<script> jQuery(document).ready(function() { var downloadButton = jQuery('.et-download-button');downloadButton.each(function(index) { jQuery(this).attr('download', ''); }); }); </script>

Our Plants

We grow hard to find and unusual hardy perennials with the needs of wildlife and the planet in mind.

All plants are grown from scratch on site, are peat and pesticide free and use organic methods.

For more information on the terms used in our plant descriptions please see the Right Plant, Right place section of our Resources page.

Where To Find Us Next

Blog Categories

Plant Sorting Pot

Calamagrostis effusiflora – Lushan Feather Reed Grass

Robust, erect, clumping, perennial grass. Glossy, green, wide leaves, turning yellow in Autumn. Erect stems bear dense, branching, purple tinged panicles in Summer, persisting well into winter and are superb in dew or frost. Taller and later than C. bracytricha. This cultivar is registered as under Plant Heritage guardianship.

Height & Spread: 1.7 x 0.5m in 2 – 5 years.

Hardiness: H6: -20 to -15ºC.

Soil: Any, moist but well-drained to well-drained soil.

Light: Full-sun to Part-shade.

Native Range: China.

CARE & BENEFIT 

Cut back to 4 – 6 ” before growth resumes in Spring.

Related to some UK Natives. Good hibernating habitat for invertebrates. Possible food plant for up to 20 Uk invertebrates. This plant is registered as under Plant Heritage guardianship.

SKU: 20-005 Categories: ,