Plants
Grasses
Native ornamental grasses, sedges and rushes, from purple moor grass in the border to soft rush at the pond edge.
Ornamental grasses
Grasses planted for their shape and movement, for sun, shade and dune.
Plants
Grey hair-grass: planting and care on dry sand
Grey hair-grass (Corynephorus canescens) is a native grass 10 to 35 cm tall for dry, poor sand. How to recognise and plant it, and which caterpillars eat it.
Plants
Reed canary grass: where it grows, care and moths
Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea): a native bankside grass 0.5 to 2 m tall that flowers in June and July. Where it grows, planting, spread and moths.
Plants
Reed sweet grass: planting and care at the pond edge
Reed sweet grass (Glyceria maxima) is a native grass 0.9 to 2 m tall for a wet pond edge. How to recognise it, plant it in a basket and keep it in check.
Sedges and rushes
The grass-likes for shade and wet ground, from pendulous sedge to soft rush and cotton grass.
