By Scdcreations
Tel Aviv,
Israel 
Hi I'm putting forward a contemporary show garden for the Chaumont in France, it's for college, I study in England, does anybody know of some sprightly ornamental grass that I could use in this region?
22 Nov, 2009
Answers
How about Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'?? It's low growing, but a beautiful colour, and it has a spiky look.
22 Nov, 2009
I would have thought that just about any ornamental grass that you can grow in Dublin would do equally well in France? Your college library will have books on grasses I am sure.
22 Nov, 2009
True. Why didn't I think of that, Sid?
22 Nov, 2009
Dunno Barbara - must be all this wind and rain - it's muddled your brain! x-D
22 Nov, 2009
She/he/it is a garden designer... not necessarily part of any college. indeed is she in a college Sorry have't got a clue on the grasses... good luck!
22 Nov, 2009
No - I've been reading the consultation document for the new Power Station, all 265 pages of it on line - and I'm boggle-eyed and brain dead! :-((((
22 Nov, 2009
Should I come up with some more grasses, then, do you think? I do have a few...just a few...in my garden! LOL.
OK...Carex trifida 'Rekohu Sunrise' - wonderful, large arching stripy leaves.
Carex brunnea 'Jenneke' - more delicate, much smaller but still variegated
Carex buchananii - brown grass!
Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' - likes shade, spreads. Dark green, pale stripes.
Stipa arundinacea - slim leaves, an orange-y colour, mound-shaped - needs sun
I do have more - but I'm getting tired!
These are all evergreen ones.
22 Nov, 2009
Approximate height, as in small medium or large might help to narrow the range and give members more idea of what to recommend.
22 Nov, 2009
Aw, poor boggle-eyed and brain dead Barbara... ;-) You're not having a power station built near you are you?
23 Nov, 2009
Now how DID you guess, Sid??
23 Nov, 2009
Really?! Oh dear........................ and did the consultation doc makes things any clearer? I think I can predict the answer to that........
23 Nov, 2009
CRYSTAL clear, Sarah - so much detail! - but after all the seemingly 'open' answers at all the meetings we've been to - they've reneged on the promises made there.
23 Nov, 2009
Oh dear - is the proposed site close by? Sorry - is there a better place for these comments - don't want to annoy Scdcreations!
23 Nov, 2009
It's a damned disgrace Sarah! I've been trawling through the same docs.
23 Nov, 2009
I'll PM you, Sarah.
23 Nov, 2009
im not very good with latin names so no not realy but i do wish you good luck for what its worth.
22 Nov, 2009