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.
All plants (413)
Stipa tenuifolia
Slender leaved needle flower
Stipa tenuissima
Mexican hair grass, Mexican feather grass
Thymus Coccineus Group
Creeping red thyme, Creeping thyme, Wild thyme, English thyme
Thymus serpyllum
Creeping thyme, Wild thyme, English thyme, Breckland thyme, Mother of thyme
Thymus serpyllum 'Annie Hall'
Creeping thyme, Wild thyme, English thyme, Mother of thyme
Thymus serpyllum 'Russetings'
Creeping thyme, Wild thyme, English thyme, Breckland thyme, Mother of thyme
Trifolium repens 'Purpurascens'
White clover, Shamrock, Dutch clover
Typha
Bullrush, Reedmace, Cat-tail
Typha angustifolia
Narrow leafed cattail
Typha latifolia
Common Cattail, Bullrush, Cossack asparagus, Nail rod
Typha latifolia 'Variegata'
Common Cattail, Bullrush, Cossack asparagus, Nail rod
Typha laxmannii
Laxmann's bulrush, Small reedmace
Typha minima
Least bullrush, Miniature cat tail, Miniature reedmace, Dwarf cat tail
Uncinia
Hook sedge
Acorus calamus
Sweet flag, Myrtle flag, Flagroot
Carex oshimensis Everest = 'Fiwhite'
Japanese sedge grass, Oshima kan suge
Cortaderia selloana 'Rosea'
Sellow's pampas grass
Deschampsia flexuosa 'Tatra Gold'
Wavy hair grass, Crinkled hair grass, Common hair grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Breeze'
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass
Panicum virgatum 'Squaw'
Red switch grass
Achillea millefolium 'Colorado'
Bloodwort, Woundwort, Nosebleed, Thousand leaved yarrow, Sanguinary, Carpenter's weed
Acorus calamus 'Argenteostriatus'
Sweet flag, Myrtle flag, Flagroot
Acorus gramineus 'Golden Delight'
Japanese rush
Alopecurus pratensis 'Aureus'
Golden foxtail, Meadow foxtail, Common foxtail grass
Bellis perennis
Common daisy, Lawn daisy
Carex 'The Beatles'
Spring sedge, Sedge
Carex berggrenii
Dwarf sedge
Carex brunnea
Greater brown sedge
Carex caryophyllea
Spring sedge
Carex comans
New Zealand hairy sedge, Hair sedge, Green wig
Carex conica
Hime-Kan-Suge, Miniature sedge, Evergreen miniature sedge
Carex digitata
Fingered sedge
Carex morrowii Vanilla Ice = 'Vanice'
Sedge
Carex muskingumensis 'Little Midge'
Palm branch sedge
Carex oshimensis 'Evergreen'
Japanese sedge
Carex oshimensis 'Eversheen'
Japanese sedge grass, Oshima kan suge
Carex oshimensis Evercream = 'Ficre'
Japanese sedge
Carex petriei
Dwarf brown New Zealand sedge
Carex siderosticha
Deciduous broad leaved sedge, Creeping broadleaf sedge, Tagane so
Carex testacea 'Old Gold'
Orange New Zealand sedge
Chamaemelum nobile 'Treneague'
Lawn chamomile
Chrysanthemum segetum
Corn marigold
Cortaderia selloana 'Pink Feather'
Sellow's pampas grass
Corynephorus canescens
Grey hair grass
Deschampsia flexuosa 'AmiLime®'
Wavy hair grass, Crinkled hair grass, Common hair grass
Eleocharis palustris
Creeping spike rush
Eragrostis spectabile
Purple love grass, Tumble grass