Grasses

Graceful, low-maintenance plants that provide great accents to any landscape.

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Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' Common Name: Feather Reed Grass 'Karl Foerster', a shiny, dark-green, clumping grass, makes a lovely texture-laden backdrop for low-growing perennials such as echinacea, rudbeckia, coreopsis, blackfoot daisy or damianita. Light pink feathery plumes appear in late Spring, gradually... [ More Information ]

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Chasmanthium latifolium Common Name: Sea Oats Grass [ More Information ]

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Cortaderia selloana Common Name: Pampas Grass Pampas grass is striking as an accent plant in a big corner space, grown in numbers as a barrier between properties or the street, singly in rock gardens, or in pairs as sentries to a gated property. Its sharp thin green blades bend gracefully from ... [ More Information ]

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Cortaderia selloana 'Pumila' Common Name: Dwarf Pampas Grass This 'Pumila' variety is a smaller, more cold hardy version of Pampas Grass. It is extremely showy with its large, fluffy white flower heads that are held on stout stems. It thrives in hot, full sun exposures and is especially useful as a specimen al... [ More Information ]

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Cymbopogon citratus Common Name: Lemon Grass [ More Information ]

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Cyperus isocladus Common Name: Dwarf Papyrus Dwarf Papyrus is an excellent choice for bogs, ponds and marshy areas. If roots are mulched or under water during winter, it can grow up to Zone 8. Otherwise, it makes a nice boggy plant for the greenhouse, sunhouse or atrium. The triangular erec... [ More Information ]

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Equisetum hyemale Common Name: Horse Tail Reed An ancient grass species, horsetail reed grows in clumps of dark green bamboo-like stems without leaves or flowers. Horsetail reed is outstanding in wet areas like marshes, ponds, streams or low-lying wet or damp areas. It can also be used in patio... [ More Information ]

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Eragrostis curvula Common Name: Weeping Love Grass Hair-like light green foliage emerges from a tight tuft and arches delicately to touch the ground. The blooms, which appear in late Spring, are olive with a purple cast and mature to gray. The foliage turns to a beautiful bronze-red after frost. W... [ More Information ]

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Festuca glauca Common Name: Blue Fescue Clump-forming ornamental grass noted for its glaucous, finely-textured, blue-gray foliage. Foliage forms a dome-shaped, porcupine-like tuft of erect to arching, needle-like blades radiating upward and outward to a length of 5-8 inches. Light green fl... [ More Information ]

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Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' Common Name: Fescue Elijah Blue Blue fescue grows in tight tufts that produce golden wheat wafting seedheads approximately 4 inches above the thin blades. The silver-blue leaves make a nice statement as an accent plant or in a mass planting. [ More Information ]

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Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron' Common Name: Red Baron Grass Red tipped upright ornamental grass that becomes increasingly red as the season progresses. Becomes blood red by fall. It is useful in borders, rock gardens, containers or as a colorful accent. [ More Information ]

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Leymus arenarius Common Name: Blue-Lyme Grass Flat, steel blue foliage that tends to grow in an arching habit. Useful for very specific situations as it is an aggressive grass. Tall flower spikes in mid summer turning beige. This is a running cool season grass. Tolerant of a wide range of soils ... [ More Information ]

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Miscanthus adagio Common Name: Adagio 'Adagio' grass is the dwarf form of Maiden Grass or Japanese Silver Grass. Its silvery green clumping foliage produces reddish fanned tassels in August, adding contrast to the thin arching blades that turn burgundy during the same fall period. [ More Information ]

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Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' Common Name: Maiden Grass Maiden Grass emerges as a vase-shaped fountain of arching thin green blades. Reddish/tan fan-like tassels adorn a tall stem that reaches 7 feet or more. The plant is wider at the top than the bottom, with the top often spanning as much as 8 feet. ... [ More Information ]

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Miscanthus sinensis 'Yaku Jima' Common Name: Dwf Maiden Grass Yaku Jima [ More Information ]

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Muhlenbergia capillaris Common Name: Gulf Muhly Gulf Muhly is also called Pink Muhly and rightly so. From a distance in fall, its inflorescences look like a mass of pink hair or cotton candy. A warm season grass, Gulf Muhly emerges in spring from its dried winter clump, bursting forth in needle-l... [ More Information ]

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Muhlenbergia lindheimeri Common Name: Lindheimer's Muhly Lindheimer's Muhly forms a compact upright clump with gray/blue-green foliage. Wispy purplish-silver plumes form seedheads on the stalk in a stacking fashion. This perennial bunchgrass has needle-thin foliage that reaches high then arches toward the... [ More Information ]

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Nolina texana Common Name: Devils Shoestring [ More Information ]

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Panicum amarum 'Dewey Blue' Common Name: Switch Grass Dewey Blue Heat, drought, and humidity won't faze its noticeably graceful habit. This grass has exceptional blue foliage and a vigorous constitution. Airy, light beige flowers emerge in late summer and fall, persisting well into winter for a long season of inte... [ More Information ]

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Panicum virgatum ''Northwind'' Common Name: 'Northwind' Switch Grass 'Northwind' is a tall native bunch grass that has a stiff narrow upright form. Straight blue-green leaves extend upward to the sky, increasing it appeal as an accent plant or tall groundcover. When planted en masse, it supplies year-round protectio... [ More Information ]

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Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' Common Name: Shenandoah Red Switch Grass In early summer, upright 'Shenandoah' displays green blades tipped in vibrant red, and becomes even more striking in fall when its soft leaves are entirely splashed with burgundy. Textural interest is added by fluffy clouds of petite airy plumes of ... [ More Information ]

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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln' Common Name: Hamelin Grass 'Hameln' is a dwarf fountain grass with arching green thread-like leaves and fuzzy light wheat plumes. [ More Information ]

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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Bunny' Common Name: Little Bunny Fountain Grass 'Little Bunny' grass is characterized by its white to pinkish fuzzy tufts resembling bunny tails. The flowerheads abound on the clumpy diminutive fountain grass from summer through fall and often into winter. . [ More Information ]

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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry' Common Name: Fountain Grass [ More Information ]

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Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose' Common Name: Karley Rose Fountain Grass 'Karley Rose' is a clumping grass that emerges in green upright blades that arch toward the ground in a graceful cascade. Throughout summer, spectacular rose plumes reach toward the sky, and when backlit by morning or afternoon sun, the effect is re... [ More Information ]

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Pennisetum xadvena 'Rubrum' Common Name: Fountain Grass Purple fountain grass has arching brownish burgundy foliage and cattail like plumes in summer and fall. The plant is a fast-growing annual above zone 9 and is favored as a hedge, accent or backdrop plant. It is an excellent centerpiece for containe... [ More Information ]

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Schizachyrium scoparium Common Name: Prairie Blue grayish-blue foliage and a sturdy, upright growth habit.An eye catching grass in the fall garden as well, where it turns a pleasing purple with hints of orangey-red. Place the plants so the afternoon sun shines through the ripening seeds. [ More Information ]

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Stipa tenuissima Common Name: Mexican Feather Grass Mexican Feather Grass adds beauty to the garden as an accent, or when planted en masse, pleases the eye with it undulating waves. Unlike other perennial bunch grasses, it holds it green color in winter. Actually, its dormancy occurs in summer rather... [ More Information ]

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Xerophyllum tenax Common Name: Bear Grass Bear Grass looks like a grass, but really belongs to the lily family. It is about 4.5 feet tall. Its olive-colored, grass-like leaves grow from the base of the plant and are tough and wiry. The outside leaves clasp around the stem. The leaves have to... [ More Information ]

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