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maianthemum	molinia
malvastrum	moltkia
MATHIASELLA	morina
MELITTIS	muscarI
miscanthus

maianthemum

RACEMOSUM (syn. SMILACINA RACEMOSA)
False Solomon's Seal. A clump-forming perennial with broad, veined mid-green leaves. Plume-like creamy white flowers in spring followed by red berries. 90 cm

MALVASTRUM

LATERITIUM
Scallop-shaped green leaves with peachy-apricot flowers from July until September. It totally disappears underground in winter. Seems to flower best in poor soils. 30 cm

mathiasella

BUPLEUROIDES 'GREEN DREAM'
A Mexican plant with bracted umbelliferous heads of jade-green flowers from April to June. The bracts age to pink and last until autumn. Good for cutting or drying. Likes a well-drained soil, in a sunny, sheltered situation. 1 m

melittis

MELISSOPHYLLUM
White labiate flowers with purple-maroon lower lip in May-June. A woodland plant that prefers moist soil, but not water logged, in partial shade. 65 cm

MISCANTHUS

Wonderful, statuesque grasses showing of their best in late summer and autumn, but continuing to give a good display through the winter months if left unpruned. Make good clumps without becoming invasive. Ideal for those of us with good solid clay soils, though we are discovering that they also seem to do well in much drier soils.

SINENSIS var. CONDENSATUS ‘COSMOPOLITAN’
Broad creamy-white variegated foliage. A good vigorous form that can reach 2.4 metres when happy. 2.4 m

The Mead Nursery - Miscanthus sinensis 'Flamingo'

SINENSIS ‘FLAMINGO’
A good tall grass with pinky-red tinted flowers in late summer. Seems slow to clump up with us. 1.5 m

SINENSIS ‘gold bar’
A compact form of Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus' with the added advantage of the golden bars across the leaves from the beginning of the season. 60 cm

The Mead Nursery - Miscanthus sinensis 'Kleine Fontane'

SINENSIS ‘KLEINE FONTANE’
Green foliage, reddish pink flower panicles in autumn which turn into wonderful fluffy heads later on. With us it has remained in neat little clumps. 1.2 m

MISCANTHUS

SINENSIS ‘MORNING LIGHT’
Thin silver variegated foliage. Rarely flowers for us.
1.4 m

The Mead Nursery - Miscanthus Sinensis 'Silver Feather'

SINENSIS ‘SILVER FEATHER’
(syn. M. SIN.‘SILBERFEDER’)
A tall grass, reasonably slow to increase; non invasive. It has silvery white plumes of flowers approximately
2.2 metres tall. Makes a bold focal point in a border.
2.2 m

The Mead Nursery - Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'

SINENSIS ‘STRICTUS’
This tall grass is mainly grown for its attractive foliage, which emerges plain green in spring, then develops creamy yellow stripes across the leaves. Rarely flowers for us. 1.4 m

The Mead Nursery - Miscanthus sinensis 'Undine'

SINENSIS ‘UNDINE’
Fine foliage with a silver midrib. Silvery flowers in late summer, early autumn. Makes good clumps. 1.3 m

MOLINIA

CAERULEA ssp. ARUNDINACEA ‘TRANSPARENT’
A tall grass with a cloud of flowers, giving an airy, transparent feel, in late summer. Very popular. 1.6 m

The Mead Nursery - Molinia caerulea ssp. caerulea 'Variegata'

CAERULEA ssp. CAERULEA ‘VARIEGATA’
Creamy variegated grass – not invasive. Makes an attractive clump. 30 cm

MOLTKIA

X INTERMEDIA (syn. LITHODORA X INTERMEDIA)
Looks like an acid lover but is happy in lime soils. Lovely blue nodding flowers from spring to summer. Spreads well. 20 cm

MORINA

LONGIFOLIA
Evergreen rosettes of spiny green foliage. Tall stems of unusual small, but long and thin, white tubular flowers with a pink flush in midsummer. 60 cm

MUSCARI

ARMENIACUM ‘VALERIE FINNIS’
Dense spikes of powder-blue grape hyacinth flowers, in March. Irresistible. 15 cm

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