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Sesleria heufleriana
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ca$ 4.25 |
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| This densely-tufted, mound-forming evergreen perennial grass has bright green linear leaves that are gray-green beneath. From late spring to late summer, white spikelets are borne in panicles and age to deep purple. Height and spread is 24 inches. Suits the front of a herbaceous border, a rock... |
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Festuca idahoensis
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ca$ 3.95 |
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| This densely-clumped perennial bunchgrass has short, rolling blue leaves and bears hairy buff-coloured spikelets above the foliage in summer. Height 12-24 inches. Drought-tolerant and deer resistant. Useful for foliage contrast in an alpine or rock garden. |
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Lagurus ovatus
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ca$ 3.95 |
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| This tufted annual grass has arching linear pale green leaves and bears ovoid spike-like panicles of softly hairy pale green spikelets that age to buff colour throughout summer. Height 20 inches; spread 12 inches. Suits a mixed or herbaceous border. |
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Stipa gigantea
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ca$ 3.95 |
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| This evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial grass gets the designation 'Giant' not for its leaves, which form a tidy hummock 30-60cm around (1-2 feet), but for the seed heads, which can reach 2-2.5m (6-8 feet) in height. Although this height may seem imposing, this grass is has a delicate, almost... |
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Festuca glauca
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ca$ 3.65 |
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| This densely tufted, perennial evergreen grass forms a tidy mound of blue-green leaves up to 12 inches high. Bears violet-flushed flower spikelets in early summer. |
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Molinia caerulea
Syn. Aira caerulea
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| Perennial ornamental grass with mid-green leaves with purple bases. Bears purple spikelts on yellow-tinted stems from spring to autumn. To 5 feet high. |
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Deschampsia cespitosa
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ca$ 3.45 |
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| This tussock-forming evergreen grass has linear green leaves up to 24 inches long. Bears silver-tinted purple flower spiklets from early to late summer. Height 6 feet; spread 4 feet. |
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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'purpurescens'
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ca$ 3.45 |
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| Grasses, long ignored as ornamentals, are now enjoying a growing popularity, especially with the increase in dry gardening techniques. |
