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ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

 Clockwise from top left: Miscanthus Graziella with plumes, Panicum Northwind, Helictotrichon.

Clockwise from top left: Miscanthus Graziella, Panicum Northwind, Helictotrichon.

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

Ornamental grasses, which can handle both drought and wet conditions, are enjoying a burst of increased popularity as accent plants, ground covers, screens, and border edgings. Many ornamental grasses produce attractive flowers that will gracefully sway with the wind and provide textural interest to your garden.

Grasses can be either clump-forming or rhizome-forming "running" grass. The clump-forming grasses will grow in very nice, neat mounds or clumps that mix very well with other perennials and will not become invasive. While rhizome-forming grasses spread by underground stems and make excellent ground covers, erosion control plants, and dense cover plantings that resist the invasion of weeds, they can become very aggressive and invasive! Their place may not be in a well-tended perennial border. Before selecting an ornamental grass be sure to understand how it grows so you won't be planting a future problem. Just ask the garden staff at Reds — we can help!

The Nursery at Reds features the following varieties of ornamental grasses:

Acorus

Variegated Sweet Flag
Golden Variegated Sweet Flag

Calamagrostis

Karl Forester's Feather Reed Grass
Narrow Feather Reed Grass
Variegated Feather Reed Grass

Carex

Fox Red Curly Sedge
Bowles Golden Sedge
Evergold Variegated Japanese Sedge
Variegated Japanese Sedge
White Japanese Sedge
Treasure Island Sedge

Chasmanthium

Northern Sea Oats

Cortaderia

Ivory Feathers Dwarf Pampas Grass
Sun Stripe Variegated Pampas Grass

Equisetum

Horsetail Reed Grass
Dwarf Horsetail Grass

Erianthus

Hardy Pampas Grass

Eleymus

Blue Dune Lyme Grass

Festuca

Elijah Blue Fescue Grass

Hakonechloa

Golden Japanese Forest Grass (All Gold, Aureola, Stripe it Rich)

Helictotrichon

Blue Oat Grass

Imperata

Red Baron Japanese Bloodgrass

Miscanthus

Cabaret Japanese Silver Grass
Cosmopolitan Japanese Silver Grass
Maiden Grass
Graziella Japanese Silver Grass
Gold Bar Maiden Grass
Little Kitten Japanese Silver Grass
Morning Light Japanese Silver Grass
Flame Grass
Porcupine Grass
Variegated Japanese Silver Grass
Dwarf Maiden Grass
Zebra Grass

Molinia

Purple Moor Grass
Variegated Moor Grass

Muhlenbergia

Pink Hair Grass

Ophiopogon

Ebony Knight Mondo Grass

Panicum

Cloud Nine Switch Grass
Dallas Blue Switch Grass
Heavy Metal Switch Grass
Northwind Switch Grass
Red Switch Grass
Shenandoah Switch Grass

Pennisetum

Fountain Grass
Dwarf Fountain Grass
Little Bunny Dwarf Fountain Grass
Black Seeded Fountain Grass
Red Head Fountain Grass
Early Black Flowering Fountain Grass
Crimson Fountain Grass

Phalaris

Ribbon Grass
Strawberries N Cream Ribbon Grass

Schizachyrium

The Blues Little Blue Stem

Typha Minima

Miniture Cat-tail

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