A must for jungle-lovers, Miscanthus nepalensis has wide leaves and arching wands of seedheads, like golden fishing rods. Tall and clump-forming, good with canna lilies and phormium or planted singly in a gravel garden. Good front garden grass due to its size and stature. Children love the way the silky flower tassels turn into fluffy white tickle-sticks in winter.

• Ornamental grass
• HxS 1.5x1m
• Hardy on the nursey to -12C
• Full sun
• Ordinary, well-drained soil
• Chop back to neat hummocks when green growth appears in spring