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Native grasses for sale

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Native grasses for sale

Native grasses, rushes and sedges are popular ornamental plants in modern gardens. Many of them are hardy and easy to grow in exposed conditions. They provide strong forms and a range of colours, from blue-green to green, through to tawny and copper browns. These plants are at California Garden Centre in Wellington.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Horticultural use of native plants – The native garden, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10458/native-grasses-for-sale (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.