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    STIPA
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    STIPA

    Commonly known as Spear grass

    Genus of about 150 species of bristly, tufted, evergreen or deciduous perennial grasses from open woodland and stony slopes in temperate and warm-temperate areas worldwide.

    Provide crops for forage as well as having many ornamental forms. Esparto grass (S. tenacissima) is used for craftwork (espadrilles) and papermaking.

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    • Good to know
      Grown for narrow panicles of flat spikelets, often with long, feathery or bristly awns from early summer to autumn. May be dried and dyed for flower arrangements.
    • Place of origin
      Temperate and warm-temperate areas worldwide
    • Deciduous
    • Evergreen
    • Ornamental grasses
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    Varieties
    STIPA arundinacea
    Pheasant's tail grass
    (syn. Anemanthele lessoniana) - narrow arching dark green leaves bronzing in autumn and becoming streaked orange and red in winter
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50
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    STIPA calamagrostis
    (syn. Achnatherum calamagrostis). Large, long-lasting panicles of pale green flower spikelets, ageing to purplish pale brown
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50
    STIPA gigantea
    Giant feather grass
    evergreen perennial growing up to 8 feet in height with attractive golden spikelets of seeds
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50
    STIPA tenuissima
    Feather grass
    (Syn. Pony Tails) - densely tufted deciduous grass with filament-like light green leaves tipped with feathery panicles or 'Pony Tails'
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50
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    Useful extras...

    Vermin & Pest Control
    SB Plant Invigorator
    This is a non-biological non-chemical plant insecticide and mildewcide. Works against the physical motion of the insect. Perfect for all plants and edible crops.
    500 ml
    £8.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    Unavailable
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Rootgrow Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi
    This specially adapted Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi will boost the growth of acid-loving plants like rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers and blueberries. It contains ericoid and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which are found in poor acidic soils where ericaceous plants naturally grow.
    200g sachet
    £8.50
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