Chionochloa rubra next.. Good to hear the more mature ones have transplanted well, there’s been quite a bit of frost here over the last few weeks – just looking at magnolias in the garden today, lots of blooms have been burnt. Anemanthele lessoniana - Pheasant's Tail Grass (syn. It makes me want to be more adventurous with them. Thanks for the mention Kate. Do not cut back in autumn or winter. I think it would work well on tough leaved carex too, I have some pot grown green leaved Frosted Curls that are looking very sorry for themselves right now. The evergreen foliage slowly turns a rich bronze-brown shade for a stunning winter display. Positive: On Jul 27, 2007, saya from Heerlen, Netherlands (Zone 8b) wrote: Formerly named and still known as Stipa arundinacea. Thanks to a top-tip from him I’ve recently discovered an inspirational planting of this easy-going grass in Devon. Regards Nigel. Sometimes it is necessary to ‘cut back’ your plants for the good of the plants and to insure safe packing and arrival of your order. When we do tidy it up we trim back about half. I’ve also planted S. gigantea in different places with varying success. The garden is in w. Corke. Maybe good for a container too. Although it tolerates conditions in high light, it is best cultivated with some measure of shade ⦠Anemanthele lessoniana is: Semi evergreen. Genus Anemanthele are semi-evergreen grasses forming a clump of slender leaves of attractive, arching habit, with large, feathery sprays of tiny reddish-brown flowers Details A. lessoniana is an elegant clump-forming grass with narrow arching leaves, becoming tinged with red or orange in summer and autumn, and airy arching … PLEASE NOTE: At certain times during the year, it is necessary for us to cut back our … A graceful tussock-type grass with feathery flowerheads and arching copper-tinged foliage. Spread: 120cm (47"). I have a lot bordering our pond and they're very brown - not dead - but not very attractive as there's only a little green. Unlike many grasses Chionochloa rubra doesn’t divide happily, let alone romp away. This airy evergreen grass is spectacular when ruffled by the breeze, adding movement to borders and containers. What an evocative description, Pauline your Stipas sound very happy in your garden. Sometimes it is necessary to âcut backâ your plants for the good of the plants and to insure safe packing and arrival of your order. It forms a large clump of slender, evergreen foliage, which emerges green, but becomes streaked with yellow, orange and red with age, resulting in a fiery, eye-catching display in … Arching, … Cut back every 2 years for a fresh look. In colder months the leaves become bronzed and streaked turning orange-red in late summer and throughout the winter. Thatchy strands blend in, as do spent flowering stems. Having sulked in four other positions in this as well as my last garden, I’d almost given up on them. You can also control size in this way, by spending a peaceful half hour removing the tallest blades one at the time. Three of these plants are now in their twelfth year, remarkably they’re still looking good, I’d expect them to be getting a little bald and nobbly in the centre. Feathery green-purple flower heads emerge in summer. Flowers are good for cutting. Nigel Grange. It may be cut back hard in spring. The regime can seem complicated, especially where greater numbers of plants are involved. Anemanthele lessoniana or 'New Zealand Wind Grass' with its dark olive green foliage that turns to orange and yellow in Autumn is a useful clumping ornamental grass found for sale online. Evergreen grasses such as Stipa gigantea, Cortaderia (pampas grass) and Anemanthele lessoniana need more gentle treatment, however. Anemanthele lessoniana is: Semi evergreen. At a third of the size of the ones bought as larger plants from Pan Global Plants a year later, this is slow progress. H 60cm. Anemanthele lessoniana - Pheasant's Tail Grass (syn. Bloom Time: Mid Summer. It forms a large clump of slender, evergreen foliage, which emerges green, but becomes streaked with yellow, orange and red with age, resulting in a fiery, eye-catching display in ⦠Comb out dead or winter damaged leaves in early spring. Chionochloa looks very pretty and I’ve just noted it. In areas that are dry the plant will be smaller, SEQUIM RARE PLANTS 6) Stipa arundinacea (syn Anemathele lessoniana) is an evergreen grass which doesn’t really need cutting back every year as the old leaves get hidden by new ones each season. Common Name – Pheasant’s Tail Grass or New Zealand Wind Grass and Gossamer Grass. It was getting quite large the second season so I cut it back hard in February. Good tip, thanks Kate. I love Japanese Blood Grass, just gorgeous and good for a pot. Re anemanthele : even within the UK certain grasses perform differently so require different maintenance, especially at the juvenile stages – I got away with a lot more growing them in London than I do here on the (winter-wet) Welsh borders. It also does well in heavy clay soils, unlike many other ornamental grasses. Wordless Wednesday : Coming in to land …. The younger ones have gone brown at the tips and I’m thinking they should have a light trim. Other details: Unknown - Tell us. Requiring little care, old dead foliage can be removed if required. The evergreen foliage slowly turns a rich bronze-brown shade for a stunning winter display. I like the sound of ‘Goldilocks’, I wonder if it might do well in a large planter? Anemanthele lessoniana is now firmly established as one of our most popular native grasses, and is also extensively planted overseas â notably in England and North America, where it has been sold by many nurseries for a long time. Anemanthele lessoniana Pheasant's tail grass, ... Now mail order runs all year round and thus requires us to maybe cut back some of your plants, particularly from April to October. Bloom Size: Unknown - Tell us. Anemanthele lessoniana Pheasant's tail grass, New Zealand wind grass ... Now mail order runs all year round and thus requires us to maybe cut back some of your plants, particularly from April to October. The veteran group above planted around the acer are due for retirement next year – April 2016 was their last haircut. Anemanthele lessoniana. I hope yours does really well for you and encourages you to try other grasses. Anemanthele lessoniana is a valuable evergreen perennial grass with narrow leathery dark green arching leaves. Anemanthele lessoniana is not the only grass that presents a management puzzle. A New Look for the National Garden Scheme! If so, would you have any idea what the cause might be? Does the same happen with some your S. gigantea clumps? Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. This plant was formerly called Stipa arundinacea but has been reclassified recently. Shame about the stipa, shade and heavy soil does seem to put them off. Thank you Annette, I’m pleased you like the look of the less often seen C.rubra. Need more ⦠Hi Erik, thank you for your most interesting comments on this post. Instead of cutting them back hard, snip out the spent flower heads only and then ⦠Part of my winter reading was Lawrie Metcalf’s The Cultivation of New Zealand Native Grasses. Pennisetum macrourum : perfect picked, dried or simply left on the plant …. alba, Wordless Wednesday : Clematis ‘Etoile Violette’, NGS Open Day June 2017 and Plans for 2018, Wordless Wednesday : A Bit of Light Relief, Wordless Wednesday : Fascinating Fasciation, ‘Lamprothyrsus hieronymi!’ A Grassy Magic Spell for NGS Day, Wordless Wednesday : Clematis ‘Pangbourne Pink’, Wordless Wednesday : Paeonia x lemoinei ‘Souvenir de Maxime Cornu’, Wordless Wednesday : Raindrops on a Favourite Rose, Wordless Wednesday : A Tiny Teatime Treat, Wordless Wednesday : Iris sibirica ‘Tropic Night’, Wordless Wednesday : Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Rustica Rubra’. Stipa arundinacea ) Description In summer this ornamental evergreen grass is streaked orange-brown and it then turns to orange brown all over in winter, when there may be less to catch your eye in the garden. Details: Height: 150 cm: Width: 150 cm: Growth per Annum: Fast: Climate: Hardy: Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade: Soil: Well Drained: Native gossomer grass widely cultivated for use as an attractive ornamental garden plant. Propagation. Anemanthele lessoniana, This perennial grass forms rounded tufted clumps with upright to arching long flat-linear pointed leaves. Anemanthele lessoniana is also known as 'Pheasant's Tail Grass' with its long seed heads rising above the foliage in mid summer and sometimes refered to as Gossamer Grass. They were perfect until then! For a tidier look try cutting back by 50% before new growth commences in spring. If needed evergreens can be cut back (by up to half) at almost any time from April to July. The above images of seedlings lifted from the gravel path were either potted-up or planted in a nursery bed last spring. ANEMANTHELE lessoniana - Pheasant grass - Woottens Plant Nursery Herbaceous perennial plant specialists in Suffolk offering mail order plants. For me short-lived, free-flowering, self-seeding grasses are useful, even if their habits have to be controlled. Pheasant's tail grass. Five would look amazing! Last year this group flowered rather inconspicuously for the first time alongside the opium poppies and red valerian. I have heard that there’s an RHS trial of Stipa gigantea in the pipeline, there have been a number of new introductions like ‘Goldilocks’ and ‘Pixie’, I wonder if this will come up? AGM. For a while the blunted ends may look unsightly but as long as the tightly bunched foliage is green and lush the plants should recover. Stipa gigantea comes in a range of sizes, from the shortest ‘Pixie’ to the tallest ‘Gold Fontaene’, last year Neil Lucas introduced ‘Goldilocks’ which is of medium height. I don’t mind the extra bit of work because between the third and fifth year the impact of the continuous mass of flowers is sublimely beautiful. 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For bulkier orders, weâll be back in touch to confirm a freight price. All of mine started to look less lush from mid Feb, just the bad weather I think. Wisley had some good sized pots of SG a few years ago. ( Log Out / ( Log Out / This plant has never fully recovered, and has never matched it's former brillance. Avoid cutting back Japanese bloodgrass until early spring (before new growth begins). The largest tussock – the one with very few ‘stalled’ culms – is growing in soil with more organic matter than the other three, so probably richer and less dry in summer. Summary Information. The nursery grows and sells hardy plants including herbaceous perennials, alpine plants or alpines, ornamental grasses and ferns as well as a selection of shrubs, roses and climbers. Evergreen grasses such as Stipa gigantea , Cortaderia (pampas grass) and Anemanthele lessoniana need more gentle treatment, however. In warmer areas the grass will be greener and will not die back. Need more info? Our plant shop and … The Plantsman’s Nursery. Admittedly, conditions are much more favourable down in the sheltered yard, the plants growing in gravel in an open sunny spot are much stronger as a result. I think I will take it down to a third like your older plants. Usually from seed or division of clumps. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Stipa arundinacea; Soil – Moist soil, … Planted in three waves, they don’t need replacing all in one go. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. This grass is comparatively short lived but older plants can be replaced by self sown seedlings. Looks and sounds very interesting. This is a semi evergreen grass, close to freezing it will die back in winter and will need to be cut back to the ground in winter. The colours of Verbena bonariensis and Joe pye weed ⦠New Zealand wind grass (Anemanthele lessoniana). I don’t cut it back, though you can prune as low as about 15cm (six inches) from the ground. Usually from seed or division of clumps. Yes, I had considered natural variability, as well as soil & moisture (not exposure, because they are all in full sun). Propagate by seed in containers in a cold frame in spring or by division from mid-spring to early summer. Soil pH requirements: 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline) Patent Information: Unknown - Tell us. Position: full sun or partial shade Soil: moderately fertile, medium to light, well-drained soil Rate of growth: fast-growing Flowering period: June to September Hardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection) Pheasant's tail is a wonderful grass that provides year-round colour, movement and structure. Flowers are good for drying and preserving. Plants with tall flowering stems and lots of foliage may lose a great deal of water in transit and cutting back helps reduce this ⦠Wordless Wednesday : Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Pink Glow’, Wordless Wednesday : Hedychium spicatum from Tibet, Wordless Wednesday : Self-seeded Nasturtiums, Wordless Wednesday : A Misted Spider’s Web, Wordless Wednesday : Sanguisorbia tenuifolia var. Anemanthele lessoniana is easily grown in average, medium to dry soils, in full sun or shade. Subscribe to our Newsletter / Blog. Seedlings take two years to grow a good root system, only then do they make sturdy plants for spacing in the border. Nigel Grange. Anemanthele lessoniana, Chionochloa 'Rubra', grooming evergreen grasses, stipa gigantea. Unlike their deciduous cousins, which once established can be cut right down to the ground in late winter/early spring, evergreen grasses grow throughout the seasons so they won’t thank you for treating them in the same way. By the way have you ever grown my favourite Miscanthus nepalensis? This airy evergreen grass is spectacular when ruffled by the breeze, adding movement to borders and containers. With some evergreens like this Anemanthele lessoniana (also known as Stipa arundinacea), they can get relatively strawy on top after a few seasons and can be cut back, but this must be done when the plant is … In 1998 Metcalf warned that in optimum conditions NZ landscapers should be aware of anemanthele’s propensity to become a self-seeding nuisance, the gossamer sprays of infloresences are loaded with fine seed held on arching wiry stems intent on being tracked by hoof or boot rather than being windborne. Anemanthele is a stunning subject for mass planting but as a short-lived New Zealand native the key is a steady supply of new plants. Anemanthele lessoniana (Wind Grass) Previous Next. Anemanthele lessoniana. In a garden setting this makes it easier to deal with unwanted seedlings. Do not cut back in autumn or winter. If needed evergreens can be cut back (by up to half) at almost any time from April to July. Also known as Pheasantâs tail, it is a wonderful grass that provides year-round colour, movement and structure. Plant Anemanthele lessoniana in large drifts for maximum impact. Anemanthele lessoniana : harder. I’ve been debating whether to cut back the pheasant grass that I moved a few weeks ago. A. lessoniana - A. lessoniana is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen to evergreen grass, with arching, mid-green leaves, flushed red or orange in autumn, and airy, arching panicles of reddish-brown flower spikelets in late summer. Now a question. Try planting in a position where light will come through from behind, a favourite trick with many ornamental grasses, or perhaps against a contrasting background. Its arching flower heads and slightly arching foliage give movement to a border. Much earlier in the year, planted a metre apart on centre allows room for clumps of Iris sibirica ‘Tropic Nights’ to be squeezed in between them, both flower early in May so any tidying of the stipa has to be done sooner rather than later in the spring. Our last winter was the longest and wettest in a long time – perhaps 10 years – and for the first time I felt that a mere combing of my Anemanthele lessoniana clumps wouldn’t be enough, so I cut them back in early spring. Hello Nigel, In spring, you can tease out any dead foliage in your Anemanthele by gently running your fingers through it as if it were hair. Chilly weather enhances the foxy-red tints in its foliage. Lovely photographs too. Showa gloves are great for gently grooming grasses by hand, designed to be slightly tacky loose leaves stick to them. Alas, I don’t have an extensive sheltered, sunny slope for such an ambitious planting here, a late summer sortee to Buckland Monachorum will have to do. Complementary colour The ColorGrass Collection lets you grow and sell the broadest range of ornamental grasses from ⦠Summary Information. HR RHS H4, USDA 7a-9b. Botanical Name – Anemanthele lessoniana syn. Sesleria autumnalis : A New Grass for the Little Meadow? Wordless Wednesday : Tulip ‘Orange Emperor’. Given the right conditions none are hard to grow, I’ve rated the annual effort it takes to keep them looking good. Anemanthele lessoniana is also known as 'Pheasant's Tail Grass' with its long seed heads rising above the foliage in mid summer and sometimes refered to as Gossamer Grass. Collections. The plants may self ⦠If you’ve space between plants, Iris sibirica work nicely as a long term, early flowering combination – both are usually on sale on the same time of year. Around 300 spent tyres, partly covered with soil and topped with bark were used to make this raft of a path that is flanked with bright-green Hakonechloa, Silene fimbriata, pheasant grass (Anemanthele lessoniana), Geranium pratense and Sanguisorba minor with Sambucus nigra f.porphyrophylla âEvaâ in the background.. ⦠This is very useful again, Kate. Easy in moderately fertile, well-drained soil in sun or light shade. Spent day lily stems in a mass of anemanthele inflorescence. It has another two years to win me over but at this stage, I think I would prefer to replace it with our native Anemanthele lessoniana which fills a similar niche but with more foliar interest and lower maintenance requirements. Good green arching ⦠In our exposed garden overwintering foliage tips are first tinted, then dried by frosts as well as by desiccating winds, cutting them back too soon risks the new foliage too. Good luck with yours. So cut them back hard now, before the new green shoots show so there is no risk of cutting them back as well. Spread: 120cm (47"). The longevity of grasses versus their seeding or growth habits fascinates me, I can see that some are much lower maintenance for being truly perennial than others. I have four mature Stipa gigantea, all of which I started from seed four or five years ago. It got a bit stressed immmediately afterwards and no longer looks lush. Five years ago a 0.5 litre division struggled to establish, this is what it looks like today. I hope … Most interesting post Kate with lots of practical information – and some lovely photos of sun on your grasses. I once grew Stipa gigantea but it died in the first winter – I suspect it was too damp where I planted it. It was getting quite large the second season so I cut it back hard in February. Propagate by seed in containers in a cold frame in spring or by division from mid-spring to early summer. It’s for joy.”, Learning to love The Pink and Orange Patio, NGS open garden day : Sunday 21st June, 2-5.30pm, Calamagrostis : a great grass for all seasons, Miscanthus sinensis : “queen of the grasses”. Anemanthele lessoniana, This perennial grass forms rounded tufted clumps with upright to arching long flat-linear pointed leaves. Plant Anemanthele lessoniana in large drifts for maximum impact. ( Log Out / Delicate fine spikes of brilliant gold make this evergreen grass a spectacular foliage plant. Also, it may depend on which form the seed came from…. Anemanthele lessoniana is a fantastic ornamental grass that provides year-round colour, movement and structure in a variety of garden situations. If I can find the name of it I’ll get back to you. These ornamental grasses are Evergreen: Comb or rake off any old, tired or dead leaves and flowers in spring. Based on my experience, anemanthele does well for at least five years, more perhaps depending on the conditions in which it’s grown. I’m so glad that it is doing well in the garden here, we now have two, but who knows, maybe I’ll have to add another! Now I need to get the succession going and replace the oldest each year. Position: full sun or partial shade Soil: moderately fertile, medium to light, well-drained soil Rate of growth: fast-growing Flowering period: June to September Hardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection) Pheasant's tail is a wonderful grass that provides year-round colour, movement and structure. Donât cut any lower, as this may kill it. In late summer wispy stems of small, purple flowers are produced. Cut back every 2 years for a fresh look. Bowles and The Riddle of the Pheasant’s Tail Grass, Hakonechloa macra : Japanese Forest Grass. Trimming off the top growth won’t hurt, it may even help perk it up. If they’re looking thatchy I might lightly rake them through either using a spring tine rake or by running my hands through from the base of the plant. Beautiful images! Produces airy seed heads. The weather gave me and you I trust, the opportunity to cut back all the perennials, prune the roses and lightly weed over the borders, frankly incredible, compared to this time last year, when we were under the white stuff thanks to the beast. They stay this colour right through the winter. Flowers are good for drying and preserving. So far, seed hasn’t germinated. Stipa arundinacea; Soil â Moist ⦠So cut them back hard now, before the new green shoots show so there is no risk of cutting them back as well. Anemanthele lessoniana 'Sirocco' RHS Plants for Pollinators plants This plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects. So glad I put them all together having seen your photo of the mature ones en masse. Fingers crossed your youngsters will perk up soon with some TLC and as the nighttime temps improve. In late spring I can see that only a few of them seem to stall at a certain point as you describe – probably in response to light/heat/seed production. Anemanthele lessoniana is not the only grass that presents a management puzzle. This evergreen ornamental grass is a good choice for shady areas. Arching, ⦠Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Noticeably, in mid-summer, tussocks look greener than in winter. Evergreen grasses : to cut or not to cut? yep, just found their photo stream on flickr…looking fab, pity I didn’t know about it when I lived there or maybe it’s a fairly new garden. Googling Chinonchloa rubra along with The Garden House will transport you to designer Sophie Dixon’s oh so tempting images of what can be achieved planting this grass en masse. Amenanthele lessoniana comes from New Zealand, where it is found mainly on the eastern side of North and South Islands and is rare and declining . Small mail order nursery with a very interesting range of perennials and other plants. Enter your email address: Online Plant Nurseries, garden and plant Nurseries in the USA. Fifty of them are planted a metre apart formimg a low hedge beside the drive which then curves back in a loop around the Acer griseum. Plants with tall flowering stems and lots of foliage may lose a great deal of water in transit and cutting back helps reduce this stress. Carex solandri is a wonderful, pot friendly, dead easy evergreen sedge, it would look stunning in the back row of your spring bulb theatre (;. Unfortunately it is not hardy in my garden, so it is one I loved and lost. Wind Grass / Gossamer Grass . Height: 100cm (39"). 2010-02-15. This grass doesn’t flower fully until its third year, after which a steady supply of seedlings are available to keep the structured planting going. Chionochloa rubra is the lowest maintenance grass I grow, since planting it in 2011 I haven’t laid a finger on it. I am at once tempted to replace the three under-performing plants with seedlings of the best one – they all self-sow with abandon around my garden – and reluctant to replace mature plants that have taken years to reach that point with open-pollinated seedlings that are not guaranteed to perform like their better parent. I am scaling back âTanikaâ â composting about 80% of it. Posted by kate@barnhouse in Ornamental grasses, Anemanthele lessoniana, Chionochloa 'Rubra', grooming evergreen grasses, stipa gigantea. I donât cut it back, though you can prune as low as about 15cm (six inches) from the ground. The second method is to ignore them until they are unattractive and oversized, and ⦠The genus Anemanthele … Stipa arundinacea ) Description In summer this ornamental evergreen grass is streaked orange-brown and it then turns to orange brown all over in winter, when there may be less to catch your eye in the garden. Brian Skeys also grows grasses, among them beautiful Chionochloa rubra. They look fantastic, but except for one of the clumps – which also happens to be the largest – the others have a fairly large number of flowering culms that seem to die at different stages before they are fully grown, and the ‘aborted’ seed heads on those culms look dry instead of coppery, and the culms break easily and look like it’s already mid-winter. Propagation. It is the colour of the grass as it turns a yellow to amber as it is stressed by the cold. This is one of the best ornamnetal grasses for colour, it make an excellent accent plant with only the centre of the plant being green, the rest is wonderful color. Propagation … I put them in half shade last time for some dozy reason. Flowers are good for cutting. C.rubra would look fabulous spilling down your slope! This is a semi evergreen grass, close to freezing it will die back in winter and will need to be cut back to the ground in winter. ( Log Out / Back to Plant List. There’s not much to do, the flowering spikes fall by December here, which only leaves snipping out the woody stubs of last year’s stems in early April. Here are three of the several evergreens I grow, each is groomed in different ways according to the instructiions on their care labels. We only do this to herbaceous perennials that will rejuvenate stronger from the base. Reaching nearly 1m (36inches) Anemanthele lessoniana works well as an accent plant in the garden border, can be used as an infill plant or can be used in pots or containers or as a specimen plant. Anemanthele lessoniana is an ideal ornamental grass for your garden that creates a stunning winter display. USDA zones: 8 - 10 Sunset zones: 14 - 24 Mature size: 2 - 3 feet high ⦠Thank you Cathy, that’s a great idea – I shall try a dog comb on the paintbrushes. Imagine hundreds drifting down a sunny slope …. This year the younger and more vigorous row beside the more sheltered cedar path were cut back by 50%. 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