Grasses, lawns & lawn alternatives
With such variety in size and colour if ever a group of plants were chosen for their aesthetic possibilities, these are they! Equally at home in urban gardens or rural spaces open to the countryside, grasses are hard to beat. Create a beautiful lawn or if you want to explore the alternative to traditional grass there are some great plants which are brilliant for wildlife and much better for the environment than plastic lawn. Ornamental grasses make superb space-fillers, adding texture and structural interest in your outdoor space.
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Eriophorum angustifolium
Common cotton grass, Narrow leaved cotton grass, Cotton grass
Festuca
Fescue
Festuca 'Siskiyou Blue'
Fescue
Festuca amethystina
Fescue, Tufted fescue, Large blue fescue
Festuca arundinacea 'Glow Sticks'
Tall fescue
Festuca gautieri
Bearskin fescue
Festuca glauca
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Festuca glauca 'AmiGold'
Blue fescue
Festuca glauca 'Azurit'
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Festuca glauca 'Blaufuchs'
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Festuca glauca 'Blauglut'
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Festuca glauca 'Sunrise'
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Festuca ovina
Sheep's fescue
Festuca rubra 'Blue Haze'
Fescue
Ficinia truncata 'Ice Crystal'
Geranium pratense
Meadow geranium
Glyceria
Sweet grass, Manna grass, Sweet hay
Glyceria maxima var. variegata
Reed Sweet grass, Great water grass
Hakonechloa
Hakone grass
Hakonechloa macra
Hakone grass, Urahagusa, Japanese reed grass
Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold'
Hakone grass
Hakonechloa macra Mulled Wine = 'Lucmull'
Hakone grass, Japanese reed grass
Helictotrichon sempervirens
Oatgrass, Blue oat grass, Avena grass
Holcus mollis 'Albovariegatus'
Creeping soft grass, Velvet grass, Calf kill, Yorkshire fog, Dart grass, Salem grass
Hordeum jubatum
Barley, Fox-tail barley, Squirrel tail grass
Hypericum perforatum
Perforate St John's wort, Klamath weed
Hystrix patula
Bottle brush grass
Juncus
Rush
Juncus effusus 'Spiralis'
Corkscrew rush, Blue green rush
Knautia arvensis
Field scabious, Blue buttons
Koeleria
Hair grass
Leptinella 'Platt's Black'
Platt's leptinella
Leucanthemum vulgare
Oxeye daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare 'Filigran'
Oxeye daisy
Liriope spicata 'Gin-ryu'
Creeping liriope, Creeping lily turf
Lotus corniculatus
Bird's foot trefoil, Bacon and eggs, Cats clover, Shoes and stockings, Crow toes
Luzula
Woodrush
Luzula nivea
Snow rush, Snowy woodrush
Luzula sylvatica 'Aurea'
Greater wood rush, Sylvan woodrush
Luzula sylvatica 'Hohe Tatra'
Greater wood rush, Sylvan woodrush
Luzula sylvatica 'Marginata'
Greater wood rush, Sylvan woodrush
Lychnis flos-cuculi
Ragged robin, Cuckoo flower
Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Petite Jenny'
Ragged robin, Cuckoo flower
Lychnis flos-cuculi 'White Robin'
Ragged robin, Cuckoo flower
Lychnis flos-cuculi Jenny = 'Lychjen'
Ragged robin, Cuckoo flower
Lysimachia nummularia
Creeping Jenny, Meadow runagates, Herb twopence, String of sovereigns, Moneywort
Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'
Yellow creeping Jenny, Creeping Jenny, Meadow runagates, Herb twopence, String of sovereigns, Moneywort