A top quality, valuable newcomer about which we can find no reference. Broad clumps of leaves in spring, very much like an aspidistra, make a spectacular picture, followed by multi-branching seedheads carrying large seeds. ... Learn More

A lovely new-to-cultivation grass, discovered in forest on the mountains of South Africa. Clumps of sharp, angled leaves surround early sprays of green spears which later become dangling golden tassels on weeping stems. ... Learn More

Thick clumps of attractive foxtail-like flower heads, perfect for cutting, grow on long stems clad in broad leaves. If planted in a hot, dry spot, or in a container on a warm patio, the leaves and stems of this lovely plant will turn bright crimson. This grass is usually grown as an annual when it will quickly make a fine display. ... Learn More

One of the few grains that can be used as a wheat substitute in gluten-free recipes and products, this is an important food crop in Africa, Central America, and South Asia, and is the "fifth-most important cereal crop grown in the world". Sorghum is one of Africa’s greatest contributions to the world’s agricultural diversity, and is a traditional crop in warmer countries. Adaptable and drought tolerant, sorghum provides grain, sweet syrup, animal fodder, or sometimes, more than one crop from a single planting! ... Learn More

This is the more attracrtive black seeded form of this ornamental and globally-important grass. One of the few grains that can be used as a wheat substitute in gluten-free recipes and products, this is an important food crop in Africa, Central America, and South Asia, and is the "fifth-most important cereal crop grown in the world". Sorghum is one of Africa’s greatest contributions to the world’s agricultural diversity, and is a traditional crop in warmer countries. Adaptable and drought tolerant, sorghum provides grain, sweet syrup, animal fodder, or sometimes, more than one crop from a single planting! ... Learn More

A very decorative grass with many names including "Greybeard grass", "Frost Grass", and "Silver Spikegrass". Stiff, white-centred broad leaves, turn burgundy in autumn, and plumes of purple spikelets wave from July until September, giving high garden value. ... Learn More

Arching sprays of purple feathery plumes consist of golden brown fine leaves in compact clumps, this is an absolute beauty set on its own in gravel. ... Learn More

Large divided heads of violet awns (they're the seed-filled bits) which slowly transform into golden plumes in late summer, decorate this excellent and striking plant. ... Learn More

'Elegant' describes this delicate grass perfectly. The compact sheaf consists of countless thin stems surmounted by clouds of nebulous golden smoke which whispers and hisses gently as it waves in the wind, much resembling a loftier Stipa tenuissima. An impressive plant, absolutely unbeatable growing on its own, and yet to be discovered by the nursery trade! ... Learn More

The largest of all feather grasses, and certainly one of the most elegant and stately of all ornamental grasses, forming relatively insignificant basal clumps of narrow leaves. From these arise long, strong stems holding huge, loose panicles of golden spikelets with dangling awns which persist well into winter. ... Learn More

This rare, superior and truly spectacular plant is related to, but larger and finer than Stipa tenuisima, but sadly has barely been discovered in the trade. The massed plumes of soft feathery seedheads are ideal to whisk your hand through, the longer they stand the prettier they become. ... Learn More

One of the most graceful and delicate of all grasses with delicate, feathery, fog-like plumes which move with the slightest breath of air upon them. A perfect plant for mass plantings in stately homes and parks, and in planting schemes in up-market towns, but equally good as a single specimen. ... Learn More

From Mount Egmont in New Zealand comes the prettiest hardy red grass growable from seed. Tight compact erect clumps of stiff arching crimson-bronze blades, from which arise narrow spikes of small, sharply pointed black seeds. In a well-drained border makes a superb statement! ... Learn More