Plant of the Day
Friday 2 January 2015
Even in winter grasses can give great texture. This bold planting of a sweep of Anemanthele lessoniana (pheasant tail grass) punctuated by a row of pine trees provides texture and movement. The path with the unity of grasses on both sides offers a dynamic flow to the garden leading the eye and making the visitor want to see what is beyond the next corner.
Anemanthele lessoniana was formerly known as Stipa arundinacea, and is a clump-forming grass from New Zealand. The foliage is green in the summer but in autumn it takes on orange, red and yellow tints before becoming a warm ochre brown. It produces beautiful airy flower heads that catch the light in the summer.
Jill Raggett
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