Bamboos and grasses

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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'HAMELN'
(Chinese fountain grass)

Chinese fountain grass is an elegant feature to every garden. It has mid to dark green linear leaves growing in a thick cluster forming a shape of a fountain. From midsummer it produces yellow-green spike-like flowers which look like bottlebrushes. They are beige w ...


	0.5 - 0.6m	0.6 - 0.8m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'RED HEAD'
(Chinese fountain grass)

Red Head is a fountain grass selection by Brent Horvath of Intrinsic Perennials from Illinois, USA. It produces attractive smoky purple red spike-like flowers 20-25 cm long. They appear atop up to 1.5m tall stem and exhibi ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full sun	5 (down to -29°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pleioblastus argenteostriatus f.pumilus
(dwarf bamboo)

Pleioblastus argenteostriatus f.pumilus (Arundinaria pumila)

This bamboo is an attractive dwarf type that is commonly used as ground cover. Its mid-sized leaves are 5-7 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide, fresh green and regularly arranged on the stems making a dense, luxurious mound. It comes from Japan. It is a vigorous grower that has wild root system. If ...


	0.3 - 0.8m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	6 (down to -23°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Pleioblastus variegatus
(dwarf bamboo)

Pleioblastus variegatus (Arundinaria fortunei)

This bamboo is a popular groundcover. Its mid-sized leaves are 10-14 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide, and distinctly white variegated. It comes from Japan. It is a vigorous grower that has wild root system. If you want to keep it in a certain area of your garden we recommend using root barriers. ...