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Grasses and Bamboo
Grasses form ornamental clumps of relatively long, finely textured leaves. Grasses are very hardy and wonderfully versatile creating an accent point near water features or around patios to edging around walkways or just as an interesting low maintenance ground cover.
Bamboo with their graceful habit, smooth elegant culms (stems) and airy delicate foliage add a real touch of the tropical to a garden.
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Acorus gramineus variegatus
Pretty evergreen foliage plant, the leaves are brightly striped with green and pale cream and grow out in attractive fan shapes. Provides interesting winter colour.
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Cortaderia selloana
‘Pampas grass' is traditionally grown as a specimen in the middle of a lawn, but also looks good grown in a shrub border as a giant ornamental grass.
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Cortaderia selloana 'Rosea'
'Pink Pampas grass' is traditionally grown as a specimen in the middle of a lawn, but also looks good grown in a shrub border as a giant ornamental grass.
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Cyperus haspan
A delightful foliage plant resembling a miniature papyrus with small mop heads of flowers. Golden-green flowers turn a rusty bronze in late summer.
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Dianella revoluta
Blue Flax Lilly is a clump forming herb which produces deep blue to purple inflorescences
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Dianella tasmanica
Tasman Flax Lilly is best known for it's stunning dark blue globular fruits and prominent gold coloured antlers.
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Fargesia murieliae
Umbrella Bamboo' is one of the most hardy bamboo, bearing masses of pea green foliage, making it an ideal screening plant.
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Himalaycalamus 'Himalaya Blue'
This elegant blue-stemmed bamboo with small delicate foliage often turns blue in the first year and stays blue for about 3 years.
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Himalaycalamus falconeri
Soft delicate leaves and an airy appearance give grace and texture to this clumping bamboo. New canes emerge bright emerald green and gradually fade to shades of olive green and yellow.
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Imperata cylindrica 'Rubra'
'Japanese blood grass' is a clump forming grass with light green leaves which gradually turn blood red through summer.
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Juncus effuses ‘Spiralis’
Bizarre rush has glossy green stems that coil outward like twisted unicorn horns. (I'm not totally sure that makes sense)
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Koeleria glauca
Tuft-forming evergreen grass with pretty, grey-green leaves, and dense silver green flower spikelets.
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Pennisetum alopecuroides
‘Chinese fountain grass' grows in tufts of bright green fronds crowned with feather like plumes of purple bristles.
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Pennisetum setaceum
Decorative ornamental grass with arching sprays of leaves and rose coloured flower spikes
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Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'
‘Purple Fountain Grass’ is a decorative ornamental grass with arching sprays of dark purple leaves.
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Phyllostachys nigra
‘Black Bamboo' forms a dramatic tall, fairly upright shape. As the finger-thick canes mature, they become glossy jet black,
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Pseudosasa japonica
Versatile decorative bamboo with large leaves that give it an exuberant tropical appearance.
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Zingiber officinale
'Common Ginger' has slender reed-like stems and dark glossy green leaves rising from a pungent spicy rhizome.
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