Wild Grass Plug Plant Collection

Wildflowers for a wild grass meadow

This wonderful collection of 13 varieties of wild grass plug plants will arrive in a tray of 104 plants. This will cover an area of approximately 21m², planting 5 plants per 1m².

The plugs are young plants, not seedlings, and cost just over 64 pence each. Each individual plug's root volume is approximately 55ccs, with a diameter of 36mm and a depth of 60mm. The top growth will depend on the variety and the time of year.

Below is what you can expect in your collection, depending on availability.

• Meadow Foxtail, Alopecurus pratensis - 60-120cm tall
• Marram Grass, Ammophila arenaria - rhizomatous perennial
• Sweet Vernal Grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum - yellow-green grass 30-45cm tall
• Quaking Grass, Briza media - 30cm tall with quaking seedheads all summer
• Green-ribbed Sage, Carex binervis - creeping perennial that flowers in May-June
• White Sedge, Carex curta - 50cm tall at flowering
• Starved Wood Sedge, Carex depauperata - 30-100cm tall flowering stems and yellow-green leaves
• Glaucous Sedge, Carex flacca - 10-40cm tall creeping sedge
• Carnation Sedge, Carex panicea - 10-40cm tall with brown-purple flowers
• Pendulous Sedge, Carex pendula - 100-150cm tall with cat's tail like flowers
• Flea Sedge
• Cyperus Sedge, Carex pseudocyperus - 90-100cm tall perennial sedge
• Wood Sedge, Carex sylvatica - bright green perennial with 45cm flowerspikes
• Long Stalked Yellow Sedge, Carex viridula - bright yellow-green leaves and lighter yellow flowers
• Crested Dog's Tail, Cynosurus cristatus - 75cm tall tufted perennial
• Tufted Hair Grass, Deschampsia cespitosa - 150-200cm tall at flowering
• Sea Couch, Elytrigia atherica - 100cm tall with glaucous leaves
• Tall Fescue, Festuca arundinacea - 120-200cm tall with 45cm long flower panicles
• Sheep's Fescue, Festuca ovina - 25cm tall with slightly glaucous leaves
• Red Fescue, Festuca rubra - 75-100cm tall flowering in June to August
• Meadow Oat Grass, Helictotrichon pratense - tufted grass 80cm tall when flowering
• Jointed Rush, Juncus articulatus - 20-80cm erect or spreading grass with glossy green leaves
• Bulbous Rush, Juncus bulbosus - remains green all year and produces brown flowers May-August
• Soft Rush, Juncus effusus - 60-120cm tall densely tufted perennial
• Field Woodrush, Luzula campestris - 10-20cm tall flowering rush
• Southern Woodrush, Luzula fosteri - tufted perennial with brown-green flowers
• Woodrush, Luzula sylvatica - 30-40cm large tussocks of strap-like leaves
• Matt Grass, Nardus stricta - 40-60cm densely tufted, wiry grass
• Small Timothy, Phleum bertolonii - 45cm tall and flowers June-July
• Common Reed, Phragmites australis - can grow to 350cm tall
• Rough Meadow Grass, Poa trivialis - 60-80cm tall with rough leaves and stems
• Reflexed Poa, Puccinellia distans - 15-60cm tall perennial forming dense tufts
• Sea Arrow Grass, Triglochin maritima - 15-60cm tall, clump forming grass