japanese grasses for shade
Japanese grasses for shade are a stunning solution for New Zealand gardens where sunlight may be limited but style is in high demand. These graceful, easy-care grasses add texture, movement, and year-round colour to shaded spots, creating serene, woodland-inspired spaces. Whether you're revitalising a dark corner, edging pathways, or enhancing underplanting beneath trees, Japanese grasses for shade deliver elegance and resilience in equal measure.
Hakonechloa macra 'Albostriata'
Hakonechloa macra 'Albostriata', commonly known as Japanese Forest Grass, is a stunning ornamental grass. It features variegated green foliage with cream stripes near the leaf margins. It grows as a large, soft-looking mound to about 1 m tall and the same wide. This Japanese Frost Grass is commonly used to line pathways or waterways, planted under large trees and shrubs, or grown in a large container. The beauty of Hakonechloa macra 'Albostriata' affords year-round interest.
From $22.88
Hakonechloa 'Albovariegata'
Hakonechloa macra 'Albovariegata', commonly known as variegated Japanese Forest Grass, features lush foliage that is variegated dark green with narrow, cream stripes. It grows as a large, soft looking mound to about 1 m tall and the same wide. This Japanese Forest Grass is commonly used to line pathways or waterways, added to a mixed or border planting, planted around outdoor living areas, grown around the base of large trees, mass planted either as a groundcover or on a bank, or grown in a large container.
From $22.88
