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Trees & Shrubs: Ornamental Grasses

Variety	Height	Shape	Bloom Time	Characteristics	Growing Conditions	Hardiness
Arundo - Striped Gaint Reed 'donax variegatus'	8'x10'	Upright	August-Sept.	Strong variegation, large specimen	Full sun/wet or dry	Z6
Calamagrostis - Feather Reed Grass aruncinacea ‘Karl Forester’	4'	Narrow	June-Sept.	stiff upright & early blooming	Sunny, dry locations but tolerates heavy clay soil	Z4-9
x 'Avalanche'	4'	Narrow	June-Sept.	Bright Variegation	Sunny, dry locations but tolerates heavy clay soil	Z4
Chasmanthium - Northern Seas Oats latifolium	3’	Spreading	Late Summer	colonize in part shade with arching branches	Sun to shade wet or dry	Z5-9
Cortaderia - Pampas Grass sellonana ‘Pumila’	4-6’	Compact / Densely tufted	mid summer	for smaller grasses but just as dramatic	sun & dry soil	Z6 (with protection) - 10
Deschampsia - Tufted Hair Grass cespitosa	2’	Compact / Rounded	Summer/Long Blooming	delicate, airy & attractive	Cool season, sunny & moist to average soil	Z4-9
Erianthus - Plume Grass ravennae	9-12’	Specimen	Late Summer	silver-bronze inflorescence - hardy pampas like grass	Sun with dry conditions	Z6-9
Festuca - Fescue glauca ‘Elija Blue’	8-10”	Compact	Mid-Summer	very popular blue grass	Cool season, morning sun, well drained soil	Z4-8
Hakonechloa -Golden Variegated Hakone Grass macra ‘Aureola’	12-18”	Clumping & Arching	Summer	brilliant golden foliage streaked green for the shade	Part shade to shade, average to moist soil	Z6-9
m. 'All Gold'	12-18"	Clumping	Summer	Brilliant all gold wide blades	Part shade to shade, average to moist soil	Z6
Helictotrichon - Blue Oat Grass sempervirens ‘Sapphire’	2’	Robust Clump	Early Summer	best blue color with broader foliage	Fertile, well drained soil in sun	Z4-8
Imperata - Japanese Blood Grass ‘Red Baron’	18”	Slow Spreader	None	nice red coloration for part shade to full sun	Moist, fertile, sunny location	Z6-9
Koleria - Blue Hair Grass glauca	12-18”	Clumping	Early Summer	blue-gray foliage with airy felling		Z6-9
Miscanthus - Maiden Grass purpurascens	4-5’	Spreading Clump	Mid-Summer	reddish foliage turns deeper in autumn	Sun, well drained average soil	Z6-9
sinensis ‘Adagio’	4’	Wide Clump	Late Summer	thin silver foliage with large pink blooms turning to white	Sun, well drained average soil	Z6-9
s. ‘Dixieland’	3-4’	Dwarf Clump	Late Summer	M. variegatus in miniature, wide green leaves with white stripes	Sun, well drained average soil	Z6-9
s. 'Cabaret'	6’	Upright	Late Summer	an improved green & white variegated form with wider blades and stiffer habit	Sun, well drained average soil	Z5-9
s. 'Gold Bar'	3-4'	Compact	September	Short, intense gold porcupine grass	Sun, well drained average soil	Z5
s. ‘Gracillimus'	6-8’	Tall - Upright Vase	Mid Autumn	narrow leaves with blooms of bronze-red holding up well into winter	Sun, well drained average soil	Z5-9
s. 'Huron Sunrise'	5'	Upright	Mid Aug.	Profuse golden plumes/hardy	Sun, well drained average soil	Z5
s. 'Little Kitten'	2-3'	Dwarf	Late Summer	True dwarf miscanthus, clean foliage	Sun, well drained average soil	Z6
s. ‘Morning Light’	4-5’	Tall Clump	Early Autumn	fine silver & green foliage for a delicate look and red to bronze inflorescence	Sun, well drained average soil	Z5-9
s. ‘Sarabande’	5-6’	Tall Clump	Early Autumn	fine silvery foliage with showy golden-copper plumes	Sun, well drained average soil	Z4-9
s. ‘Silberfeder’	6-8’	Tall & Open	Late Summer	Variegated, broad green leaves with white margins	Sun, well drained average soil	Z5-9
s. ‘Strictus’	5-6’	Upright & Wide	Late Summer	wide green blades with horizontal golden stripes	Sun, well drained average soil	Z6-9
s. ‘Variegatus’	5-7’	Upright	Early Autumn	Broad leaves with white margins	Sun, well drained average soil	Z5-9
s. ‘Yaku Jima’	4’	Broad	Late Summer	Silver plumes and reddish-brown fall color	Sun, well drained average soil	Z6-9
s. ‘Zebrinus’	6-8’	Tall	Mid Autumn	reddish blooms with light green foliage & horizontal yellow bands	Sun, well drained average soil	Z6-9
Molinia - Moor Grass caerulea ‘Variegata’	12-18”	Clump	Late Summer	graceful plumes smoother finely variegated foliage	Sun, well drained average to poor soil	Z4-8
litorialis ‘Skyracer’	7-8’	Clump-Airy Panicles	Late Summer	tall stems carry “see through” seed heads above cascading clump of foliage	Sun, well drained average to poor soil	Z5-8
Panicum - Switch Grass virgatum ‘Cloud Nine’	6-7’	Upright-Narrow	Mid-Summer	blue foliated with tall shoots of airy golden flowers	Sun, drought tolerant, average to poor soil	Z5-9
v. ‘Heavy Metal’	4-5’	Upright-Narrow	Mid-Summer	steel blue foliage & a very stiff habit	Sun, drought tolerant, average to poor soil	Z5-9
v. ‘Shenadoah’	3’	Upright-Shorter	Mid-Summer	showy bright red foliage & slower growing	Sun, drought tolerant, average to poor soil	Z5-6
Pennisetum - Fountain Grass alopecuroides	3-4’	Arching Clump	Mid-Summer	showy, soft inflorescence carried above delicate foliage for a long bloom period	Sun, well drained to dry soil	Z5-9
a. 'Fox Trot'	4-5'	Upright	Mid-Summer	A hardy, narrow, upright form	Sun, well drained to dry soil	Z5
a. ‘Hameln’	1.5-2.5’	Arching Clump	Mid-Summer	dwarf version of above	Sun, well drained to dry soil	Z6-9
a. ‘Moudry’	2-3’	Cascading Clump	Autumn	black plumes are stiffer and blades are wider	Sun, well drained to moister soil	Z6-9
a 'Redhead'	3'	Arching Clump	Mid-summer	Beautiful red tinged plumes	Sun, well drained to moister soil	Z5
orientale ‘Karley Rose’	3’	Upright-Clump	Summer	very soft plumes are smokey rose in color all season long	Sun, well drained to dry soil	Z6-9
setaceum ‘Rubrum’	3-4’	Upright - Flowing	Summer	purple leaved with rich tan blooms on a prolific annual bloomer	Sun, well drained soil, feed regularly in a container	Z9-10
setaceum ‘Eaton Canyon’	2’	Compact - Flowing	Summer	1/4” blades with reddish-purple plumes - half the size of P. ‘Rubrum’	Sun, well drained soil in small gardens	Z9-10
Schizachyrium (Andropogon) - Little Bluestem scoparius ‘The Blues’	2-3’	Upright Clump	Late Summer	blue foliage with hints of burgundy & pink in spring & fall	Sunny, dry locations	Z3-9
Sorghastrum - Indian Grass nutans ‘Sioux Blue’	4-6’	Stiff Upright	Mid-Summer	bright blue foliage & attractive seed heads	Sun to part shade, drought tolerant	Z4-9
Stipa - Feather Grass tenuissima	2’	Vase Shaped Clump	Early Summer	very silky blades and flower heads	Sunny, dry location	Z6 (with protection)-9

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