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aka Tussock, NZ Sedge

This native 'grass' is really tough and hardy tolerating cold winds and almost any soil. The brick-orange foliage looks very graceful as it waves and dances in the wind. Ideal for planting in large drifts. If the clumps become a little untidy just chop back hard for renewed vigour. Evergreen.

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aka Winter Rose, Lenten Rose

Flowering tirelessly through winter and well into spring producing gorgeous rose pink, outward facing blooms, held above the leaf. Use as a specimen or bulk plant as a wave in the shade under trees in a woodlands to add colour. Evergreen

This hellebore, similar to Ice n Roses Rose but will flower 1 month earlier.