. Its long leaves have white margins but they are so narrow that this colour overtakes the green centre, giving a silvery appearance to the whole clump. In the middle of summer it makes reddish-bronze flowers. It is best grown in sunny and w ...


	0.5 - 1m			5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Miscanthus sinensis 'RED CHIEF'
(eulalia)

Red Chief is another red-flowering eulalia variety. In September it produces deep maroon red flowers high above fine foliage. Leaves are rather narrow, elegant, glossy, deep green in summer and gaining red shades in late su ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Miscanthus sinensis 'ZEBRINUS'
(zebra grass)

Zebra grass, formerly known as Strictus, is an old favourite among eulalias. It has stiff, upright, bright green leaves with horizontal creamy yellow stripes which make it the popular zebr ...


	1.3 - 1.8m	1.3 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'NIGER'
(mondo grass)

Ophiopogon planiscapus (Ebony Night, Black Dragon)

Mondo grass is a highly attractive evergreen perennial from China and Japan. It is cultivated for handsome, strap-like foliage. Niger is a variety offering narrow, flat, grass-like leaves of extremely deep purple, almost bl ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.4m		6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Panicum virgatum 'PRAIRIE SKY'
(switch grass)

Prairie Sky is considered the bluest among the very few switch grass varieties offering blue-green colour. Its flat, 1-2 cm wide leaves are upright, only tips are weeping. From late summer appear taller stems with large, sa ...


	1.3 - 1.8m	1 - 1.5m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'HAMELN'
(Chinese fountain grass)

Chinese fountain grass is an elegant feature to every garden. It has mid to dark green linear leaves growing in a thick cluster forming a shape of a fountain. From midsummer it produces yellow-green spike-like flowers which look like bottlebrushes. They are beige w ...


	0.5 - 0.6m	0.6 - 0.8m		5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Stipa tenuissima 'PONYTAILS'
(feather grass)

Feather grass comes from a country where it would definitely be called maravilloso as it comes from Mexico, Argentina, and can also be found in New Mexico and Texas in USA. Ponytails is a compact and a little shorter variet ...