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GRASSES Genus Calamagrostis brachytricha Carex elata Cultivar Common Name Height Bloom Korean Feather Reed 4' sept - nov Grass Color white Bowles Golden Bowles Golden Gold 12" - 18" foliage Sedge Blue Sedge 8 - 12" may - june foliage Evergold Variegated 12" Japanese Sedge foliage foliage part shade Creamy-yellow leaves with deep green margins. Leaves cascade softly to the ground in a fountainlike manner. Excellent ground cover. Penn Sedge 8 - 12" april - may foliage part shadeshade part shadeshade Fine textured sedge is delicate, semi-evergreen; interesting flowers; can be mown. Great accent plant! One-inch wide leaves are bright lemon yellow with narrow green margins and stripes. Long-lived, durable sedge for brightening gardens and good in containers. Strappy leaves are almost completely bright white/cream, with only narrow green stripes; much whiter than 'Variegata'. Forms a dense, spreading clump of deciduous foliage. Vigorous, cold hardy, non-invasive clumping evergreen bamboo. New shoots are formed in early spring and initially protected by an attractive orange-red sheath prior to formation of a pleasing upright somewhat spreading specimen clump. Carex glauca (flacca) Carex hachijoensis Evergold Carex pensylvanica Carex siderosticha Banana Boat Banana Boat Broadleaved Sedge 6" - 12" foliage Carex siderosticha Snow Cap Snow Cap Sedge 9" insignificant Bamboo 6 - 8' grass All Gold Hakone Grass 9" - 14" foliage Fargesia rufa Hakonechloa macra All Gold foliage foliage Light Description sun-part shade Fall blooming Feather Reed Grass with excellent rich green foliage. as Showy flowers emerge pinkish green in late summer and turn creamy tan as they age. part shadeBright gold foliage with narrow green margins. shade Spectacular with blue or gold-edged hostas. sun-part shade With its sea of striking blue, Carnation-like foliage, this handsome Carex is aptly named. Excellent matting groundcover; creeps slowly by rhizomes. part shadeshade foliage part shadeshade foliage part shadeshade A brilliant grass that absolutely glows in the shade! It tends to be more chartreuse in heavier shade, and brighter gold in more sun. Graceful arching foliage. Genus Imperata cylindrica Cultivar Red Baron Common Name Height Bloom Red Baron Japanese 12 - 24" foliage Blood Grass Color foliage Light Description sun-part shade Blood-red foliage. Striking accent plant. Color intensifies in fall. Miscanthus sinensis Huron Sunrise Huron Sunrise Maiden Grass white sun Miscanthus sinensis Oktoberfest Oktoberfest Maiden 6' - 7' Grass September Panicum virgatum Northwind Northwind Switch Grass 4-6' Sept yellow sun Extremely versatile grass. Interesting winter silhouette. All season interest. Tolerant of many soil conditions. Flowers are of upright form. Panicum virgatum Prairie Fire Prairie Fire Switch Grass 4' - 5' aug - sept red sun Pennisetum alopecuroides Burgundy Bunny Burgundy Bunny Fountain Grass 12" - 16" late summer Pennisetum alopecuroides Desert Plains Desert Plains Fountain Grass 3' - 4' Sept - Oct purple sun Schizachyrium scoparium Blue Heaven Blue Heaven Little Bluestem 3' - 4' sept - oct foliage sun A spectacular switch grass with sturdy, upright, blue-green stems and wine-red leaves. In the spring, the foliage is blue-green, but by early summer the leaves begin to turn a stunning shade of deep red! This colorful, petite sport of 'Little Bunny' forms a rounded clump of green foliage that turns red in summer. All-over blazing red fall color until frost. Cream flowers. Fine textured green leaves form upright vaseshaped clump. Foliage tips turn deep red & entire clump fades to shades of orange & gold in fall. Large, showy tan plumes show in fall. One of the best hardy Pennisetums available. Silvery-blue foliage in summer, turning to burgundyred with purple and violet highlights. Fall color lasts well into November, turning tan for the winter. Remains upright - does not fall down! 5' - 6' late summer Foliage is a medium width with a natural silver midrib line. Outstanding full burgundy flowers! Good winter interest. sun-part shade Improved 'Graziella' selected for early blooming and fall color. Deep green leaves form an upright tower, developing red and burgundy highlights in fall. Burgundy flowers turn creamy tan as they age. sun Genus Schizachyrium scoparium Cultivar Twilight Zone Sporobolis heterolepis Tara Common Name Twilight Zone Little Bluestem Height Bloom 4' - 4.5' sept. Color Light sun Tara Prairie Dropseed 18 - 24" august october yellow sun Description Selected for its unique color, the foliage has a silvery/purple iridescent glow throughout the growin season. Additional purple highlights develop in fall. Forms an upright clump; will not flop. Fabulous DWARF prairie dropseed. Unbelievable fall fragrance. Light and airy. Great addition to the front border. A mainstay of the Olbrich gravel gardens.
