Hakonechloa macra

A great addition to the arsenal of "grasses" available in New Zealand. Hakone grass or  Japanese Forest grass. An easy grass that prefers moist soils in shade or part shade.   60cm tall, spreads only slowly. 

Wonderful in shaded borders and shingle gardens, looks best massed panted.  

Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons