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Deer Res
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Genus species 'Cultivar'
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Common Name
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Height
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Zone
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Description
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x
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Carex 'Coman's Bronze
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Coman's Bronze
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6-12'
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Zone 7
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Deep bronze color makes a nice accent.
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x
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Carex flagellifera
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Toffee Twist
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2-3"
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Zone 7
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Has a gentle cascading habit with a nice toffee color.
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x
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Cortaderia sellonana
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White Pampas Grass
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8 in
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Zone 7
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A large specimen grass with feathery white plumes.
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x
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Cortaderia sellonana Rosea
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Pink Pampas Grass
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8 in
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Zone 7
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A large specimen grass with feathery pink plumes.
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x
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Cymbopogon citratus
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Lemon Grass
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2-6ft
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Zone 9
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Fast growing grass with strong lemon scent.
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x
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Juncus patens 'Will flemming'
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California Rush Grass
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15-24 in
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Zone 7-11
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Steel gray foliage. Can grow in water.
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x
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Melinis n. Savannah
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Ruby Grass
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10 in
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Zone 10
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Ruby pink blooms in June. Great for dried arrangements.
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x
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Muhlenbergia capaillaris
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Muhly grass
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3 ft
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Zone 6-10
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Fine dark foliage. Showy pink panicles that float above the plant.
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X
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Pennisetum a. Hameln'
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Hameln Grass
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2-3 ft
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Zone 6-9
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Dwarf Fountain Grass. Great for mass planting.
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x
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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moundry'
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Black-Flowering Fountain Grass
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2-3 ft
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Zone 7
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The spikes are dark and fluff out into reddish purple at the tips.
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x
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Pennisetum glaucum 'Purple Majesty'
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Ornamental Millet Purple Majesty
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7-8 ft
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Zone 7
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Almost Black foliage for accent.
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x
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Pennisetum rueppelianum (setaceum)
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Fountain Grass
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2-3 ft
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Zone 9
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Mounding fine textured burgundy foliage.
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x
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Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'
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Purple Fountain Grass
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3-5 ft
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Zone 9
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Top selling ornamental grass, burgundy-red foliage.
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X
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Pennisetum s. 'Red riding hood'
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Dwf Puple Fountain Grass
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12-18 in
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Zone 9-11
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Rich burgundy color. Won't outgrow it's welcome.
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x
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Scirpus cernuus
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Fiber Optic Grass
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6-12 in
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Zone 8
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Sun to part shade. Thin hairlike stems grow in clumps. Keep well watered.
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x
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Stipa t. Mexican feather Grass
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Mexican feather grass
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12-18"
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Zone 7
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Silky flowers appear in June. Nice mounding habit.
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Genus species 'Cultivar'
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Common Name
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Height
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Zone
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Description
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x
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Andropogon gerardii 'Pawnee'
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Big Bluestem
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5-6 ft
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Zone 4
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A colorful robust native grass, which turns red after frost.
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x
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Calamagrostis acutifolia 'Karl Foerster'
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Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass
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4-5 ft
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Zone 5
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PPA's perennial of the year for 2001. Striking vertical grass with winter interest. Light shade is OK for most Calamagrostis.
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x
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Calamagrostis acutifolia 'Overdam'
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Variegated Feather Reed Grass
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36 in
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Zone 5
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Variegated foliage, white blooms. Tolerant of part shade.
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x
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Calamagrostis a. 'Brachytricha'
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Feather Reed Grass
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4 ft
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Zone 4
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Showy blooms with a strong purple/red tint.
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x
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Chasmanthium latifolium
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Northern Sea Oats
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3 ft
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Zone 3
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Dangling oat-like blooms droop from bamboo-like foliage. Full sun to full shade.
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x
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Deschampsia caespitosa 'Northern Lights'
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Norhtern Lights Hair Grass
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12 in
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Zone 5
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Variegated foliage with pink blush on new growth & in cool weather. Tolerant to light shade.
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Equisetum H. 'Horsetail Rush'
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Horsetail Rush
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15-24 in
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Zone 3-11
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Excellent in containers. Keep moist.
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x
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Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'
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Elijah Blue Fescue
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8 in
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Zone 5
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Ornamental silvery bue foliage forms a small mound.
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x
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Festuca ovina glauca
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Blue Fescue
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15 in
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Zone 4
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Popular blue clump-forming grass tolerant of dry soils.
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x
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Festuca glauca 'Boulder Blue'
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Boulder Blue
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8-18 in
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Zone 4-9
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Drought tolerant.
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x
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Helictotrichon sempervivens 'Sapphire'
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Sapphire Blue Oat Grass
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24 in
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Zone 4-9
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A superb grass for a perennial border.
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x
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Juncus e. ' Spiralis'
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Corkscrew Rush
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14 in
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Zone 5
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A great bog or pond plant. Prefers very moist to wet cond.
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x
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Juncus e. 'Quartz Creek'
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Soft Rush
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15-24 in
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Zone 4-11
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Grows best in miost, peaty soils in light shade.
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x
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Miscanthus 'Gigantea'
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Gigantea Miscanthus
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8-10 ft
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Zone 4
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This handsome giant grows in to a 4' wide clump.
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x
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Miscanthus purpurescens
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Flame Grass
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5 ft
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Zone 4
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Gray-green solft foliage, turning a brilliant red in the fall.
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Deer Res
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Genus species 'Cultivar'
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Common Name |
Height |
Zone |
Description
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x
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Miscanthus sinenisis 'Malepartus'
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Dwf Japanese Sliver Grass |
5-7 ft |
Zone 5 |
Best know for it's large and abundant blooms.
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x
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Miscanthus sinensis 'Graziella'
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Graziella Miscanthus |
3-6 ft |
Zone 5 |
Slender white flower heads show early in the season.
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x
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Miscanthus s. 'Morining Light'
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Morning light Miscanthus |
3-5 ft |
Zone 5 |
Variegated Maiden Grass. Makes a perfect container plant.
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x
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Miscanthus s. 'Sarabande'
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Narrow leaf Maiden Grass |
5-6 ft |
Zone 5-10 |
Very narrow foliage. Golden copper plumes in August.
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x
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Miscanthus sinensis 'Silberfeder'
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Silver Feather Miscanthus |
6-7 ft |
Zone 4 |
Deep green foliage with silver mid-rib and arching shape. Feathery seed heads held high above the foliage.
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x
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Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'
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Porcupine Grass |
9 ft |
Zone 5 |
Known for it's banded variegation of golden-yellow bars.
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x
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Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'
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Variegated Japanese Silver Grass |
7 ft |
Zone 5 |
One of the oldest of the miscanthus cultivars still remains one of the best. Provides white color to the garden. Part shade is ok.
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x
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Panicum 'Dallas Blues'
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Dallas Blues switch Grass |
6-8 ft |
Zone 2-10 |
One of the best wide leaved blues. Soft, pastel pink seed heads.
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x
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Panicum v. 'Shenandoah'
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Red Switch Grass |
4 ft |
Zone 4 |
Deep green foliage turning red by mid-summer. Part shade is ok.
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x
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Saccharum ravennae 'Hardy Pampas Grass'
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Hardy Pampas Grass |
8-10ft |
Zone 5 |
Hardy pampas grass. Tall stately plumes. Mulch in colder climates.
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x
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'Blaze'
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Little Bluestem |
2-3 ft |
Zone 3-9 |
Drought tolerant. Full sun, Flourishes in hot weather.
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x
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Sesleria a. 'Autumn Moor'
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Autumn Moor Grass |
20 in |
Zone 4 |
Evergreen grass. Makes an excellent groundcover.
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x
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Sorghastrum nutans
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Indian Grass |
4 ft |
Zone 4 |
Prairie native. Upright blooms appear in August.
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x
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Sporobolus heterolepis
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Prarie drop seed |
2-4 ft |
Zone 3 |
2' narrow-leaved, fragrant navtive grass. Very attractive.
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Genus species 'Cultivar'
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Common Name
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Height
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Zone
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Description
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Calamagrostis acutifolia 'Karl Foerster'
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Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass
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4-5 ft
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Zone 5
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Light shade is OK for most Calamagrostis.
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Miscanthus 'Gigantea'
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Gigantea Miscanthus
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8-10 ft
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Zone 4
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This handsome giant grows in to a 4' wide clump.
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Miscanthus 'Silver Feather''
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Silver Feather
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6-7 ft
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Zone 4
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Deep green foliage with silver mid-rib and arching shape. Feathery seed heads held high above the foliage.
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| x |
Miscanthus s. var Pupurascens
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Autumn Red Grass
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3-5 ft
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Zone 3-8
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Brilliant fall red-orange color. Moist well draining soil.
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Ophiopogon 'Nigrescens'
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Black Mondo Grass
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6 in
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Zone 6-9
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Excellent for edging and ground cover. Prefers part shade and moist soil.
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Pennisetum s. 'Red riding hood'
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Dwf Puple Fountain Grass
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12-18 in
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Zone 9-11
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Rich burgundy color. Won't outgrow it's welcome.
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| x |
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'
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Purple Fountain Grass
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3-5 ft
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Zone 9
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Top selling ornamental grass, burgundy-red foliage.
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