evergreen grass

This evergreen grass is hardy and needs minimal care - just a combing in early spring to get rid of dead leaves - but mind your hands, the leaves are razor sharp so wear gloves.

THIS soft, wispy evergreen grass has been one of the highlights of this year's flower shows, appearing in many planting schemes to add texture and movement to colourful borders or as an architectural feature on its own.

But the grass along the edges, and along the upper bank--the tough, fibrous evergreen grass that seemed to defy everything in its turn--was lying flat in its place, all tips pointed regimentally after the departing waters.

Stipa arundinacea is an evergreen grass with beautiful orange and coppery tones that shimmer in the sunshine.

BREAKTHROUGH: Dr Thorogood with the new evergreen grass bred at the Iger unit in Aberystwyth

* California meadow sedge (Carex pansa): creeping evergreen grass; sun or shade.

This is an evergreen grass with silver-blue foliage which forms in a dense mound and is ideal to plant in a container or to use as ground cover.

Levington Horticulture Ltd have launched a new Evergreen Grass Seed range for every type of garden.

As well as easy to maintain evergreen grasses, the boys also recommend researching plants online that suit your lifestyle, so if you are time poor or lack confidence there are a number of plants that are 'novice proof'.

Make sure one third of the plants are evergreen grasses so the entire border does not disappear underground for winter.

"Even certain evergreen grasses like Variegated Sweet Flag and Silver Spear look at home during the winter," she said.

There are evergreen grasses that can look great, too, such as golden Carex and Festuca.