Grasses

Carex oshimensis Evergold is a graceful, arching ornamental grass valued for its striking variegated foliage. Its fine, tumbling leaves feature glossy deep green margins with a clear gold centre stripe, creating a bright cascading effect that looks attractive in the garden all year round. This compact, clumping sedge forms dense, fountain-like foliage that works beautifully as a feature in containers or when planted in groups beneath taller shrubs and trees. Its elegant texture also makes it ideal for edging pathways, softening borders, or filling garden beds with colour and movement. 

Soil: Suited to all soil types.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Frost, coastal and drought tolerant.
Size: Height 30cm x width 50cm

Pennisetum Red Riding Hood is a hardy, clumping, dwarf perennial grass prized for its abundant, fluffy, arching red-pink plumes that appear from spring through to autumn. The striking flower spikes rise elegantly above rich burgundy-toned foliage, creating a vibrant and long-lasting colour display in the garden. Fast-growing and compact, this variety is ideal for borders, edging, and small garden spaces, and performs beautifully in containers. Its dense clumping habit also makes it useful for erosion control on embankments.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Heat, coastal and light frost tolerant.
Size: Height 0.75m x width 0.75m

Carex Everoro is a striking ornamental sedge prized for its vibrant lime-green foliage highlighted by deep green margins. Its' fine, arching leaves create a dense, cascading mound that brings brightness, texture, and graceful movement to shaded areas of the garden. This evergreen variety retains its vivid colour throughout the year, making it a dependable choice for borders, mass plantings, underplanting, and decorative pots. Small brown flower spikes may appear in spring, though the colourful foliage remains the main attraction. Low-maintenance and highly versatile, Everoro is perfect for softening pathways, filling difficult shaded spaces, or adding a fresh contemporary feel to garden designs.

Soil: Moist, well-drained soil.

Conditions: Part to full shade.

Size: Height 0.40m x 0.60m

Grevillea Grassfire is admired for its vibrant, fiery-red flowers that create a spectacular burst of colour in the garden. Naturally spreading to around 2–3 m wide, it is often trained as a standard, forming a compact feature tree with a rounded to gently weeping canopy. Flowering heavily from late winter through spring, with occasional blooms throughout the year, Grassfire delivers bold colour, strong architectural form and excellent bird-attracting qualities. Its nectar-rich flowers are highly appealing to bees and native birds, bringing life and movement to the garden. Ideal for courtyards, pathways, feature plantings, pots and formal rows, this striking Australian native suits spaces where impact is desired without taking up too much room.

Soil: It thrives in well-drained clay or loamy soils
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 1.5-2.5m x width 2-3m