Grasses, Sedges and Tussocks [24]

Discover native grasses, sedges and tussocks for landscaping, wetland restoration, erosion control and low maintenance gardens. These versatile New Zealand plants add texture, movement and important habitat to any planting...

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Phormium cookianum Purple

Mature size: 1m x 1.2m Soil: Dry/Moist/Well Drained Sunlight: Full Sun/Partial Shade   Phormium Cookianum Purple is a striking New Zealand flax with graceful arching foliage in rich purple tones. It is ideal for feature planting, borders, mass landscaping, and coastal gardens. Hardy and low maintenance, it thrives in full sun to partial shade and adapts well to a wide range of soil conditions.  

$75.00

Festuca actae, Blue Tussock

Mature size: 0.4m x 0.4m Soil: Dry Sunlight: Full Sun   Festuca actae, commonly known as Blue Tussock, is a hardy New Zealand native tussock grass valued for its fine blue-grey foliage and upright clumping habit. It is an excellent choice for naturalistic landscapes, coastal plantings, riparian restoration, and low-maintenance native gardens. Blue Tussock provides year-round texture and colour while tolerating wind, frost, and dry conditions once established. It is ideal when planted in groups or mixed with other native grasses and sedges.  

$180.00

Anemanthele lessoniana, Wind Grass

Mature size: 1mx1m Soil: Dry/Moist Sunlight: Full sun / Partial shade   Anemanthele lessoniana, commonly known as Wind Grass, is a graceful New Zealand native ornamental grass prized for its fine arching foliage and beautiful bronze, copper, and golden tones. Its delicate seed heads dance in the breeze, adding movement and texture to gardens throughout the year. Wind Grass is ideal for mass planting, borders, lifestyle blocks, and restoration projects, thriving in a wide range of conditions. Performs best in full sun to partial shade in well-drained soils. Wind Grass is hardy, tolerates dry conditions once established, and develops its richest foliage colours with good sunlight.  

$180.00

Chionochloa rubra (Red Tussock)

Mature size: 1m x 1.2m Soil: Dry/Moist/ Wet Sunlight: Full sun    Chionochloa rubra, commonly known as Red Tussock, is a striking New Zealand native tussock prized for its rich bronze to reddish foliage that provides year-round colour and texture. Naturally occurring in wetlands, alpine valleys and open grasslands, it is an excellent choice for restoration projects, riparian margins and native landscapes. Red Tussock thrives in moist soils but is adaptable to a wide range of conditions once established.   

$185.00

Carex comans 'Green'

Mature size: 50cm x 50cm Soil: Dry to Moist, Well drained Sunlight: Full sun    Carex comans 'Green' is a graceful New Zealand native ornamental sedge prized for its soft, flowing green foliage and elegant cascading habit. Its fine leaves create year-round movement and texture, making it an excellent choice for contemporary gardens, native landscapes, commercial plantings, and large-scale restoration projects. With its tidy, evergreen appearance, Green Sedge provides a natural softness that complements both native and exotic planting schemes.

$75.00

Poa cita

Mature size: 0.7m x 1m Soil: Dry/Moist/Well drained  Sunlight: Full Sun/Partial Shade   Poa cita, Silver Tussock is a distinctive New Zealand native tussock grass with fine silver-blue foliage that adds texture and movement to the landscape. It is ideal for mass planting, dry gardens, restoration projects, and contemporary landscapes. Hardy and drought tolerant once established, it performs best in full sun and well drained soils.  

$1,998.00

Phormium tenax Purple

Mature size: 2m x 2m Soil: Dry/Moist/Well Drained Sunlight: Full Sun/Partial Shade   Phormium tenax Purple is a bold New Zealand flax with rich purple sword-like foliage that provides year-round colour and architectural interest. It is ideal for feature planting, borders, coastal gardens, and large landscape projects. Hardy and low maintenance, it thrives in full sun to partial shade and tolerates a wide range of conditions  

$75.00

Phormium cookianum

Mature size: 1m x 1.5m Soil: Dry/Moist/Well Drained Sunlight: Full Sun/Partial Shade   Phormium cookianum (Mountain Flax) is a graceful New Zealand native flax with arching green foliage that adds texture and movement to the landscape. It is ideal for gardens, revegetation projects, coastal planting, and mass landscaping. Hardy and low maintenance, it grows well in full sun to partial shade and tolerates a range of soil conditions.  

$180.00

Libertia ixioides

Mature size: 0.3m x 0.5m  Soil: Dry/Moist/Well drained Sunlight: Full Sun/Partial Shade   Libertia ixioides is a hardy New Zealand native perennial valued for its striking, upright, sword-like foliage and strong architectural form. It forms dense clumps of bright green to yellow-green leaves that are ideal for borders, mass planting, native landscaping, and revegetation projects. Highly tolerant of wind, frost, drought, and coastal conditions once established, it is a reliable low maintenance plant suited to exposed sites and difficult soils.  

$75.00

Dianella nigra

Mature size: 0.5m x 0.5m Soil: Moist Sunlight: Full Sun/Partial Shade/Full Shade   Dianella nigra, commonly known as New Zealand Blueberry Lily, is a hardy native flax-like perennial valued for its attractive strappy green foliage and striking metallic blue berries that appear after delicate white to pale violet flowers. It is an excellent choice for mass planting, borders, native gardens, and low maintenance landscaping. Growing well in sun or partial shade, Dianella nigra is adaptable to a range of soil types and is drought tolerant once established. Its colourful berries provide seasonal interest and attract native birds, making it a popular option for both residential gardens and ecological planting projects.  

$75.00

Apodasmia similis, Oioi

Mature size: 1m x 1m Soil: Wet/Moist, some dry periods ok Sunlight: Full sun    Apodasmia similis, commonly known as Oioi, is a distinctive New Zealand native rush found naturally in coastal wetlands, estuaries, salt marshes, and alongside waterways throughout the country. Recognised for its upright blue-green stems and graceful architectural form, Oioi is one of New Zealand's most versatile native plants for both ecological restoration and modern landscape design. Highly valued for its ability to thrive in damp, coastal, and challenging environments, Oioi is commonly used in riparian planting, wetland restoration, stormwater treatment areas, and erosion control projects. Its dense root system helps stabilise soil while providing valuable habitat for native insects and birds. In residential gardens, it creates a striking feature when planted in groups around ponds, rain gardens, or mixed native borders, where its elegant foliage provides year-round colour and texture with minimal maintenance.  

$75.00

Aciphylla aurea, Golden Spaniard

Mature Size: 1m x 1m  Soil: Dry/Well Drained Sunlight: Full Sun   Aciphylla aurea, commonly known as Golden Spaniard, is a striking New Zealand native alpine plant valued for its bold architectural form and golden-green, spiny foliage. Naturally found in mountain grasslands and rocky landscapes, it is an excellent choice for native gardens, rockeries, dry landscapes, and restoration planting. This hardy species thrives in full sun and well-drained soils, tolerating frost, drought, and exposed conditions once established. During summer it produces tall flowering spikes that attract native insects and add dramatic vertical interest to the landscape.  

$180.00

Chionochloa rigida (Snow Tussock)

Mature size: 31m x 1m Soil: Well drained to dry Sunlight: Full sun    Chionochloa rigida, commonly known as Snow Tussock, is a hardy New Zealand native tussock grass found naturally throughout the South Island high country. It forms graceful clumps of fine blue-green foliage with tall, elegant flower stems during summer, making it an excellent choice for native landscapes, lifestyle blocks and large-scale restoration projects.Adapted to exposed conditions, Snow Tussock is drought tolerant once established and thrives in full sun with well-drained soils.   

$75.00

Carex virgata

Mature size: 1m x 50cm Soil: Wet / Moist  Sunlight: Full sun / Partial shade   Carex virgata is a hardy New Zealand native sedge commonly used for riparian planting, wetland restoration and erosion control. It forms dense upright clumps of fine green foliage that thrive in damp to wet soils, making it an excellent choice for stream banks, ponds, swales and large-scale environmental planting projects. Suitable for conditions which may vary periodically from very wet to very dry. More dry tolerant and shorter than Carex secta  

$185.00

Carex trifida

Mature size: 1m x 1m  Soil: Wet / Moist  Sunlight: Full sun / Partial shade   Carex trifida is a striking New Zealand native sedge ideal for wetland restoration, riparian planting and low-lying areas. Its fast growth forms large upright clumps of broad blue-green foliage and thrives in consistently moist to wet soils. An excellent choice for erosion control, biodiversity projects and naturalistic landscapes.  

$75.00

Carex testacea

Mature size: 60cm x 60cm Soil: Dry to Moist, Well drained Sunlight: Full sun / Partial shade   Carex testacea is a hardy New Zealand native sedge known for its fine, arching foliage that develops attractive bronze and copper tones throughout the year. It is an excellent choice for native gardens, borders, mass planting, and restoration projects, providing year-round colour and texture with minimal maintenance. Well suited to both residential landscapes and large-scale revegetation projects, this adaptable sedge performs well in a range of conditions.  

$75.00

Carex tenuiculmis

Mature size: 75cm x 75cm Soil: Wet / Moist  Sunlight: Full sun / Partial shade   Carex tenuiculmis is a fine-leaved New Zealand native sedge valued for its graceful form and versatility. Ideal for native gardens, restoration projects, and low maintenance landscapes, it thrives in a variety of soil types and adds soft texture to planting schemes throughout the year. Its hardy nature makes it an excellent choice for both residential gardens and large-scale revegetation projects.  

$75.00

Carex secta

Mature size: 1.5m x 1.5m Soil: Wet / Moist Sunlight: Full sun / Partial shade Carex secta is a robust New Zealand native sedge most popular and commonly used for riparian planting, wetland restoration, stormwater treatment areas, and natural landscaping. Its upright, fountain-like foliage provides excellent habitat for wildlife while helping stabilise stream banks and damp soils. It’s extensive root system makes it an excellent choice for erosion control and water filtration in wetlands Suitable for large-scale planting projects, lifestyle blocks, farms, and home gardens.

$75.00

Carex maorica

Mature size: 1m x 1m Soil: Wet to Moist, Dry periods Sunlight: Full sun / Partial shade   Carex maorica is a striking native New Zealand sedge with fine, arching foliage that brings movement and texture to garden beds and borders. This hardy, low-maintenance plant thrives in moist, well-drained soil and partial shade, making it ideal for wetlands and damp gardens, shaded corners, and waterside plantings. Its delicate, fountain-like growth habit  works beautifully as a specimen plant or in mass plantings. Carex maorica is drought-tolerant once established and requires minimal pruning.  

$75.00

Carex flagellifera

Mature size: 60cm x 60cm Soil: Dry to Moist, Well drained Sunlight: Full sun / Partial shade   Carex flagellifera is a hardy New Zealand native sedge valued for its attractive bronze to olive-green arching foliage and adaptability. It is an excellent choice for native gardens, mass planting, riparian restoration, erosion control and landscape projects, adding year-round colour and texture.

$75.00

Carex dipsacea

Mature size: 1m x 1m Soil: Dry to Moist Sunlight: Full sun / Partial to full shade   Carex dipsacea is a hardy New Zealand native sedge valued for its fine, arching foliage and excellent adaptability across a wide range of landscape settings. Forming attractive evergreen clumps, it provides year-round texture and soft movement while blending naturally into native gardens, riparian plantings, wetland margins, lifestyle blocks, and commercial landscaping projects.

$75.00

Carex comans 'Bronze'

Mature size: 50cm x 50cm Soil: Dry/Moist/Well drained Sunlight: Full sun   Carex comans 'Bronze' is a stunning New Zealand native ornamental sedge celebrated for its fine, cascading foliage in rich bronze and copper tones. Its graceful, flowing habit brings softness, texture, and year-round colour to gardens, making it one of the most popular native grasses for both residential and commercial landscapes. This hardy evergreen sedge is ideal for borders, pathways, rock gardens, mass planting, and container displays.   

$75.00

Carex buchananii

Mature size: 60cm x 40cm Soil: Dry to Moist, Well drained Sunlight: Full Sun/Partial shade   Carex buchananii, commonly known as Leatherleaf Sedge, is an elegant New Zealand native ornamental sedge admired for its fine, upright foliage in striking copper, bronze, and cinnamon tones. Its graceful texture and distinctive colour make it a popular choice for contemporary landscapes, native gardens, and commercial plantings, where it provides year-round interest and contrast.

$75.00

Austroderia richardii, Toe Toe

Mature size: 2m x 2m Soil: Dry/Moist/Wet Sunlight: Full sun/Partial shade   Austroderia richardii, commonly known as Toe Toe, is an iconic New Zealand native grass admired for its graceful arching foliage and spectacular creamy-white flower plumes that appear from late summer through autumn. Often mistaken for pampas grass, true New Zealand Toe Toe is softer in appearance, non-invasive, and plays an important role in native landscapes and restoration projects. Toe Toe is an excellent choice for riparian planting, erosion control, shelter belts, and large-scale revegetation projects. Its extensive root system helps stabilise banks and slopes, while the dense foliage provides valuable habitat for native wildlife.   

$75.00