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Dying to know what this is

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  • MondoMondoMondoMondo Posts: 14
    The pics off the web, looking up close in the cropped version I guess it could be silver fern, and as wild edges says the blue has been turned up so a blue grass would look even more blue than it does here. Also the list of plants on their site I don’t think are in any particular order. I guess asking them can’t hurt!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Silver surfer said:
    Pic cropped.



    That looks like a rubus to me ... it’s got branching growth so not a grass. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    Yes, you're right.  It's Cambridge Botanic Gardens and Rubus biflorus.  I've admired it many times.
    East Anglia
  • MondoMondoMondoMondo Posts: 14
     :) Thanks for everyone’s input! Rubus biflorus! I’ll be adding some to a clients garden soon! 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited March 2019
    It’s a plant that needs to be controlled. Coppice it hard in late winter each year to keep the beautiful coloured young stems. 

    Watch out as its a type of bramble and spreads by layering itself everywhere one of its arching stems touched the ground. 

    A beautiful plant but you have to ‘manage it firmly’ or it can be very invasive. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • MondoMondoMondoMondo Posts: 14
    @Dovefromabove cheers that’s helpful to know
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