Ornamental Grasses

Ornamental Grasses

  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. The University of Illinois Extension has created a Web site titled " Ornamental Grasses" where homeowners can learn about the various types of ornamental grasses and their maintenance requirements. But the best way to make wise choices is to check with the garden professionals at Reds. We'll help you select the best ornamental grass for your purpose and design, resulting in a garden that is both aesthetic and functional.
Our Plant List includes the scientific (Latin) names of ornamental grasses we commonly carry. Click the name of each plant for a listing of varieties within each genus. While these plants will all be available at some point, we cannot guarantee that they will be in stock on any given day. So if you're looking for something specific, please call ahead or email us for current availability.

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Plant List

  • Acorus

    Variegated Sweet Flag

    Golden Variegated Sweet Flag

  • Andropogon

    Blackhawks Big Bluestem

    Big Bluestem

  • Calamagrostis

    Karl Forester's Feather Reed Grass

    Korean Feather Reed Grass

    Variegated Feather Reed Grass

  • Carex

    Fox Red Curly Sedge

    Bowles Golden Sedge

    Bunny Blue Sedge

    Everest Variegated Japanese Sedge

    Evergold Variegated Japanese Sedge

    Variegated Japanese Sedge

    White Japanese Sedge

    Banana Boat Creeping Broadleaf Sedge Snow Capcreeping Broadleaf Sedge

  • Chasmanthium

    Northern Sea Oats

  • Cortaderia

    Ivory Feathers Dwarf Pampas Grass

  • Equisetum

    Horsetail Reed Grass

    Dwarf Horsetail Grass

  • Erianthus

    Hardy Pampas Grass

  • Festuca

    Elijah Blue Fescue Grass

  • Hakonechloa

    All Gold Japanese Forest Grass

    Golden Japanese Forest Grass

    Sun Flare Japanese Forest Grass

  • Helictotrichon

    Saphirsprudel Blue Oat Grass

  • Imperata

    Red Baron Japanese Blood Grass

  • Miscanthus

    Adagio Maiden Grass

    Gold Bar Maiden Grass

    Maiden Grass

    Graziella Japanese Silver Grass

    Little Zebra Japanese Silver Grass

    Morning Light Japanese Silver Grass

    Flame Grass

    Porcupine Grass

    Variegated Japanese Silvergrass

    Dwarf Maiden Grass

    Zebra Grass

  • Molina

    Purple Moor Grass

  • Panicum - Switch Grass

    Cheyenne Sky

    Heavy Metal

    Norhwind

    Rastrahlbusch

    Shenandoah

  • Pennisetum

    Burgundy Bunny Dwarf Fountain Grass

    Dwarf Fountain Grass

    Little Bunny Dwarf Fountain Grass

    Red Head Fountain Grass

    Purple Fountain Grass

    Fireworks Fountain Grass

  • Schizachyrium - Little Bluestem

    Little Bluestem

    Crousel Little Bluestem

    Prairie Blues Little Bluestem

  • Sporobolus

    Prairie Dropseed

    Dwarf Prairie Dropseed

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