MELICA (Poaceae).
MELICA ALTISSIMA 'ATROPURPUREA'
Very untidy grass with large feathered maroon flowers - good for drying, 80cm. Easy but a very invasive seeder. Aiming to eradicate. (Plant thriving). Bobs Score=2.5
MELICA CILIATA
Graceful arching stems with long creamy flower spikes Jun-Sep, 75cm. (Plant thriving).
MELICA SILICIANA
?M.ciliata which has dense cylindrical panicles which become fluffy with spreading hairs as they age, 40cm. - A weedy mess, thrown away. (Plant thriving).
MELICA UNIFLORA f.ALBIDA
Delicate white flowered grass for dry shade (white flowered form of wood melick), native, May-Jul, 30cm. (Plant thriving). Bobs Score=8.0
MELICA UNIFLORA 'VARIEGATA'
Delicate pink and white variegated grass, dainty pale flowers May-Jul, 25cm. Shade. Easy. (Plant thriving). Bobs Score=8.0