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       "Distinctively Fine Plants"
 
 

 

Locally Grown

Ornamental Grass Varieties

 

       

 

Name

Light

Height

Zone

Description


Acorus
(Sweet Flag)

calamus Variegatus

 

Minimus

 

Oborozuki

 

 

part shade/ full shade

 

10-12”

 

4”

 

10-12”

 

4

 

4

 

4

 

Creamy white variegation is great for contrast.  Moisture loving.

Miniature.  Bright gold leaf blades.  Moisture loving.


Sweet smelling, golden variegated foliage.  Mositure loving.

 

Arundo (Giant Reed Grass)

Formosana

 

 full sun/part shade


8-14’


5


Green, bamboo-like foliage with airy blooms that emerge pink then turn buff color.

 

Briza media

Quaking grass

 

full sun/part shade

 

2-3’

 

4

 

Whimsical flower spikes rise a foot above foliage.

Calamagrostis (Feather Reed Grass)

Karl Foerster

 

Overdam

 

 

Brachytricha

 

 

Avalanche

 

Eldorado

 

full sun/part shade

 

4’

 

3-4’

 

4’

 

3’

 

4’

 

4

 

4

 

4

 

4

 

4

 

2001 Perennial Plant of the Year.  Versatile, attractive ornamental grass.

Similar to K Foerster but foliage is creamy-white variegated.

 

Green foliage w/pink-blushed plumes in late summer.

 

Vertical grass with wide, white band down the center.  Silvery-tan plumes.

 

Gold variegated Karl Foerster.  Feathery plumes appear early summer.

Carex (Sedge)

 

Island Brocade

 

Beatlemania

 

Cappuccino (annual)

 

Toffee Twist (annual)

 

Oehme  

 

Ice Dance

 

Muskinensis

 

Evergold

 

 

Silver Septre

 

Blue Zinger

 

full sun/part shade

 

8”

 

6”

12-16”

 

12-16”

18-24”

12-18”

6-8”

 

10-14”

 

8-10”

12”

 

6

 

5

9

 

9

4

5

4

 

6

 

5

4

 

 

Lime-green and cream variegated blades make good groundcover.

Variegated, mop-like grass.

Chocolate colored sedge is gracefully arching.  Great for containers.

Toffee colored sedge with cascading habit.  Good container plant.

Palm-like habit w/chartreuse color.  Moisture loving.

Wide leaf with creamy white margins.

Miniature palm sedge.

 

Striped dark-green and creamy-gold foliage with a weeping habit.

Bright silver and green variegated leaves.

Good groundcover.  Steel-blue foliage.

Chasmanthium (River Oats)

Northern Sea Oats

 

full sun/part shade/full shade

4’

5

 

Dangling, oat-like flowers that hang from bamboo-like foliage.  Great accent plant.

Cyperus

King Tut (annual)

 

full sun/part shade

6’

9

Exotic Cyperus that creates a dramatic show in the garden or container

Deschampsia (Hair Grass)

Cespitosa

 

part shade/full shade

2-4’

4

Dark green hair-like structure forming a neat, tufted clump with panicles growing 1-2ft. above foliage.  Good for shade..

Eragrostis (Love Grass)

Trichoides

 

full sun

3-4’

5

Produces masses of reddish-purple panicle blooms.  Best in mass plantings.

Erianthus (Hardy Pampas Grass)

Ravennae

 

full sun

14’

5/6

One of the giants.  Tall flower stalks stand high above foliage with large plumes.

Festuca (Fescue Grass)

Elijah Blue

Boulder Blue

 

Hobbit

 

full sun/part shade

6-10”

6-10”

4”

4

4

4

Small, dense mound with silvery-blue foliage.

Bluest fescue of all.

Bearskin fescue.  Dense, green grass.

Hakonechloa (Japanese Forest Grass)

Aureola

 

full shade/part shade

14-18”

5/6

Golden variegated grass with unique, arching habit.  Great for shady areas or containers.

Helictotrichon

Sapphire

Blue Oat Grass

 

full sun/part shade

24-30”

24-30”

4

4

Bright blue foliage on upright plant.

Powder-blue grass.

Juncus (Corkscrew Rush)

Big Twister

Spiralis  

Blue Rush

 

Frenzy

 

full sun/part shade

18-24”

14”

24”

14”

5

5

5

5

Thick, spirals resembling corkscrew.

Thinner, wire-like corkscrew foliage.

Blue-green upright habit.

Variegated spiral corkscrew grass.

Leymus

Blue Dune

 

full sun/part shade

3-4’

4

Metallic, blue-gray foliage that tolerates drought and sun.

Miscanthus (Maiden Grass)

Gracillimus

 

Zebrinus

 

 

Strictus Porcupine grass

 

 

Blondo

 

Bluttenwonder

Autumn Light

Ferner Osten

 

Graziella

 

 

 

Puenktchen Little Dot

 

Miscanthus (cont.)

Border Bandit

 

 

Yaka Jima

 

 

Kascade

 

 

Morning Light

 

Variegatus

 

Malepartus

 

 

Rigoletto

Dixieland

 

Huron Sunrise

 

 

Little Kitten

 

 

 

 

Silberfeder

 

Super Stripe

 

Adiago

 

Arabesque

Purpurescens

 

Little Zebra

 

 

Sarabande

Grosse Fontaine

 

 

Mysterious Maiden

Nippon

 

Huron Blush

 

Huron Sentinel

 

Huron Spider

 

full sun

7

 

8’

 

7-9’

 

8-9’

7’

8’

 

5’

 

 

5-7’

3-5’

 

5’

 

3-4’

 

3-5’

 

5-7’

5-7’

 

3-5’

4-5’

5-6’

 

1-3’

 

 

6-7’

3-5’

 

4-5’

5’

4-6’

 

3-4’

 

5-6’

6-7’

 

5’

3-5’

5’

 

6’

5’

5

 

5

 

5

 

4

5

5

 

5

 

 

5

5

 

5

 

5

 

5

 

5

5

 

5

5/6

4

 

5

 

 

4

5/6

 

5/6

5

4

 

5/6

 

4

4

 

5/6

5

 

 

4

4

 

Has narrow foliage and graceful, rounded form.  Copper-red plumes in fall.

 

Banded variegation of golden-yellow bars.  Pinkish-copper plumes in fall.

 

Very upright habit w/banded variegation of golden-yellow bars.

 

Wide leaves with yellow-blond plumes in mid-summer.

Prolific bloomer w/showy blue-gray foliage.

Large, arching variety w/narrow leaves.   Fall plumes.   Very cold hardy.

Similar to Gracillimus but more upright and arching.  Blooms in early August.

 

Resembles smaller form of Strictus.  Yellow banded variegation.

Narrow leaves w/widely spaced, gold horizontal banding.  Burgundy plumes.

Compact fine-textured green foliage w/white margins and reddish plumes.

 

Narrow bladed with pink plumes in midsummer.

 

One of the best.  Compact plant with white edges, Reddish-bronze plumes.

White and green variegated foliage arches heavily.  Reliable old variety.

Large plumes emerge purplish-pink turning silver with maturity.  Very showy.

Compact plant w/creamy-white and green variegation.

Compact, small variety w/pink-tinged plumes in late summer.

Profuse bloomer.  Burgundy plumes atop green leaves w/silver midrib.

Petite plant with narrow green- mounding foliage w/plumes in late summer.

 

Large, feathery plumes on deep green foliage w/silver midrib.

 

Thick, gold bands on wide blades.  Good for front of border.

Good selection for small gardens.  Compact, narrow foliage plumes in Aug.

Another smaller garden selection more upright than Adiago.

Brilliant, red-orange fall color.

 

Dwarf w/horizontal gold banding.  Reddish-purple plumes in August.

Very narrow foliage.  Golden-copper plumes in August.

Strong, upright grower w/magnificent large plumes in August.

Thin blade w/gold bands and upright, vase-shaped habit.

Thin foliage w/silver midrib and pink-toned stems & plumes turning cream.

Green leaves w/silver midrib.

Tall selection, arching plant w/bronze plumes turning fawn-colored with age.

Molinia

Sky Racer

Caerulea variegated

literealis

 

full sun/part shade

 

7’ w/bloom

 

 

4

 

Plum-colored seed head rise high above low growing foliage.

Panicum (Switch Grass)

 

Cloud Nine

 

Northwind

 

 

Prairie Sky

 

 

Heavy Metal

 

Warrior

Rotstahlbusch

 

 

Dallas Blues

 

Shenandoah

 

Dewey Blue

 

Prairie Fire

 

Huron Solstice

 

 

Thundercloud

 

full sun

 

7’

 

7’

 

5’

 

5’

5’

 

4’

 

5-6’

4’

5’

 

4-5’

 

 

7-8’

 

4

 

4

 

4

 

4

4

 

4

 

4

4

5

 

4

 

 

4

 

 

One of the taller switch grasses.  Blue-green leaves, upright habit.

Great variety.  Strong, upright vase-shaped grower w/steel-blue foliage.

Excellent grass for a true blue color in the landscape.

 

Blue leaves with upright form and delicate pink seed heads.

Good blue for the landscape.

Upright w/touch of burgundy-red color in fall.

 

One of the best wide-leaved blue grasses.  Pastel pink  heads.

Best burgundy-red coloring of all switch grasses. 

Powder-blue foliage and blue tinged flowers.

 

Blue-green foliage turns wine-red by mid summer.  Rosy flower panicles.

Blue-green leaves turning deeper shade of wine-purple in mid summer.

Very large Pannicum w/pinkish-tan panicles above blue-green leaves.

Pennisetum

 

Rubrum (annual)

 

Karley Rose

 

Cassian

 

Red Head

 

Hameln

 

Alopecuroides

 

National Arboretum

 

Fox Trot

 

(Pennisetum (cont.)

Desert Plains

 

Prince (annual)

 

 

Princess (annual)

 

full sun/part shade

 

3-5’

 

2-3’

3’

3-4’

3-4’

 

2-3’

4-5’

 

4’

 

4’

5-6’

 

3’

 

 

9

 

5

5

5

5

 

5

5

 

5

 

5

9

 

9

 

 

 

Red-burgundy foliage throughout foliage and foxtail-like flowers.

Deep green, arching foliage w/rose-pink flowers.

Green turning to golden with red-orange tints in fall.

Deep purple buds mature to smoky purple plumes3in. wide, 8-10in. long.

Finely textured, mid-green leaves.  Green/cream panicles.

Finely textured, glossy green foliage.  Blooms emerge pink then red/brown.

Black bottlebrush flowers above green mounded grass.

 

Narrow green leaves and smoky-rose bottlebrush plume.

 

A seedling of “Cassian” with improved habit and flowering.

Very impressive annual grass.  Deep purple wide bladed foliage.

Similar to Prince but smaller.

Phalaris (Ribbon Grass)

Variegated picta

 

full shade

 

2-3’

 

4

 

Creamy white and green variegation.  Tallest of species.

Schizachyrum

Little Blue Stem

 

full sun

 

2-4’

 

3

Clumping fine-bladed native grass.  Good for meadows, natural areas.

Sesleria

Huefleriana blue moor grass

 

full sun/part shade

 

8”

 

4

 

Silvery-blue foliage with dark green undersides. 

Melinis (Ruby Grass)

Savannah” (annual)

 

 

full sun

 

18-24”

 

9

Showy pink flowers emerge in summer.  Blooms into fall.  Eye-catching annual grass.

Koeleria

June Grass

 

part shade

 

6-12”

 

5

Attractive foliage and nice flowers that grow to a foot above foliage.  Works well under tall pines or in a rock garden.