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Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'KARL FOERSTER'
(feather reed grass)

Feather reed grass is a European hybrid, a cross between c. arundinacea and c. epigejos, and Karl Foerster is possibly its most popular variety. Already from June it makes about 1.5 m tall, thin stems topped with slender bu ...


	1.3 - 1.5m	0.4 - 0.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Carex comans 'BRONZE FORM'
(New Zealand sedge)

New Zealand sedge is an evergreen perennial grass, usually featuring brownish foliage. Bronze Form is an upright growing variety with thin leaves in pale reddish-brown colour with bronze or orange hues. Only side leaves arc ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°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 laxiculmis 'BUNNY BLUE'
(creeping sedge)

BUNNY BLUE™ is a unique variety of creeping sedge, bred by Head Ornamentals Inc. from Seneca, South Carolina, USA, but surprisingly patented only in Europe (EU 36925 of 2014), not in the US. You can recognize it at on ...


	0.2 - 0.3m	0.3 - 0.5m	semi-shade to shade	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Carex morrowii 'ICE DANCE'
(Japanese grass sedge)

Japanese grass sedge is an evergreen species of ornamental grass native to central and southern Japan. Ice Dance is one of its key varieties proved by decades of cultivation. It boasts rather wide (up to 1.5 cm) leaf blades ...


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

Carex morrowii 'IRISH GREEN'
(Japanese grass sedge)

Japanese grass sedge is an evergreen species of ornamental grass native to central and southern Japan. Irish Green is a pure green gem among variegated sedges. It makes 1-1.5 cm wide, strap-like leaves that are erect and on ...


	0.3 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0.4m	full sun to shade	5 (down to -29°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

Carex pendula
(pendulous sedge)

Pendulous sedge is another beauty in this large sedge family. It is an evergreen grass whose native habitat covers almost all parts of Europe from Portugal to Sweden and can also be found in hot areas such as the Azores, northwest Africa, and even the near Middle E ...


	0.4 - 2m	0.4 - 1m	full sun to shade	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Deschampsia cespitosa 'GOLDTAU'
(hairgrass)

Goldtau is a compact hairgrass variety popular for smaller size as its tuft reaches only some 45 cm tall in leaf and is very dense. The leaves are bright green, soft, upright in the middle and arching sideways. They are eve ...


	0.4 - 0.7m	0.4 - 0.5m	full sun	4 (down to -34°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	full sun to shade	6 (down to -23°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	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

Imperata cylindrica 'RED BARON'
(Cogongrass)

Imperata is a relatively small genus that includes only 11 recognized and named species (as of 2022). It is a paradox that regardless of the low number of species it has so many common names, in English there are at least 13 of them. Its home is S.E. Asia, Micrones ...


	0.4 - 0.6m	0.2 - 0.3m	full to 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 '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	full to partial 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 '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	full sun	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	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 '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

Molinia caerulea 'MOORFLAME'
(purple moor grass)

Moorflamme belongs among medium-tall varieties of purple moor grass and boasts profuse, yet delicate inflorescences atop slender stems slightly over one meter high. The inflorescences are conspicuously separated from the lo ...


	0.8 - 1.2m	0.3 - 0.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Molinia caerulea 'TORCH'
(purple moor grass)

Torch is a valued variety of purple moor grass that offers slender and very compact upright clumps that don't arch. The leaves are deciduous, thin, strap-like, bright green, only about 30-40 cm high, and form a dense, low b ...


	0.8 - 1.2m	0.3 - 0.4m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'NIGER'
(mondo grass)

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

Panicum virgatum 'HEAVY METAL'
(switch grass)

Heavy Metal is an upright variety of switch grass with pale green leaves with steel blue hues. In late summer appear fine, tan inflorescences which never overgrow the foliage level completely, and dance in the wind with the ...


	1 - 1.5m	0.8 - 1m	full sun	5 (down to -29°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	full sun	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	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

Pleioblastus argenteostriatus f.pumilus
(dwarf bamboo)

Pleioblastus argenteostriatus f.pumilus (Arundinaria pumila)

This bamboo is an attractive dwarf type that is commonly used as ground cover. Its mid-sized leaves are 5-7 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide, fresh green and regularly arranged on the stems making a dense, luxurious mound. It comes from Japan. It is a vigorous grower that has wild root system. If ...


	0.3 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pleioblastus pygmaeus
(dwarf bamboo)

Pygmaeus is a dwarf bamboo species native to Japan. It is often used as lawn alternative as it is a fast and densely growing perennial that can create a nice groundcover in no time. Within 10 years it can take up a space of ...


	0.2 - 0.4m	0.3 - 0m	full to partial sun	5b (down to -27°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pleioblastus variegatus
(dwarf bamboo)

Pleioblastus variegatus (Arundinaria fortunei)

This bamboo is a popular groundcover. Its mid-sized leaves are 10-14 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide, and distinctly white variegated. It comes from Japan. It is a vigorous grower that has wild root system. If you want to keep it in a certain area of your garden we recommend using root barriers. ...


	0.3 - 0.5m	0.5 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	6b (down to -21°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 ...