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Ornamental Grass List

Genus species 'variety' Google
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Common
Name
Flower/Leaf
Color
Height
(in inches)
Bloom
Time
A=Early Spring
E=Late Fall
Light
Req.
1=Full Sun
5=Full Shade
Deer
Resist.
Moisture
Tolerant
Native
Acorus calamus 'Variegatus' View 36 1-3 Y Shallow Water
Alopecurus pratensis 'Aureovariegatus' View Yellow Foxtail Grass Wheat 16 B 1-2
Andropogon gerardii View Big Bluestem 60 CD 1-2 Y
Briza media View Quaking Grass 30 B 1-2 Y
Calamagrostis arundinacea 'Avalanche' View Feather Reed Grass 48 C 1-2
Calamagrostis arundinacea 'Carl Forester' View Feather Reed Grass 60 C 1-2
Calamagrostis arundinacea 'Overdam' View Varigated Reed Grass 48 C 1-2
Calamagrostis brachytricha View (fall bloom like Karl Forester) N/A 34 D 1-2
Carex 'Silver Sceptre' View Variegated 12 N/A 2-4
Carex caryophyllea 'Beatlemania' View Yellow leaf 6 N/A 1-2 Y
Carex conica 'Snowline' View Variegated 6 2-4
Carex elata 'Bowles Golden' View Golden Sedge 24 2-4 Waterside
Carex elata 'Burton's Blue' View N/A 12 N/A 1-4 Waterside
Carex glauca View Blue Sedge 6 1-4
Carex montana View Mountain Sedge Yellow flowers 10 C 2-4
Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' View Variegated Sedge 10 2-4
Carex muskingumensis View Palm Sedge Green/ Gold 22 C 1-4
Carex ornithopoda 'Variegata' View Bird's Foot Sedge, not for water-side Variegated 4 N/A 2-4
Carex siderosticha 'Island Brocade' View Variegated 10 C 2-4
Carex siderosticha 'Variegata' View Sedge Variegated 12 C 2-4
Carex sylvatica 'Trimburg' View N/A 8 N/A 2-3
Chasmanthium latifolium View Sea Oats 30 DE 1-2 Y
Cyperus papyrus 'Albostricta' View (vertical, zone 8) 26 1-3 Shallow Water
Deschampsia caespitosa 'Goldtau' View Gold 20 BCD 1-3
Deschampsia caespitosa 'Northern Lights' View Tufted Hair Grass Variegated leaf 36 BC 1-3
Festuca glauca View 10 1-2 Y
Festuca glauca 'Elijah's Blue' View 10 1-2 Y
Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold' View Yellow leaf 16 N/A 3-5
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' View Golden Hakone Grass 12-24 3-5
Helictotrichon sempervirens View 24 1-2
Helictotrichon sempervirens 'Sapphire' View 24 1-2
Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron' View Japanese Blood Grass, red leaf 18 N/A 1-3
Juncus effusa 'Spiralis' View Corkscrew Rush 12 1-3 Waterside
Luzula nivea View Snowy wood rush White 12 C 2-4
Lymus arenarius glaucus 'Blue Dune' View Silver leaves 18 N/A 1-2
Miscanthus giganteus View Giant Miscanthus 12ft. 1 Y Waterside
Miscanthus sacchariflorus View Silver Banner Grass, INVASIVE. 72 CD 1-2 Y Waterside
Miscanthus sinensis 'Blondo' View Gold 60 D 1-2 Y Waterside
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar' View burgundy 36-48 DE 1-2 Y Waterside
Miscanthus sinensis 'Graziella' View 48-60 D 1-2 Y Waterside
Miscanthus sinensis 'Juli' View Red 72-84 D 1-2 Y Waterside
Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus' View 60-72 CD 1-2 Y Waterside
Miscanthus sinensis 'Purpurascens' View Flame Grass 48-60 D 1-2 Y Waterside
Miscanthus sinensis 'Silver Feather' View 'Silberfeder' 72-84 D 1-2 Y Waterside
Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus' View Porcupine Grass 60-84 E 1-2 Y Waterside
Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus' View 72 E 1-2 Y Waterside
Molina litorialis 'Skyracer' View Tall Moor Grass Green/ Wheat 96 CD 1-3
Panicum amarum 'Dewey Blue' View 60 DE 1-2 Y
Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues' View Switchgrass Red 60 D 1-2
Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal' View Switchgrass 48-60 D 1-2 Y Y
Panicum virgatum 'Huron Solstice' View Red Switch Grass blue-green turning wine-purple 48 DE 1-2 Y
Panicum virgatum 'Northwind' View Switchgrass (orange fall color, very vertical) green/buff 60 CD 1-2 Y
Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Fire' View Switchgrass 48-60 D 1-2 Y
Panicum virgatum 'Red Sunset' View Switchgrass 36 D 1-2 Y
Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' View Switchgrass Red, burgundy leaf 36 C 1-2 Y Y
Pennisetum alopecuroides View Fountain Grass 36-48 1 Y
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' View (not hardy) Pink 24-36 CDE 1-2 Y
Phalaris arundinacea 'Feesey' View Tricolor Ribbon Grass 24-36 1-2 Y Shallow Water
Schizachyrium scoparium View Little Bluestem 32 CD 1-2
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Prairie Blues' View Little Bluestem Stands up better 36 D 1-2 Y
Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues' View Little Bluestem 32 CD 1-2
Sorghastrum nutans View Indian Grass Gold 72 CDE 1-2 Y
Sorghastrum nutans 'Indian Steel' View Indian Grass Blue-green 43-42 CD 1-3 Y
Sorghastrum nutans 'Sioux Blue' View Indian Grass 60 CD 1-2 Y
Spartina pectinata View Praire Cord Grass 60 D 1-3 Waterside Y
Spodiopogon sibericus View Greybeard, Frost Grass 48-60 CD 1-2
Sporobolus heterolepis View Praire dropseed 18-30 D 1-2 Y
Stipa capillata View Needlegrass N/A 22 BC 2-4
Typha shuttleworthii View Cattail (slender heads) Brown 54 C 1-2 Shallow Water