Grasses, Sedges and other 'Tufty' plants.
Wallis Creek Watergarden.
With their tidy clumping form, variety of colour, height and desired environments the grasses, sedges and other such plants are great to use when thinking of design for the garden and watergarden.
Different
shades of green , variegated form, graceful arching foliage or
upright foliage of varying height can add new elements to the garden
especially where they are mass planted.
|
Botanical name |
common name |
Plant type |
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Acorus gramineus 'Albovariegatus' |
Variegated japanese rush |
shade/bog plant |
|
A.gramineus'Ogon' |
Variegated japanese rush |
shade/bog plant |
|
A.gramineus pusillus |
Weeping japanese rush |
shade/bog plant |
|
A.gramineus pusillus 'Aurea' |
Golden japanese |
rush shade/bog plant |
|
Carex appressa |
Tussock sedge |
Water edge plant |
|
Carex'Bruny Island' |
Bruny Island carex |
moist shade |
|
C.brunnea 'Variegata' |
Variegated sedge |
part shade |
|
C.buchananii |
Leather leaf sedge |
arching rusty foliage |
|
C.elata'Aurea' |
Golden sedge |
moist to damp soil |
|
C.fasciculatus |
Tassle sedge |
sunny waters' edge |
|
C.maurea 'Frosted Curls' |
Frosted curls |
arching silver foliage |
|
C.morrowii'Variegata' |
Variegated sedge |
neat striped leaves |
|
C.riparia 'blue form' |
Blue carex |
bog and water plant |
|
Deschampsia caespitosa |
Tufted hair grass |
moist soils and sun |
|
Eleocharis geliculatus 'Starburst' |
Starburst |
very neat clump |
|
Eleocharis cylindrostachys |
Drooping spike rush |
water/bog plant |
|
Imperata cylindrica 'Rubra' |
Blood grass |
for moist soil,full sun |
|
Lepironia articulata |
Cigar rush |
Tall neat water plant |
|
Lomondra confertifolia sp.ruginosa 'Seascape' |
|
neat blue arching foliage for full sun |
|
Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus' |
Zebra grass |
tall striped foliage for full sun |
|
Ophiopogon japonicus 'Variegatus' |
Variegated Mondo grass |
neat stripy foliage |
|
Ophiopogon planiscarpus 'Nigrescens' |
Black mondo grass |
stunning black foliage |
|
Pennistemon'Burgundy' |
Burgundy |
Tall red foliage,warm area |
|
Pennistemon alopecuroides |
swamp foxtail |
waters' edge/native |

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