Grasses – Pioneer Nursery

Carex buchananii

Jo — Thu, 01 May 2025 03:18:21 +0000

An attractive upright native New Zealand reddish brown tussock growing to 60-80cm tall and about 60cm wide with a tidy disciplined form and upright silvery flower spikes. This Carex will grow almost anywhere. A lovely shade of bronze to provide contrast in home gardens and landscaping projects.

Poa Cita

Jo — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:06:51 +0000

Poa cita, commonly known as Silver Tussock, is a very fast-growing New Zealand native tussock found in all locations from the high country to coastal areas. This plant can handle poor soils and is extremely hardy. Has very fine foliage with feathery flower heads in summer. Poa cita is perfect for mass planting on dry and exposed sites. Grows to 70cm tall when mature.

Carex comans ‘Frosted Curls’

Jo — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:58:42 +0000

Carex Frosted Curls is a hybrid variety, bred from New Zealand natives, known for its unique dwarf tussock-like appearance and pale silver foliage. This delightful carex is perfect for creating superb color contrast when planted either singly or in drifts within general borders, sunny banks, and rockeries. It’s hardy to coastal conditions and remains evergreen throughout the year. The plant achieves a modest size of 30 x 50 cm, making it an ideal choice for various garden designs. It thrives best in full sun or part-shade, in average, well-drained soil.

Poa Cita

Jo — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 02:33:07 +0000

Carex testacea

Jo — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 02:11:31 +0000

Orange and green foliage. Attractive garden plant. Hardy to drought and salt winds.Hardy coastal plant.

Lomandra Tanika

Jo — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 00:35:24 +0000

Improved mid-green, compact, fine leaf form of the popular Lomandra longifolia. Tanika has an attractive yellow flower head in early spring.

Available by pre-order only.

Lomandra Lime Tuff

Jo — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 03:10:51 +0000

It’s proving to be one of the best Lomandra selections yet, bred for its compact growth habit and fine lime green foliage that stays lush all year round. Small yellow spikes add colour and fragrance in summer. Extremely hardy as it tolerates both frost and dry conditions, it thrives in full sun or part shade, such as under trees, and remains within a tidy 50cm tall and wide.

Carex virgata

Jo — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 14:18:27 +0000

Vigorous green swamp sedge but will also grow on dry sites in sun or semi-shade.

Available from Autumn

Carex secta

Jo — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 14:12:13 +0000

A large, vigorous green sedge. Forms lifted tufts in swamps. Good for streamside and wetland plantings.

Carex secta

Jo — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 14:10:30 +0000

A Large, vigorous green sedge. Forms lifted tufts in swamps. Good for streamside and wetland plantings.