Miscanthus and molinia thrived and so did carex buchaninii so have a look at those. Word of warning tho, the first year I planted molinia they were flattened by a force 9 gale wellying across their bed. Rather spoiled the effect of tall, waving "transparent" stems. I moved them the next spring to a spot with shelter from a windbreak and they were fine.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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You could do worse than try Deschampsia caespitosa. It grows wild here in my cold, wet and windy bit of the Pennines (at 1300 ft) reaches a good size and easily survives -12C.
The flowering plumes are lovely and I grow it to accompany my Stipa gigantea which has also survived and grown well for a number of years. I cut back dead stems in spring.
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