Rideau Woodland Ramble - 2010 Stock List

 

Item Description

Size

Height

Width

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Price

 

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arundo donax 'Variegata'
Creamy yellow-white variegated leaves. Large striking bamboo-like grass.

Clumping

360cm

 

5

$14.99 1 Gallon (R10)

 

Calamagrostis arundinacea brachytricha
Medium green clumping grass with a more open form, tall stems with fluffy bottle-brush like plumes gracefully arch from the clump, first open with a pinkish cast that dries to a bronzish tone.

Clumping/Arching

1m

 

4

$13.99 1 Gallon (P10)

New

Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster'
Karl Foerster Reed Grass. Dark green foliage; pinkish spring flowers maturing to gold.

Clumping Upright

1.2m

1m

4

$11.99 2 Gallon (P10)

$39.99 5 Gallon (W10)

 

Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Avalanche'
Variegated form of 'Karl Foerster' white leaf centers with narrow green margins. Blooms are feathery plumes that change from pinkish-green to golden as they age.

Strong, tight, upright , clumping

100cm

 

4

$10.99 2 Gallon (R10)

 

Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'
A bright groundcover for a shady spot, Ice Dance has long shiny leaves trimmed in bright white. It spreads slowly to fill in and make a tidy cover that discourages weeds. Deer and disease resistant.

Clumping

25cm

25cm

4

$12.99 1 Gallon (Y10)

New

Carex morrowii 'Evergold'
This evergreen clumping sedge is known for its bright creamy yellow, center-striped leaves and lush arching foliage appearing golden yellow in the garden. Light to medium shade. It likes good drainage and moisture.

Clumping

25cm

50cn

4

$12.99 1 Gallon (Y10)

New

Carex morrowii 'Silver Sceptre'
A beautiful selection of this sedge, this one has narrow leaves with white margins, giving it a very fine texture overall. Rhizomatous, forming thick silvery clumps. A bright addition to the shade garden.

Clumping

30cm

50cm

5

$13.99 1 Gallon (W10)

New

Chasmanthium latifolium
Northern Sea Oats. Foliage is rich green/bamboo like; blooms are oat-like green spikelets, red-bronze in the Fall.

Clumping Upright Arching

90cm

30cm

4

 

 

Deschampsia cespitosa
Very fine hair-like texture. Foliage dark green with tall flowers panicles.

Mounded, clumping

90cm

 

4

$9.99 2 Gallon (R10)

 

Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'
Elijah Blue Fescue. Foliage is silvery blue-green.

Clumping Mounding

25cm

30cm

4

$13.99 1 Gallon (W10)

 

Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold'
The foliage is completely golden. Cascading foliage resembles falling water. Marvelous beside a pond. Try combining it with darker foliage plants like a Heuchera.

Spreading

30cm

 

4

$13.99 1 Gallon (WY10)

 

Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
Foliage is stunning variegated yellow, white and green, turning intense pinkish-red in fall. Grows best in partial to full shade.

Clumping Mounding

30cm

30cm

4

$13.99 1 Gallon (WY10)

 

Hakonechloa macra 'Beni-Kaze'
The Japanese translation is 'Red Wind' which is perfect for this gorgeous forest grass. A flowing graceful green through the summer but in fall when the weather cools the blades take on varying shades of red. A beautiful, easy shade groundcover.

Mounded

60cm

80cm

5

$14.99 1 Gallon (W10)

 

Hakonechloa macra 'Naomi'
Excellent fall color sets this new cultivar apart from 'Aureola'. The creamy yellow and green variegated leaves become flushed with reddish-purple tones in fall. The colour is most pronounced in cool weather.

 

40cm

45cm

5

$14.99 1 Gallon (W10)

New

Hakonechloa macra 'Nicolas'
Excellent fall color sets this new cultivar apart 'Aureola'. The solid green foliage becomes flushed with orange and red tones in fall. The color is most pronounced in cool weather.

 

40cm

45cm

5

$14.99 1 Gallon (W10)

New

Helictotrichon sempervirens 'Saphirsprudel'
Sapphire fountain is a selection of blue oat grass known for its improved wider foliage colour and disease resistance. It grows well in well-drained, fertile soil in full sun.

Clumps

60cm

 

3

$13.99 1 Gallon (W10)

$19.99 2 Gallon (W10)

 

Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron'
Foliage bright red in early summer and remains until autumn.

 

45cm

 

4

$12.99 1 Gallon (Y10)

 

Miscanthus floridulus 'Giganteus'
A very tall upright grower with dark green blades. One of the last miscanthus to bloom mid to late Fall. Flowers are white and 50cm long.

Upright, Clumping

2m

 

4

$19.99 4 Gallon (R10)

$39.99 5 Gallon (W10)

 

Miscanthus oligostachyus ‘Purpurascens'
Foliage green to red in the Fall. Cotton like plumes.

Clumping Upright Arching

1.2m

1m

4

$39.99 5 Gallon (W10)

 

Miscanthus purpurascens 'Autumn Red'
Clumping forming with wider leaves, average gray-green summer foliage turns brilliant red-orange in the fall, narrow silvery plumes mid-summer.

 

120cm

 

4

$13.99 1 Gallon (P10)

 

Miscanthus sinensis ‘Huron Sunrise’
Medium green foliage with natural silver line, plumes open burgundy.

Clumping Upright

1.8m

 

4

$10.99 1 Gallon (V10)

$13.99 (W10)

 

Miscanthus sinensis ‘Sarabande’
Sarabande Japanese Silver Grass. Foliage is fine, silvery. Blooms are unique, spidery plumes.

Clumping Upright Arching

1.75m

1.2m

5

$10.99 1 Gallon (V10)

$19.99 2 Gallon (R10)

$39.99 5 Gallon (R10)

 

Miscanthus sinensis 'Bluetenwunder'
Very showy blue-gray foliage, very prolific bloomer.

Clumping

180cm

 

4

$9.99 2 Gallon (R10)

 

Miscanthus sinensis 'Dixieland'
Dwarf form of the popular M. Variegatus, clump forming with variegated green leaves with white stripes, more erect habit with no flopping.

 

120cm

 

4

$13.99 1 Gallon (P10)

 

Miscanthus sinensis 'Flamingo'
Narrow, arching leaves and purple-pink flower panicles in late summer.

Upright, clumping

180cm

 

5

$11.99 1 Gallon (V10)

New

Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
Foliage is fine, narrow, silvery green; blooms are tall copper plumes above foliage.

Clumping /Upright Arching Graceful

1.75m

1.2m

5

$10.99 1 Gallon (R10)

$11.99 2 Gallon (P10)

$39.99 5 Gallon (W10)

 

Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus'
Strong grower with great fall colour. Pink-purple plumes turn silver in the fall. Very hardy.

Clumping /Upright Arching Graceful

180cm

 

4

$11.99 1 Gallon (V10)

 

Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'
Forming a mushroom shaped clump this grass has very narrow variegated leaves that are margined in white giving the appearance of being silver in the distance. H 150 cm.-W 120 cm. Large, bold, hardy, drought tolerant, easy to grow. They are perennials with a long flowering season, outstanding autumn colours and winter interest. They are unfussy about soil ty pes, free draining to heavy but not waterlogged.

 

150cm

120cm

5

$12.99 1 Gallon (R10)

$13.99 2 Gallon (R10)

 

Miscanthus sinensis 'Rotsilber'
Compact, with silver mid-ribs to the leaves, turning orange-red in the autumn. Red-pink chestnut inflorescences with age to silvery tones.

Clumping /Upright Arching Graceful

180cm

 

4

$9.99 1 Gallon (R10)

 

Miscanthus sinensis 'Silberfeder'
Silver Feather Maiden Grass. Foliage is dark green with silver centre stripes. Blooms are silver plumes that rise above the foliage.

Clumping/ Upright Arching

1.8m

1.5m

4

$11.00 1 Gallon (V10)

 

Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'
Horizontal bands of green and yellow. Feathery beige plumes.

Upright, Clumping

1.5m

 

4

$19.99 2 Gallon (W10)

$39.99 5 Gallon (W10)

 

Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'
Variegated Japanese Silver Grass. Foliage is green and white striped.

Clumping/ Upright /Arching

1.5m

1.2m

4

$11.00 1 Gallon (V10)

$13.99 (W10)

$19.99 2 Gallon (W10)

 

Molina c. ss. arundinacea 'Skyracer'
A robust, showy, clump forming grass with basal foliage to 1m, and stiffly upright flowers stems to 2.5m. In the fall the flowering stems and panicles turn an outstanding golden-yellow. Grows well in sun to part shade.

Clumping

230cm

 

4

$13.99 1 Gallon (P10)

 

Molinia caerulea 'Variegata'
Variegated Moor Grass. Foliage is green and white striped.

Clumping Upright Arching

45cm

60cm

4

$10.99 1 Gallon (V10)

$19.99 2 Gallon (R10)

 

Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues'
One of the best wide leaved blues. Purple-green flowers.

 

150cm

 

4

$13.50 2 Gallon (R10)

 

Panicum virgatum 'North Wind'
Clumping forming, very strong, upright grower with wide steel-blue foliage.

Clumping /Upright

180cm

 

4

$11.99 2 Gallon (R10)

 

Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Foxtrot’
Makes a large, upright, 1.5m tall x 1.2m wide clump, topped in midsummer with 1.5m tall tan plumes. P. 'Foxtrot' has proven to be an outstanding, long-lived and reliable performer with much more vigor than typical P. alopecuroides

Mounded

1.5m

1,2m

5

$19.99 2 Gallon (W10)

$39.99 5 Gallon (R10)

 

Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Piglet’
'Piglet' measures in at just about 45cm, or knee height. It makes a fabulous tall edging and can also be grown in patio containers. In mid to late summer, full, tawny plumes cascade up and above the finely textured, green foliage.

Arching,clumping

45cm

60cm

5

$13.99 1 Gallon (W10)

 

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head'
Deep purple buds mature to smokey purple with dark green foliage that turns gold in the fall.

Arching,clumping

90cm

60cm

5

$13.99 1 Gallon (W10)

$19.99 2 Gallon (W10)

 

Pennisetum alopercuroides 'Little Bunny'
Dwarf fountain grass is a true miniature growing to only 40cm. Clump forming with 5cm fuzzy racemes.

Clumping

40cm

 

4

$13.99 1 Gallon (P10)

 

Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’
Purple Fountain Grass. Foliage is purple/deep red; blooms are purple/red plumes.

Clumping Upright Arching

120cm

120cm

9

$11.99 1 Gallon (W10)

$16.00 2 Gallon (W10)

 

Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks'
Pennisetum Fireworks is the first variegated purple fountain grass. The mid-vein is the typical burgundy color and is flanked by hot pink margins!

 

75cm

60cm

10

$13.99 1 Gallon (W10)

 

Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues'
Little bluestem is an outstanding blue selection of this very attractive native prairie bunchgrass. Foliage and flowers are strictly upright to 60cm with excellent reddish fall colour.

Clumping

60cm

 

3

$12.50 2 Gallon (R10)

 



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