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Ornamental Grasses |
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| Maiden Grasses | |
| Big Bluestem | Adagio Silver Grass |
| Arching green foliage turning bronze in the fall. Bronze flower spikes shaped like a turkey foot. Height 5-6' Spread 4-6' | Compact, clump with slender silvery foliage. Flower plumes emerge pink in summer, changing to silvery-white. Tolerates poor soil. Height 4' |
| Blue Avena/Blue Oat | Autumn Light Silver Grass |
| Slender bluish-gray tuft like blades with buff colored seed spikes. Height 2-3' Spread 18-24" | Compact graceful clump. Green foliage and showy white flower heads in September. Height 9' |
| Blue Lyme Grass | Cabaret Japanese Silver Grass |
| Fast spreading ground cover with powder blue broad blades and oat like seed heads. Height 24-36" Spread 24" - 6' | Clumps of rich green blades with milky white stripes. Copper colored plumes appear above foliage. Early fall aging to creamy stems blushed pink. Height 6-7' Spread 3-4' |
| Blue Sedge Grass | Dwarf Maiden Grass |
| Silvery blue blade. Height 6" | Compact showy clumps topped by silvery-white early blooms. Golden bronze foliage in fall. Fast growing. Miniature form of Maiden. Height 3-4' Spread 3' |
| Blue Switch Grass | Dwarf Zebra Grass |
| Stiff metallic blue foliage in upright clumps turns yellow in fall. Height 3-3.5' Spread 30" | Arching green blades with horizontal stripped golden bands. Pinkish copper flower plumes in late summer. Taller than foliage and clumping. Height 8' Spread 4' |
| Dwarf Fountain Grass | Flame Grass (Purple Maiden) |
| Clumping perennial grass. White flower bloom in late summer. Height 1-2' Spread 12-18" | Purple-tinged green blades with pink midrib that turns reddish-orange in fall. Mauve feathery plumes rise 2' above foliage. Compact, upright clumps. Height 3' Spread 3-4' |
| Dwarf Sedge - Feather Top | Little Nicky Grass |
| Green and white variegated blades. Height 4-6" | Dwarf compact form of Zebra grass. Green and yellow banded foliage with white flower heads in late summer. Height 3-4' Spread 3-5' |
| Feather Reed Grass 'Karl Foerster' | Maiden Grass |
| Evergreen grass with pinkish, feathery blooms in spring, drying to a golden yellow. Height 18-24" | Fine textured silver-green blades turn golden bronze after first frost. Delicate silvery-white plumes are taller than blades. Moderate grower. Height 6-8' Spread 3-5' |
| Fescue | Morning Light Maiden Grass |
| Green to silver-blue foliage. Blooms May to June. Height 8-12" Spread 8-12" | Green blades with white margins and mid-veins giving a silver shimmering effect. Delicate reddish-bronze plumes in late summer. Height 5' Spread 2' |
| Fountain Grass | Variegated Japanese Silver Grass |
| Dark green blades with fluffy buff colored plumes arching above foliage. Height 2-3' Spread 12' | Arching blades with silvery-white plumes. Dark green blades with creamy white strip. Height 6' Spread 3-5' |
| Fox Red Curly Sedge | Zebra Grass |
| Reddish-bronze tufted grass with curled blade tips. Tan spikes in summer. Height 2' Spread 2-3' | Distinctive horizontal bands of yellow-gold banding, which doesn't always show until early summer. Pinkish-copper flowers in September. Height 6-8' |
| Hardy Pampas/Plume/Ravenna Grass | |
| Fast grower. Clumping foliage with gorgeous fall coloring. 2' long silvery-white lily plumes. Height 8-10' | |
| Japanese Blood Grass | |
| Blood red blades. Height 2' Spread 10-12" | |
| Japanese Silver Grass Variegated | |
| Vase-shaped grass. Blades have creamy striped white plumes in fall. Height 5' Spread 1' | |
| Little Bluestem | |
| Kentucky native prairie grass. Blue-green clumps of foliage with intense cinnamon red fall and winter color. Fluffy silver-white seed stalks. Height 24-36" Spread 12-24" | |
| Little Bunny Fountain Grass | |
| Smallest of the fountain grasses. Flower spikes are white, turning tan in late summer. Height 10-12" Spread 10-12" | |
| Northern Sea Oats | |
| Bronze-green foliage with flattened flower spikes. Copper foliage in fall. Height 24" Spread 24-36" | |
| Plume Grass | |
| Gray-green foliage with clumping habit. White plumes in late summer. Height 9-12' Spread 3-5' | |
| Purple Fountain Grass | |
| Reddish-brown coloring with red flower spikes on 4' stalks late summer into fall. Height 2-4' Spread 2-3' | |
| Oat Grass | |
| Intense blue color. Height 24-35" Spread 12" | |
| Quaking Grass | |
| Dense tufts of erect blue-green blades. Pendant heart-shaped purple-green florets in summer. Height 24-35" Spread 12" | |
| Rebraun | |
| Sturdy clumps with neat upright habit. Long lasting, graceful, airy flowers. Brilliant orange-red fall color which lasts throughout the winter. Height 3-4' | |
| Ribbon Grass | |
| Blue-green leaves striped with white. Height 12-15" Spread 3-4' | |
| Switch Grass | |
| Green foliage turning tan to bronze in fall. Buff to purple flower in summer. Height 3-5' Spread 3-4' | |
| Tufted Hair Grass | |
| Graceful evergreen mounds of dark green blades with stalks of nodding dense tufts of silvery flowers. Height 4' | |
| Variegated Japanese Sedge | |
| Thick blades with green edges and white center. Height 1' Spread 1' | |
| Variegated Moor Grass | |
| Green and white variegated blades. Flower spikes in late summer which fade to brown. Height 12-18" |