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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		full sun to shade	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Carex comans 'FROSTED CURLS'
(New Zealand hair sedge)

Frosted Curls is a tufted, evergreen New Zealand hair sedge variety with narrow leaves that curls at tips. The leaves are light green in spring and summer, after flowering in late summer they turn light sandy yellow, and fi ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.2 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°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	semi-shade to shade	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Fargesia nitida 'GREAT WALL'
(bamboo)

Great Wall is an English variety of fargesia nitida forming a compact, dense clump. Its leaves are narrowly elongated, evergreen, rich green or with some blue green hues. It makes strong stems that grow fast in the first ye ...


	2 - 4m	1 - 3m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°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	full sun	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	semi-shade / partial sun	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	semi-shade / partial sun	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	full sun to shade	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	full sun	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	full sun	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	full sun	4 (down to -34°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	full sun		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		full sun	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	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Miscanthus sinensis 'EMPMIS01' RED CLOUD®
(eulalia)

RED CLOUD® miscanthus is one of very few varieties producing weeping inflorescence. Already in midsummer it forms rich burgundy red, glossy plumes which are not erect as most other eulalias. Their colour is intense and ...


	0.8 - 1.3m	0.5 - 0.8m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Miscanthus sinensis 'EMPMIS02' PINK CLOUD
(eulalia)

PINK CLOUD miscanthus produces pale bronze red inflorescence which in full sun does appear almost pink. In early autumn the flowers open into fluffy, cotton-like, silvery plumes that look great left on the plant over winter ...


	0.7 - 1.2m	0.8 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Miscanthus sinensis 'FERNER OSTEN'
(eulalia)

Ferner Osten is a German expression for Far East and a variety name of this maiden grass. It is popular for shorter growth and attractive colours. Its leaves are narrow, medium green in summer, and coppery orange and red in ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°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	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Miscanthus x giganteus
(giant miscanthus)

Giant miscanthus, or also called mammoth miscanthus is possibly the tallest of all eulalias. It is a natural hybrid between m.sinensis and m.sacchariflorus. It makes up to 4m tall, strong stems within one growing season (after 3 years of growing). The ...


	3 - 4m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°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	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°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	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'LITTLE BUNNY'
(Chinese fountain grass)

Little Bunny is a dwarf selection of fountain grass producing compact, low clumps with only about 40 cm tall foliage. In midsummer rise slightly taller stems with 10-15 cm long, light green to pale beige spikes with purple ...


	0.4 - 0.5m	0.4 - 0.5m	full sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'RED HEAD'
(Chinese fountain grass)

Red Head is a fountain grass selection by Brent Horvath of Intrinsic Perennials from Illinois, USA. It produces attractive smoky purple red spike-like flowers 20-25 cm long. They appear atop up to 1.5m tall stem and exhibi ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	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 ...