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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Festuca gautieri 'AmiGreen®'
Bearskin fescue
Festuca glauca 'Compacta Blue'
Blue festuca, Blue Sheep's festuca
Festuca valesiaca 'Silbersee'
Wallis fescue
Hakonechloa macra 'Nicolas'
Hakone grass
Holcus mollis
Creeping soft grass, Velvet grass, Calf kill, Yorkshire fog, Dart grass, Salem grass
Imperata cylindrica
Japanese blood grass, Chigaya, Fushige-chigaya, Red cogon
Juncus effusus
Common rush, Soft rush, Japanese mat rush
Juncus effusus
Common rush, Soft rush, Japanese mat rush
Juncus ensifolius
Sword leaf rush
Lawn seed mix, clay soil
Lawn seed mix, Eco clover
Lawn seed mix, hardwearing heavy use
Lawn seed mix, low to medium use & statement
Lawn seed mix, sandy soil
Lawn seed mix, shade loving
Luzula sylvatica
Greater wood rush
Mentha requienii
Corsican Creme de menthe mint, Creeping mint
Miscanthus sinensis 'Vorlaufer'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Pennisetum 'Fairy Tails'
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln Gold'
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head'
Fountain grass, Swamp foxtail grass, Chinese pennisetum, Chikara shiba
Schizachyrium scoparium
Broom beard grass, Prairie grass, Wire grass, Bunchgrass
Schoenus pauciflorus
Bog rush
Sesleria heufleriana
Balkan blue grass, Green moor grass
Silene dioica 'Minikin'
Red Campion, Morning campion
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Buffalo grass, St Augustine grass, Shore grass
Trifolium pratense
Red clover, Bee bread, Broad-leaved clover
Trifolium repens
White clover, Creeping clover, Dutch clover
Uncinia uncinata rubra
Red sedge, Kamu