@Unionworkeruk I have grown grasses for over twenty years. Most of the grasses in the photo are either short lived or annual. The colours as often seen in catalogues look false.
The red and dark leaved Pennisetums rarely survive a winter. Pennisetum Hameln which could be bottom right is better than most if you wait until the end of April before cutting back. Nasella will only survive a winter in a dry well drained soil but generally sets seed.
All the grey leaved forms again need sharpe drainage, Festuca glauca is evergreen but in many gardens looks half dead as it refuses to loose it's dead leaves.
Uncinia Rubra is lovely but two year tops and then it fades away.
Imperata cylindrica is beautiful but short lived. I gave up on it and now grow the much taller Pannicum Squaw in a sheltered spot flowers well and is reliable.
The golden leaved plant at the front may be acorus or carex unlike the others they like moisture , carex is a sedge rather than a grass.
I purchased Miscanthus Flamingo in a 9cm from Knoll Gardens early last spring, it did struggle. I contacted them and suggested it was just too small a piece as grasses don't settle well as small plants and can die. A week later they did send me a litre pot full as I was disappointed. They did say keep the 9cm plant and it survived. I gave it to charity as a thank you to Knoll for their great customer service.
Knoll Gardens Website is a master class in how to use and plant grasses. Flowers give colour to borders, grasses enhance them.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
In addition to @GardenerSuze's comment about carexes/moisture - that's the problem with these sorts of photos. It tends to suggest you could put them all together in the same spot, and that's where a bit of research is needed. I think it might be the Bowles Golden Sedge. It wouldn't be very happy alongside that festuca in terms of soil conditions. It can be semi evergreen, but it's deciduous here whenever I've grown it. As ever - your own conditions will dictate the hardiness of any plant, and whether it's evergreen/semi evergreen or deciduous.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Yes it could be Bowles Golden Sedge. I'm not sure fron the photo.
@LToby From what I can see of your photos Calamagrostis Karl Foester or could br C Overdam if it has some varigation. It will get wider over time and you will need to split when it is starting to grow well in the spring. Because it stands tall all winter it is a great addition to a garden in winter and works well with evergreens. A home for wildlife too. I have planted it throughout a long border in a staggered pattern with clumps right at the front of a 2m border, brings it all together. At the moment I am growing it like a river into a deep border and I also have a group of three next to a block circle, repeated on the other side. You don't often see it for sale in GC's but when you do it is often expensive.My original came from a charity open garden.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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The red and dark leaved Pennisetums rarely survive a winter. Pennisetum Hameln which could be bottom right is better than most if you wait until the end of April before cutting back.
Nasella will only survive a winter in a dry well drained soil but generally sets seed.
All the grey leaved forms again need sharpe drainage, Festuca glauca is evergreen but in many gardens looks half dead as it refuses to loose it's dead leaves.
Uncinia Rubra is lovely but two year tops and then it fades away.
Imperata cylindrica is beautiful but short lived. I gave up on it and now grow the much taller Pannicum Squaw in a sheltered spot flowers well and is reliable.
The golden leaved plant at the front may be acorus or carex unlike the others they like moisture , carex is a sedge rather than a grass.
I purchased Miscanthus Flamingo in a 9cm from Knoll Gardens early last spring, it did struggle. I contacted them and suggested it was just too small a piece as grasses don't settle well as small plants and can die. A week later they did send me a litre pot full as I was disappointed. They did say keep the 9cm plant and it survived. I gave it to charity as a thank you to Knoll for their great customer service.
Knoll Gardens Website is a master class in how to use and plant grasses. Flowers give colour to borders, grasses enhance them.
I think it might be the Bowles Golden Sedge. It wouldn't be very happy alongside that festuca in terms of soil conditions. It can be semi evergreen, but it's deciduous here whenever I've grown it.
As ever - your own conditions will dictate the hardiness of any plant, and whether it's evergreen/semi evergreen or deciduous.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@LToby From what I can see of your photos Calamagrostis Karl Foester or could br C Overdam if it has some varigation. It will get wider over time and you will need to split when it is starting to grow well in the spring. Because it stands tall all winter it is a great addition to a garden in winter and works well with evergreens. A home for wildlife too.
I have planted it throughout a long border in a staggered pattern with clumps right at the front of a 2m border, brings it all together. At the moment I am growing it like a river into a deep border and I also have a group of three next to a block circle, repeated on the other side.
You don't often see it for sale in GC's but when you do it is often expensive.My original came from a charity open garden.