Acorus gramineus `variegatus' Variegated Sweet Flag 1gal $9.50ea
Ht.15-40cm.  Z7.  Green leaves with white stripes.  Evergreen.  Very easy to grow, forming clumps with distinctive fan shaped clumps within.  Plant in sun to light shade  in moist soil.

Borinda angussisima Bamboo................................. $30.00ea
Ht.3-4m. Z8. A wonderful clumping bamboo.

Calamagrostis xacutiflora 'Karl Foerster'.......... 1gal $9.50ea
Ht. 150-180cm. Z4. A nice grass with green blades and green bloom spikes which age to gold.

Carex acuta Graceful Sedge....................... 11cm pot $4.50ea
Ht.20-40cm. Z3.  This species makes a nice groundcover in shade to part sun and can even be used around ponds.  A tufted grass with glaucous green leaves with reddish brown sheathes. 

Carex`Coman's Bronze' Leather Sedge..................... $4.50ea
Ht.30cm. Z5.  This is a lovely coppery-bronzy brown. 

Carex conica variegate  Miniature variegated Sedge 1gal $3.50ea
Ht.15cm.  Z5.  Graceful weeping tufts of deep green foliage edged in white.  Interesting yellow-green inflorescence in spring.  Sun to part shade in moist but well drained soil.

Carex flagellifera Bronze form.................................. $4.50ea
This is a great form of the Orange sedge with bronze tinted foliage.

Carex morrowii `Ice Dance’............................ 1gal $10.00ea
Ht. 30-45cm.  Z5.  Very nice, well behaved sedge with weeping, shiny green foliage edged and striped with silver.

Carex oshimensis Evergold   Evergold Sedge  ........... $9.50ea
Ht.30cm. Z6. Lush clumper with arching variegated foliage.

Carex pendula maxima Drooping or weeping sedge. $9.50ea
Tuft forming evergreen sedge with shiny mid green leaves and showy arching catkins.

Carex plantaginea Seersucker Sedge.......................... $9.50ea
Ht.20-30cm. Z4. Seersucker sedge makes a great texture plant for moist, shady places (can also tolerate dry shade).  Slowly expanding evergreen clumps are composed of strap-shaped, puckered, shiny green foliage.

Carex tenuiculmis .................................................... $4.50ea
Ht. 30-40cm. This  New Zealand Native has a clumping or tussock habit and bronze red leaves.

Carex testacea  Orange New Zealand Sedge............... $4.50ea
Ht.30-45cm. Z7.  A loosely tufted sedge with orange highlights on bronzy green foliage.

Chusquea culeou Clumping Bamboo............. 7gal $105.00ea
Ht.to 5m. Z7. When mature, this gorgeous clumping bamboo from Chile looks like giant clumps of feather dusters atop interesting yellow-green solid wood canes. Lovely upright habit with gently weeping or arching tops. This excellent bamboo makes a striking specimen or privacy screen when planted in multiples.

Elymus glaucus......................................................... $4.50ea
Native. Fl.Ht.80-100cm. Z4. A mid-sized  glaucus blue grass suitable for the small garden as it is only slightly stoloniferous.

Elymus mollis Dune Grass............................... 1gal $12.00ea
Native. Ht.50-150cm. Z4.   A large glaucus blue grass that grows often in the spray zone on small island and coastal beaches.

Eriophorum angustifolium  Narrow leaved Cotton Grass 10cm $4.00ea
Native.  Ht. 20-50cm.  Z4.  Narrow, grassy leaves arise from spreading rhizomes.  Flowers consist of clusters of 2 or more drooping spikelets.  In fruit; each seedlike achene is surrounded by several long, snowy white filaments forming a cottony head.

Fargesia denudata Bamboo.................................... $30.00ea
Ht.3-5m. Z6. Similar to F. murielae but has shorter branches and smaller leaves.

Fargesia murielae  Umbrella Bamboo........ 5 gallon $59.00ea
...................................................................... 2gaal $25.00ea
Ht.3-5m. Z6. A beautiful clumping bamboo with a soft cascading canopy of lush green leaves.  Very nice plants.

Festuca idahoensis Blue Bunch Grass........ 11cm pot $4.50ea
Native. Ht.20-30cm. Z4.  This wild form of the species with, finely textured, greyish blue-green foliagenot a silvery blue cultivar. A nice, hardy, drought tolerant, bunching grass.

Festuca idahoensis ssp. roemeri ............... 10cm pot $4.50ea
Native. Ht. 30-45cm.  Z5. This is a coastal form that tends to make nice tufts of blue green.

Festuca rubra var.littoralis....................... 10cm pot $4.50ea
Native. Ht. 30-45cm.  Z5. This is a coastal form that tends to make nice tufts of green with  red on the lower 2-10cm of the stem.

Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola'.............................. $13.00ea
Ht.25cm.  Z5  This compact Japanese Forest grass has yellow and green variegated foliage.

Hakonechloa macra ‘albostriata'......................... $13.00ea
Ht.25cm.  Z5  This compact Japanese Forest grass has white and green variegated foliage.

Hakonechloa macra `All Gold’............................. $13.00ea
Ht. 25cm.  Z5. This compact Japanese Forest Grass has golden foliage with no variegation. Really brightens a shady spot.
 
Liriope muscari `Evergreen Giant’.......................... $6.00ea
Ht. 30-60cm. Z5.  A nice large ervergreen liriope.

Luzula `Gold Edge'........................................... 1gal $9.50ea
A nice mostly evergreen Luzula with stiff soft lime green leaves with a fine silvery-gold edge.

Luzula multiflora ( L. campestris) Field Woodrush 10cm pot $3.50ea
Native.  Ht. 10-25cm.  Z6.  Densely tufted perennial with grass-like leaves. Flowers in dense head-like clusters followed by showy, brown, egg-shaped seed capsules surrounded by somewhat frilly bracts.  Shade to semi-shade.

Luzula nivea Snow Rush, Snowy Woodrush............... $4.50ea
Ht.40-60cm. Z6. Evergreen clump forming rush with white flower clusters in May-June.

Millium effusum `Aureum' Bowles Golden Grass 10cm pot $4.00ea
Ht. 30cm. Incredible golden lemon bunches in spring with yellow flowers in summer.  Plant in shade, or in sun if moisture is sufficient.

Miscanthus sinensis purpurascens.......................... $10.00ea
Ht 90-120cm.  Z3. A particularly showy grass with reddish green foliage in spring and summer which turns a brilliant orange red in fall. Oatmeal coloured blooms are flushed with pink.

Ophiopogon planiscapus nigrescens Black Mondo Grass
............................................................................... $10.00ea
Ht.20-35cm. Z5. A nice evergreen groundcover grass-like plant with black foliage.  Flowers are white followed by shiny black fruits.

Panicum virgatum `Haense Herns’....................... $10.00ea
Ht.120cm. Z4. A great accent grass with red flowers in summer/fall and gorgeous red-orange foliage in the fall.

Pennisetum alopecuroides Fountain grass.......... 1gal $9.50ea
Ht.80-100cm.  Z6.  Stems clumped. Slender upright flower panicles are yellow green to dark purple in late summer.

Pennisetum alopecuroides `Hameln’..................... $10.00ea
Ht. 75cm.  Z5.  This is the dwarf form of the species and perfect for a spot where the species is too tall. It tends to bloom earlier, so is great for areas with a short growing season.

Phormium Apricot Queen....................................... $29.00ea
Ht.50cm. Z8-9. Low compact growing habit with sword shaped leaves of soft pastel yellow tinted apricot in the winter with dark green margins and  bronze edges.

Phormium Black Rage........................................... $15.00ea
Ht.75cm. Z8-9. An excellent selection of New Zealand flax with a nice upright habit and gorgeous near black foliage.

Phormium tenax purpureum................................. $15.00ea
Ht.120cm. Z8-9. Nice New Zealand flax with broad, stiff purplish red foliage.

Phormium 'Carousel'............................................. $29.00ea
Ht. 60cm. Z8-9.  Foliage is a bronze green with red margins.

Phormium cookianum  Cookianum New Zealand Flax $29.00ea
Ht.100cm. Z8-9.  Green foliage with a drooping habit.

Phormium cookianum 'Flamingo'......................... $29.00ea
Ht.50cm. Z8-9. A compact flax with sword-like leaves which have  vertical orange-pink, light green and yellow stripes.  Compact habit.

Phormium 'Pink Stripe'.......................................... $29.00ea
Ht. 150cm. Z8-9. Broad bronze foliage edged pink.

Phormium 'Rainbow Queen'.................................. $29.00ea
Ht. 120cm. Z8-9. Broad upright, variegated foliage drooping at the tips with rose red stripes on a bronzy background.

Phormium 'Rainbow Sunrise'................................. $29.00ea
Ht. 80cm. Z8-9. Foliage is bronze with red and pink variations, tending to be more pink in the center.

Phormium tenax 'purpureum'................................ $12.00ea
Ht. 120cm. Z8-9. Broad stiff, purplish red leaves. Young plant.

Phormium tenax 'variegatum'................................ $29.00ea
Ht. 120cm. Z8-9. Broad stiff, olive green blades banded with creamy-yellow.

Phormium 'Wings of Gold'..................................... $29.00ea
Ht. 60cm. Z8-9. Foliage is olive green with cream-yellow margin.

Phyllostachys aureosulcata Golden Grooved Bamboo 2gal $20.00ea
Ht.3-5m.  Z6.  We are offering small clumps, 30-60cm in height, of this hardy bamboo.  Typical green stems with a yellow streak down the stem.   Will form a nice 2-4m. clump in a couple of years.

Scirpus atrovirens Dark green bullrush............. 10cm $4.00ea
Native.  Ht.50cm.  Z4.  Grown mainly for the brown cluster of flowers.  Dark green foliage in clumps; grow in moist soil in sun to light shade.

Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie dropseed........... 10cm$5.00ea
N.A.Native.  Ht. 30-76cm. Z3. Clump forming grass with medium green fine textured foliage.  Infloresence are grey-green in color.  This makes a good cover in hot dry areas.

Stipa tenuissima      Feather Grass   .....................    $10.00ea
Ht. 60cm. Z  .  A neat compact grass covered with masses of pale feathery seed heads in summer.  Prefers a sunny, well drained location.

Xerophyllum tenax   Bear Grass   ........................    $12.00ea
Native. Ht. 80-150cm. Z6 .  Evergreen.  Narrow, grass-like, tough wiry leaves in large clumps.  Fragrant, small white saucer shaped flowers in dense pyramidal clusters atop thick stems.  This is a showy plant for sun to semi-shade. Bear grass is a slow growing member of the lily family

 

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