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If you were inspired by Alan Power’s trip to Croome, here are the details. It’sÌý owned by the National Trust and the park is open throughout the year.

Croome
High Green
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR8 9DW
Tel. 01905 371006

Ìý(www.nationaltrust.org.uk)

Nothing beats the look and feel of grasses in the late summer border and as you saw on tonight’s programme, Kate and Hitesh Patel have used them to great effect in their garden near Chepstow. If you would like to visit, they’re open by appointment from April to the end of September, details of which can be found in the link below.

When asked which grasses she couldn’t live without, Kate came up with the following. Those marked with an asterisk would do well in a pot or choose a dwarf form of one of the others.

Anemanthele lessoniana *
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Chionochloa conspicua *
Chionochloa rubra
Hakonechloa macra 'Alboaurea' & 'Aureola' *
Lamprothyrsus hieronymi *
Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus'
Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Transparent'
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Pennisetum ‘Fairy Tails’ *
Pennisetum macrourum
Pennisetum orientale *
Pennisetum villosum *
Stipa gigantea 'Gold Fontaene'