Plant Inventory: Ornamental Grasses
DESCHAMPSIA cespitosa. The type species, strong growing, particularly so in sticky clay. The inflorescence creates the effect of a golden cloud. 1m. |
D. c. ‘Goldtau’. Reckoned to be the most persistent form and noted for its misty effect, lasting long into winter. 60cm. |
Deschampsia flexuosa ‘Tatra Gold’. Forms low, tufted mounds of narrow foliage, a lively gold-green through winter and spring. 25cm. |
*ERAGROSTIS curvula. S&SH 10. Far superior to the form we have been offering, by mid-summer the flowering stems knit together into a billowing misty mass which persists long into the winter months. 90cm. |
*E. c. ‘Totnes Burgundy’. A selected form whose foliage develops a burgundy red caste. 75cm. |
FESTUCA glauca ‘Blaufuchs’. For those of you who enjoy the neatness of a fescue here’s one of the best, forming an inert, grey blob for the front of the border. 20cm |
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