NZ native grasses feature heavily through our plant nursery and are a popular addition to most gardens. Similarly, we have a vast range of ornamental grasses that are also extremely popular. Browse our amazing range to find the best grasses for your garden or landscaping project.
Acorus Mini Green is a dwarf, ornamental grass featuring lush, lime green foliage. The attractive foliage emerges from a central clump and...
Anemanthele lessoniana (aka Stipa arundinacea), commonly known as Gossamer Grass, Bent Grass, Pheasant Grass, or New Zealand Wind Grass, is a NZ...
Baumea articulata, commonly known as the Jointed Twig Rush, this is an attractive, NZ native grass grown for its aesthetics and ability to handle and...
Calamagrostis x acutiflora Overdam, commonly known as the Feather Reed Grass, is an impressive ornamental grass that grows as a clump and produces...
Carex buchananii, commonly known as Leatherleaf Sedge or Brown Carex, is an attractive, NZ native, ornamental grass. It features very fine, brown...
Carex comans Green is a NZ native, ornamental grass featuring slender and arching, lime green foliage. It grows as a tidy clump to about 40 cm tall...
Carex dissita, commonly known as Forest Sedge, is an attractive, NZ native grass that is commonly found in forest, scrub, and swampy areas. It...
Carex oshimensis Everest features grass like leaves that are variegated with dark green centres and silver-white edges. It typically grows to 35 cm...
Carex comans Frosted Curls is a NZ native, ornamental grass that features slender, hair-like, iridescent foliage that shimmers in light breezes....
Carex geminata is a hardy, NZ native grass featuring slender, green foliage and an amazing ability to grow in wet areas. The fresh green foliage has...
Carex maorica is a fast growing, NZ native grass that features bright green, arching foliage. It produces distinctive, brown flower spikes through...
Carex secta is a NZ native grass commonly found in swampy areas. It features slender foliage which is dark green and held densely. Older plants may...
Carex solandri is a NZ native, ornamental grass that features attractive, dark green foliage. The foliage emerges upright and develops a gentle and...
Carex testacea, commonly known as Orange New Zealand Sedge, is a highly popular, NZ native, ornamental grass with foliage that creates wispy...
Carex trifida, commonly known as the Mutton Bird Sedge, is an attractive, NZ native, ornamental grass. It features arching, green-gold foliage which...
Carex virgata, commonly known as Pukio or Swamp Sedge, is a fast growing, NZ native grass, often found in swampy areas. It features handsome, bright...
Chionochloa flavicans, commonly known as Miniature Toetoe, is a popular and versatile, NZ native grass featuring flowing, green foliage. The...
Chionochloa rigida, commonly known as Snow Tussock, is a large tussock grass with slender, tawny-green foliage and graceful flower panicles in...
Chionochloa rubra, commonly known as Red Tussock, is a large and striking NZ native tussock grass. It produces long and slender red leaves with a...
Cortaderia fulvida, commonly known as Toetoe, is a large and vigorous NZ native grass. It bears long and narrow, mid-green leaves which are held...
Cymbopogon citratus (aka Andropogon citratus), commonly known as Lemongrass Grass or Citronella Grass, is grown for both its aesthetics and culinary...
Cyperus papyrus Nana, commonly known as the Dwarf Papyrus, is a perennial grass with graceful and bright green leaves. It carries unusual looking...
Elegia tectorum, commonly known as the Cape Thatching Reed, is a fast-growing, ornamental restio grass from South Africa. It typically grows to 80...
Ficinia nodosa, commonly known as Knobby Club Rush, is a NZ native grass that features stout, mid-green foliage. In cold or exposed climates, the...
New Zealand's native grasses offer both beauty and ecological benefits to a garden. They can transform your garden into a haven for local wildlife and create a landscape in sync with NZ’s nature. The Plant Company’s range of native grasses includes Carex, Sedges, Tussocks, Juncus, Uncinia, Chionochoa, Cortaderia, Libertia, Poa, Macherina, and more! You will find we easily have the largest range in NZ. Many of these fabulous plants have been grown from eco-sourced seed and raised in our large nursery. We also buy in plants from NZ’s leading plant nurseries. Our eye for quality means only the best plants go to our customers.
Exotic grasses also feature strongly in our plant nursery, and again, we have a vast range of these. Some of these ornamental grasses include Lomandra, Miscanthus, Acorus, Imperata, Hakonechloa, Sisyrinchium, to name just a few. These are either propagated at our nursery or brought in from nurseries that can meet our quality expectations.
Landscapers throughout NZ generally favour using NZ natives in their designs, and grasses are a prominent part of that. Short of listing all the grasses we have on offer, here are a few of the more popular choices to guide your thinking.
The Plant Company has hundreds of varieties of ornamental grasses available right now. There is no question that we have the largest range available in NZ and we know that our quality is first class because that’s what our customers tell us. We further know this because we grow and propagate grasses ourselves as well as source from the best plant nurseries in NZ. Some of the more popular ornamental grasses we have include Lomandra Lime Tuff, Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster', Miscanthus sinensis, Liriope muscari, Mondo Grasses, Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron', and more! These are just a small taste of what we have. There is a whole suite of NZ native grasses not even listed here, that are available too! Be sure to check out our full range of grasses and prepare to be impressed!
It is important when planting grasses to not let them dry out. While most are hardy to drought, this tolerance only occurs after they are fully established. Therefore, after you have carefully planted your grasses into well prepared soil and firmed them in gently to remove air pockets, be sure to water them well!
Often, native grasses are planted in wind prone areas, so the watering is even more vital here. The Plant Company recommends that grasses should only be planted in exposed positions from late autumn until early spring so they can establish while there is plenty of moisture in the soil and temperatures are not too hot. Finally, be sure not to place any fertiliser in the hole at planting as this can burn the roots. Rather spread native plant fertiliser on the soil surface after planting and during spring. With these simple measures your native or ornamental grasses should thrive.
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.