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Ornamental Grasses
Culture
True grasses
full sun
Drought tolerant
Little supplemental fertilization
Pest free
Low maintenance
Cut back in late winter, early spring
Inflorescences can be used as cut flowers or dried
Arundo donax
Giant Reed, Poaceae, Z6
Descriptive Charateristics/Culture:
15’ tall, gray-green leaves, spread
by rhizomes, invasive in damp,
sunny places
Pink inflorescence, drying to
silver
Turns brown at freezing
Landscape Use:
Specimen or background
Arundo donax ‘Variegata’
Acorus gramineus
Dwarf Sweet Flag, Araceae, Z 5
Descriptive Characteristics/Culture:
Less than 12”tall, leaves are
narrow and sedge-like, partial
shade, wet areas
Grown mainly for foliage
Landscape Uses:
Slow-growing groundcover, wet
boggy areas
Acorus gramineus ‘Variegatus’
Calamagrostis x acutiflora
Feather Reed Grass, Poaceae, Z4
Descriptive Characteristics/Culture:
4-6 feet tall, deep green foliage,
cool season grower, clump
forming and upright
Flowers are loosely feathers,
slightly purple, turning light
when mature
Landscape Uses:
Specimen, or vertical accent,
screen
Carex morrowii
Kan suge, Cyperaceae, Z5
Descriptive Characteristics/Culture:
12” tall, narrow sedge leaves,
clumping, spreads by rhizomes,
non-invasive
Landscape Uses:
Groundcover, container
Carex morrowii ‘’Old Gold’
Cortaderia selloana
Pampas Grass, Poaceae, Z 7-9
Descriptive Characteristics/Culture:
3-10 ft. Arching, leaves 3/4”
wide, sharp leaves can irritate
skin,
Flowers Sept.-Oct.
Landscape Uses:
Specimen, limited by size
Festuca ovina glauca
Blue fescue, Poaceae, Z 4
Descriptive Characteristics/Culture:
Six to ten inches, blue-gray
foliage, waxy in appearance, cool
season, not tolerant of summer
heat
Landscape Uses:
Color accent, container,
groundcover masses
‘Elijah Blue’
Hakonechloa macra
Hakone Grass, Poaceae, Z 4
Descriptive Characteristics/Culture:
1-3 feet, rich green, arching
graceful stems, similar to bamboo
in appearance, warm season,
spread by rhizomes and stolons,
requires substantial shade in
warm climates
Landscape Uses:
Groundcover, accent, container
Cvs. ‘Aureola’, more sun drought
tolerant
Miscanthus sinensis
Miscanthus, Poaceae, Z 5
Descriptive Characteristics/Culture:
4-7 feet tall depending on cv.,
sharp green leaves with white
stripe down center, makes nice
clumps, may re-seed and become
invasive in warm wet areas,
warm season
Flowers in reddish racemes
turning silver-white in fall
Landscape Uses:
Screen, specimen, accent
Miscanthus sinensis
Miscanthus sinensis
‘Adagio’
Flowers held above foliage, to 5 feet, smaller cultivar
‘Gracillimus’
Fine texture, gracefully rounded, flowers very
attractive, to 7 feet, golden yellow in fall
‘Morning Light’
Edges of leaves white
November Sunset’
Leaves narrow, flowers red
Miscanthus sinensis
‘Strictus’ (Porcupine Grass)
Leaves wide with yellow horizontal stripes
Yaku Jima
Name given to dwarf varieties
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Pink Muhly, Poaceae, Z 7
Descriptive Characteristics/Culture:
To 2 feet tall, thread-like leaves,
weeping habit
Purple flowers resemble baby’s
breath
Landscape Uses:
Naturalizing, accent, container,
groundcover mass
Panicum virgatum
Switch grass, Poaceae, Z 4
Descriptive Characteristics/Culture:
4-8 feet tall, dark green leaves,
upright growth, similar to cut
corn, warm season, year round
interest
Flowers very airy
Landscape Uses:
Vertical accent, specimen, screen
Cultivars
Heavy Metal - Blue Switch Grass
Clound Nine- Tall Switch Grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Fountain grass, Poaceae, Z 6
Descriptive Characteristics/Culture:
2-3 feet tall, narrow leaves less
than 1/2” diameter, green in
summer turning golden yellow
Flowers, racemes resembling
foxtails, dark purple to creamy
white depending on cv., may be
invasive
Landscape Uses:
Accent, groundcover
Cultivars
Hameln-Creamy white flowers
Phalaris arundinacea
Ribbon Grass, Poaceae, Z 4
Descriptive Characteristics:
To 5 feet tall, green upright
foliage, 1 inch wide, cool season,
dormant in summer, prefers some
shade, may be invasive
Remove inflorescence, doesn’t
add to appearance
Landscape Uses:
Accents, groundcovers,
containers
Cultivars
Feesey- Strawberries and Cream