Sarah’s favourite grasses

Stipa gigantea

Golden oats is a big but graceful grass for impact and structure, with its arching green leaves and panicles of oat-like, purplish flowers.

Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’

This is an upright grass that stands tall whatever the weather and brings a softness and straw colour.

Pampas grass

Cortaderias create an exciting backdrop because of their sheer size, and a bridge between the bigger perennials and the trees.

Sedges

Sarah loves some of the evergreen carex, in particular the Japanese sedges

C. oshimensis ‘Everest’ and

C. oshimensis ‘Evergold’.