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aka Sedge

Carex Eversheen is a superb ground cover and container plant with distinctive lime yellow striped foliage. A wonderful little selection with a fresh appearance. It is easy to grow, low maintenance and forms a neat easily controlled mound. Eversheen is a great cold hardy accent plant for all year round arrangements. Perennial

 

Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size (HxW): 40cm x 40cm

Carex Eversheen

Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm  ? 

Container: 1.9l  ? 

$24.99

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Featherfalls is a highly decorative Carex with great garden or pot performance. With long clean and crisp foliage it is a year round maintenance free plant. A highlight of this new variety is its beautiful plumes of feathery flower stems emerging from the centre during spring. Evergreen

 

Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size (HxW): 45cm x 45cm

Carex Featherfalls

Current Stock Height: 15/25 cm  ? 

Container: 1.9l  ? 

$24.99

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aka Tussock Grass

NZ Native Grass. This is a graceful little grass or tussock with fine, light silver green needles of foliage that curl over at the top. Looks its best when planted in large groups or drifts. Easy to grow in sun or part shade in average soil. Evergreen.

If your clump of Carex becomes a little scruffy give it a new 'do' by cutting off the top growth - you can be quite severe - and it will rapidly re grow with renewed vigour.

 

Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size (HxW): 40cm x 50cm

Carex Frosted Curls

Current Stock Height: 20/30 cm  ? 

Container: 1.5l  ? 

$14.99

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aka Purei, Pukio

Native wetland grass. A bright green grass that forms a large clump. With age, a trunk-like mass of old leaves forms so the grass seems perched on a tall mound. Good for planting in damp to wet areas but will tolerate short periods of dryness. Plant around ponds as shelter for birds. Evergreen

Evergreen

 

Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size (HxW): 100cm x 100cm

Carex Secta

Current Stock Height: 15/20 cm  ? 

Container: 0.5l  ? 

$9.99

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aka Tussock, NZ Sedge

This native 'grass' is really tough and hardy tolerating cold winds and almost any soil. The brick-orange foliage looks very graceful as it waves and dances in the wind. Ideal for planting in large drifts. If the clumps become a little untidy just chop back hard for renewed vigour. Evergreen.

 

Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size 7-10 yrs (HxW): 60cm x 50cm

Carex Testacea

Current Stock Height: 20/30 cm  ? 

Container: 1.5l  ? 

$14.99

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Carex Testacea

Current Stock Height: 40/50 cm  ? 

Container: 2.5l  ? 

$24.99

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NZ Native Grass that is a successful colonising plant often used for wetland planting that can also grow on dry sites making it suitable for planting where the conditions may vary periodically. Virgata is a mass of green needle foliage. Tolerant coastal condition. Evergreen.

 

Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size (HxW): 100cm x 100cm

Carex Virgata

Current Stock Height: 15/20 cm  ? 

Container: 0.5l  ? 

$9.99

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aka Miniature Toetoe

The perfect plant to add texture and movement to your planting scheme. The arching narrow foliage sways gracefully in the wind. Plumes of creamy green flowers appear in early summer. Hardy and tolerant, easy to grow just about anywhere but prefers a well drained position. Evergreen.

 

Flower Colour: Cream
Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size (HxW): 1m x 1m

Chionochloa Flavicans

Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm  ? 

Container: 1.3l  ? 

$18.99

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Chionochloa Flavicans

New stock expected Beginning of July, 2024. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.

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aka Red Tussock

A very striking plant for adding strong texture to the garden. Particularly affective when planted in groups. The narrow arching foliage glows and shimmers in the sun & ripples elegantly in the wind. Attractive flower heads in summer. Hardy and tolerant. Evergreen.

 

Flower Colour: Cream / Red
Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size (HxW): 1m x 1m

Chionochloa Rubra

Current Stock Height: 15/20 cm  ? 

Container: 2.4l  ? 

$24.99

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aka Toe toe

A large, fast-growing coarse green tussock. Versatile revegetation and erosion-control plant, and useful low shelter on wet and dry sites. Attractive creamy white flower heads to 2-3m from December-January. Great under pivots. Evergreen. Hardy.

 

Flower Colour: White
Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size 7-10 yrs (HxW): 2m x 2m

Cortaderia Richardii

Current Stock Height: 60/70  ? 

Container: 2.5l  ? 

$21.99

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aka NZ Iris

A native perennial with narrow spears of bronze green foliage that turns orange-brown in winter. Wiry stems of dainty white 'butterfly' flowers appear in spring and summer. Prefers a semi-shaded position and acid soil. Evergreen.

 

Flower Colour: White
Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size (HxW): 50cm x 80cm

Libertia Peregrinans

Expected Stock Height: 15/20 cm  ? 

New stock expected Middle of May, 2024. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.

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Libertia Peregrinans

Expected Stock Height: 15/25 cm  ? 

Currently sold out. Add to your waitlist to be advised when next in stock.

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Libertia Peregrinans

Expected Stock Height: 15/25 cm  ? 

New stock expected Middle of May, 2024. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.

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