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Stipa tenuissima (Mexican feather grass)

Other names: Texas needle grass, Nassella tenuissima, Nassella tenuissima 'Pony Tails', Stipa tenuifolia , Stipa tenuissima 'Pony Tails'

S. tenuissima is a compact, deciduous grass. It is upright, with gently arching, fine foliage and feathery flower panicles in summer.
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0.6m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Disanthus cercidifolius (Long-stiped disanthus)

Other names: Redbud hazel, Round-leaved disanthus, Heart-leaved disanthus

D. cercidifolius is an upright to rounded, bushy, deciduous shrub with rounded, heart-shaped, blue-green leaves turning purple, red, and orange in autumn and lightly fragrant, spidery, rose-red flowers in autumn.
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3m max. spread

3m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Stipa gigantea (Golden oats)

Other names: Stipa gigantica, Giant feather grass

S. gigantea is a tall, evergreen to semi-evergreen grass with arching, green leaves and large panicles of oat-like flowers that emerge purple and ripen to a golden colour in late summer.
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1.2m max. spread

2.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Stipa ichu (Peruvian feather grass)

Other names: Jarava ichu, Paja brava, Paja ichu, Ichu, Ichhu, Stipa psuedoichu misapplied, Stipa eriostachya, Stipa gynerioides, Stipa liebmannii, Jarava usitata, Peruvian needlegrass

S. ichu is a deciduous, slow-growing, perennial grass forming dense clumps of upright to slightly arching, glossy, bright green leaves and long, slender, silvery-grey flower spikelets from summer into autumn.
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1m max. spread

1m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Anemanthele lessoniana (Pheasant's tail grass)

Other names: New Zealand wind grass, Calamagrostis arundinacea, Stipa arundinacea

A. lessoniana is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen to evergreen grass, with arching, mid-green leaves, flushed red or orange in autumn, and airy, arching panicles of reddish-brown flower spikelets in late summer.
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1.2m max. spread

1m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Stipa calamagrostis (Rough feather grass)

Other names: Stipa lasiogrostis, Achnatherum calamagrostis, Spear grass, Silver spike grass, Needle grass

S. calamagrostis is a dense, tufted, clump-forming, deciduous perennial with linear, arching, blue-green leaves and, in summer, nodding, feathery panicles of pale green flower spikelets turning purple-flushed, pale brown with age.
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1.2m max. spread

1m max. height

2-5 years to maturity