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Ornamental Grasses

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Botanical Name
Common Name
Product Description
Sun Exposure
Height x Width
Bloom Color
Bloom Time
Price
Andropogon gerardii 'Red October'
Big Blue Stem

Narrow leaves and an upright habit. The leaves start deep green with red highlights in spring. When fall approaches the red increases and deepens to burgundy. After first frost it turns candy apple red hues mixed with scarlet. Native ornamental grass.

Full sun
4-6'h x 2-3'w
red
September-Feb
$
Calamagrostis a. 'Karl Foerster'
Feather Reed Grass

This is perhaps one of the most versatile, attractive and carefree of the ornamental grasses. As a cool season grower, its deep-green, lustrous foliage becomes effective by early spring and lasts all the way until winter.

Full Sun to Part Shade
5' h x 2' w
Gold
July-October
$
Calamagrostis a. 'Lightning Strike'
Feather Reed Grass

Foliage has wide creamy white center stripes that are edged in green. Late summer plumes will persist through winter, if not cut back. Deer and rabbit resistant. Does majority of their growing in early spring and starts again when temperatures start to cool in fall.

Full sun to part shade
3'h x 24"w
June-July
$
Carex 'EverColor Everest'
Variegated Sedge

A mounding fountain of ribbon-like white-stripped green foliage that will add wonderful texture to any dappled sun or shade garden. Deer resistant.

Full Shade to Part Shade
12-15"h x 18-24"w
$
Carex hystericina (native)
Bottlebrush Sedge

Medium-sized hedge that is found in sunny wet sites throughtout much of North America. Flowers are fairly attractive and are followed by spiky bottlebrush-shaped seed heads.

Full sun to shade
16"h x 40"w
June-July
$
Carex m. 'Ice Dance'
Sedge

A bright groundcover for a shady spot, ‘Ice Dance’ has long shiny leaves trimmed in bright white. It spreads slowly to fill in and make a tidy cover that discourages weeds. Deer and disease resistant

Full Shade to Part Shade
12-15" h x 12-18" w
White
August
$
Carex pensylvanica (native)
Sedge

Low growing, semi-evergreen perennial grass forming a tuft of pale-green arching leaves,. 12″ longin spring and summer. Foliage turns sandy-tan in the fall.

Part shade to full shade
.5-1'h x .5-1'w
Greenish
May
$
Eragrostis spectablis (native)
Purple Lovegrass

Clump-forming, warm-season perennial grass forming an airy cloud of small, red-purple flowers from late summer to mid-fall. Holds the pretty color for several weks before fading to soft cream when the leaves turn reddish-purple.

Full sun
1-2'h x 1-2'w
soft red
July-August
$
Festuca glauca 'Cool As Ice'
Blue Fescue

Icy blue-grey foliage stands above others, staying bright throughout the season without browning. Blue-green flowers on slender stems age to blond for add eye-catching interest.

Full sun to part sun
12-18"h x 8-12"w
Blue/green
May-June
$
Hakonechloa 'All Gold'
Hakone Grass
Full Shade to Part Shade
9-14"h x 18-24"w
Tan
July-August
$
Imperata c. 'Red Baron'
Japanese Blood Grass

An unusual and dramatic grass, slowly forming a low clump. Leaves are green at the base, with red tips that become more intense over the summer and fall until they appear to glow. Effective as an edging, in the rock garden, and especially when mass planted. Deert resistant.

Full Sun to Part Shade
18-20"h x 12-18"w
$
Miscanthus 'Purpurascens'
Eulalia

Beautiful fall color, upright habit, early flowering time and extreme cold hardiness.

Full sun to part shade
4-5'h x 2.5-3'w
Red-tinged
July-February
$
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra'
Dwarf Zebra Grass

A lovely dwarf ornamental grass with graceful, arching blades with eye-catching ivory to yellow highlights. Tall, upright flower stems tipped with feathery, silver-white, summer plumes that soften and curl as they dry.

Full sun to part shade
4'h x 3'w
Purple to tan
August-February
$
Panicum virgatum 'Half Pint'
Switch Grass

Dark rosy red seedheads cover the top of the plant in fall. Switch grass gets its name from the peaceful swishing sound it makes when blowing in the wind.

Full sun
3'h x 1.5-2.5'w
red shades
late summer
$
Panicum virgatum 'Hot Rod'
Switch Grass

Has airy red panicles held above the foliage. Blades emerge blue-green and rapidly the whole plant turns deep rich maroon. Colors earlier in the season than any other selection.

Full sun to part sun
3-4'h x 2'w
$
Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'
Switch Grass

Forms an erect, compact and narrow clump of steely blue-green foliage in spring, which quickly takes on red tones by early summer and turns violet, purple, burgundy and wine-red by early fall. It gets topped in summer with a profusion of finely-textured, reddish-pink flower spikelets which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud. Both flowers and foliage turn beige in fall and persist well into winter.

Full sun to part sun
3-4'h x 3-4'w
July-February
$
Panicum virgatum 'Totem Pole'
Switch grass

A sturdy, durable ornamental grass that withstands adverse weather conditions. Grey-green leaves form strictly upright column of steel blue foliage. Golden seed heads in fall.

Full sun
6'h x 2'6"w
yellow
late summer
$
Pennisetum alop. 'Red Head'
Fountain Grass

Charming perennial that forms a dense clump of gracefully arching linear leaves. Deep green in summer, they turn gold in the fall before fading to buff in winter. In mid-late summer, showy, smoky, dark red, bottlebrush flowers resembling large foxtails are produced above the leaves. Deer resistant. Cutr back old foliage to the ground in late winter.

Full sun to part sun
3-4'h x 2-3'w
$
Schizachyrium s. 'Standing Ovation'
Little Bluestem
Full Sun
3-4'h x 12-18"w
Tan
August-September
$
Schizachyrium s. 'Twilight Zone'
Little Bluestem

Stands out among others for its iridescent, silvery mauve color that appears in midsummer. These beautiful pastel tones intensify in fall when bright purple highlights appear. About half as wide as it is tall, has a full, upright columnar shape.

Full sun
4-5'h x 2'w
Tan
August-September
$
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Blue Paradise'
Little Bluestem

Upright ornamental grass that withstands adverse weather conditions. In summer, striking silvery blue stems form a columnar habit. Deep wine purple fall color.

Full sun
3'6"h x 2'w
tan
late summer
$
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Sandhill'
Little Bluestem

Provides excellent cover year round. Upright mounding form comprised of extra wide gray-blue to powder blue erect blades takes on coppery to amber hues in fall and usually maintain its upright form and glowing colour through most of the winter.

Full sun
24-48"h x 24-30"w
June-October
$
Sorghastrum nutans (native)
Indian grass

A warm season grass. Blooms late summer and fall. Feathery flower panicles are copper-colored with conspicuous bright yellow stamens.

Full sun
3-5'h x 1-2'w
light brown
Sept. - Feb
$