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Decorative Grasses!The introduction of grasses to the landscape scheme has brought in a whole
new dimension. Grasses deliver a tropical appearance or can be a dramatic
accent for pond sites and water gardens. Check out our expanding list.
Calamagrostis ~
Carex ~
Cortaderia ~
Festuca
Helictotrichon ~
Imperata ~
Miscanthus ~
Pennisetum
- Calamagrostis
- arundinacea 'Karl Foerster', Foerster's Feather Reed Grass
- Zone 5 Ht. 18-24"
- Handsome upright clumps of rich green foliage with vertical flower spikes
to 6' tall.
- Drought tolerant.
- Carex
- morrowii 'Gold Fountain, Gold Fountain Japanese Sedge
- Zone 5 Ht. 1'
- Attractive clumping grass with flat textured blades having golden yellow
edges on green centers.
- Cortaderia
- selloana, White Pampass Grass
- Zone 7 Ht.20'
- Giant ornamental evergreen grass. Has large white to chamois flower plumes
1-3' long. Give plenty of room.
- Festuca
-
 ovina
'Glauca', Blue Fescue
- Zone 6 Ht.4-10"
- Clumping grass with soft, needle fine but tough leaves. Blue-grey tufts
does not make solid ground cover.
- Helictotrichon
- sempervirens 'Avena', Blue Oat Grass
- Zone 5 Ht 1-2'
- Dense rounded mound with showy silvery blue 1-2' blade, 2-3' showy pale
blue flowers that become straw colored.
- Imperata
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 cylindrica 'Rubra', Japanese Blood Grass
- Zone sinensis sinensis55 Ht 2'
- Blood red blades to 2' high. From slow spreading underground stem grows
clumps becoming 10-12" wide.
- Miscanthus
- sinensis variegatus, Variegated Japense Silver Grass
- Zone5 Ht. 5'
- Clumping vase shaped grass reaching 5'. Creamy white striped blades 1 inch
wide, silvery-white full bloom.
- sinensis 'Yakushima', Dwarf Maiden Grass
- Zone 6 Ht. 3-4'
- Clump-forming, silvery-green 1/2 inch wide blades, delicate silvery-white
blooms. Showy autumn color.
- Pennisetum
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 alopercuriodes
'Hameln', Dwarf Fountain Grass
- Zone 5 Ht. 2-3'
- Compact clumping grass 2-3' high with dark-green loose-tufted blades. Buff
colored blooms appear in late summer to fall.
- alopercuriodes 'Little Bunny', Little Bunny Fountain Grass
- Zone 7 Ht. 10-12"
- Dark green dense mound 10-12" tall & wide creates the dwarfest of
the Fountain grasses. The white flower spikes mature to creamy tan in late
summer.
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ovina
'Glauca', Blue Fescue
alopercuriodes
'Hameln', Dwarf Fountain Grass
