robert wrote:
It is either a rather windswept basic tenax or possibly a basic
cookianum. It appears to have been in place for a few years but,
although it is a bit difficult to judge the height I would guess around
1 metre which would probably rule out the basic tenax.

http://www.habitas.org.uk/gardenflora/pcookianum.htm

Thanks, Robert. The Cookianum is as close as damn it. It'll do, and I
see they are available here in the UK - if we decide not to slice the
flax we have in half .

Eddy.