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green ornamental grass

Green ornamental grass is a stunning choice for gardeners and landscapers throughout New Zealand, offering year-round colour, texture, and movement to any outdoor space. Whether you're looking to soften a garden border, add structure to a contemporary landscape, or create a lush, easy-care groundcover, green ornamental grasses deliver a striking effect with minimal maintenance. These versatile plants suit a variety of soil types and thrive in both full sun and partial shade, making them an excellent addition to gardens big and small.

Lomandra Shara

Lomandra Shara is an ornamental grass renowned for its delicate, dark green foliage and graceful arching form. Reaching approximately 60 cm in height and width, it thrives in full sun to partial shade and is highly tolerant of drought, frost, wind, and coastal conditions. This low-maintenance plant is ideal for mass plantings, borders, containers, and around outdoor living areas, adding year-round texture and colour to gardens.

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From $20.18

Suited to regions: All regions

Plant type: Grasses

Height: 60 cm

Spread: 60 cm

Flowering time: Spring

Tolerances: Coastal, Extended dry periods, Hardy, Wind

Garden uses: Banks, Borders, Containers, Living areas, Paths & Steps, Ponds, Pool areas

Garden styles: Alpine, Architectural, Backyard, City & Courtyard, Coastal, Frontyard, Japanese, Modern

Lomandra Misty Green

Lomandra Misty Green is an ornamental grass with delicate, dark green foliage and a tidy, rounded form. Growing to about 40 cm in height and width, it thrives in full sun to partial shade and is highly tolerant of drought, frost, wind, and coastal conditions. This low-maintenance plant is ideal for borders, mass plantings, containers, and around outdoor living areas, adding year-round texture and colour to gardens.

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From $20.93

Suited to regions: All regions

Plant type: Grasses

Height: 40 cm

Spread: 40 cm

Flowering time: Spring

Tolerances: Coastal, Extended dry periods, Hardy, Wind

Garden uses: Banks, Borders, Containers, Living areas, Paths & Steps, Pool areas

Garden styles: Alpine, Architectural, Backyard, City & Courtyard, Coastal, Frontyard, Japanese, Mediterranean, Modern

Why Choose Green Ornamental Grass for Your Landscape?

Green ornamental grass varieties bring a crisp, vibrant look to gardens and public spaces. These grasses blend seamlessly with other plantings and can be used to unify a design or act as an eye-catching feature. Many types are evergreen, ensuring your garden stays beautiful even in the colder months. They’re also drought-tolerant and require less water than traditional lawns, which is ideal for sustainable gardening in New Zealand’s varied climates.

Top Green Ornamental Grasses for New Zealand Gardens

When selecting green ornamental grass, it’s important to pick varieties that are well-suited to our climate and easy to care for. Here are some of the best options:

1. Lomandra Misty Green

A resilient and attractive choice, Lomandra Misty Green forms soft, fine-leaved mounds that bring texture and lush colour to pathways, borders, or mass plantings. With its compact shape and high tolerance for both sun and shade, it’s a favourite for both residential and commercial landscapes.

2. Lomandra Shara

If you’re looking for durability in tough conditions, Lomandra Shara stands out. It's renowned for its vigorous, dense growth and elegant green blades, making it perfect for erosion control, roadside planting, or modern garden designs where structure and reliability are key.

3. Lomandra Nyalla

With bright green, arching foliage, Lomandra Nyalla brings a refreshing feel to any space. It’s especially good for coastal gardens thanks to its salt tolerance and impressive wind resistance. This variety looks beautiful when mass-planted or as a single specimen in containers.

4. Lomandra Little Pal

For those with smaller spaces or looking for a low-growing feature, Lomandra Little Pal is ideal. This compact green ornamental grass is both hardy and attractive, complementing rock gardens, borders, and container plantings with ease.

5. Carex flagellifera Green

Natural texture and movement define Carex flagellifera Green. Its fine, arching leaves offer a soft green finish, ideal for incorporating into mixed beds, around ponds, or along shaded garden paths.

How to Use Green Ornamental Grass in Your Garden

Green ornamental grasses are wonderfully versatile. Use them in mass plantings for a lush, dramatic look, as edging along driveways, or scattered through perennial borders. Their evergreen foliage keeps garden beds lively throughout the seasons, while their low-maintenance nature makes caring for them a breeze.

Incorporate green ornamental grass varieties such as Lomandra Misty Green and Carex flagellifera Green into your next landscaping project for year-round appeal, minimal maintenance, and a timeless green effect.

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Whether you need assistance finding the plant you’re looking for or you simply want to know more about who we are and what we do, we invite you to get in touch with us today. A member of The Plant Company team will get back in touch as soon as possible.