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Deer Native
Sweet Flag
Sweet Flag
Dwarf Sweet Flag
2-3',water tolerant,sun to part sun
water tolerant,sun to part sun
10-12", water tolerant, sun to part sun
5-8', blue-green foliage, bronze in fall, purplish flowers
Aug-Sept, zones 4-10
deep green foliage, darkens to purple in late summer,
turning vivid scarlet in fall, 5-6' tall, full sun, zone 3-8
4-5', clump forming, verticle habit, deep green foliage,
fluffy wheat-colored plumes, June-Sept., full to part sun,
zone 3-7
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7 Andropogon gerardii
Big Bluestem
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8 Andropogon 'Red October'
Big Bluestem
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Acorus 'Ogon'
Acorus c. Variegatus'
Acorus g. 'Oborozuki'
Acorus g. Variegatus
10 Calamagrostis 'Karl Forester'
11 Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Avalanche'
Feather Reed Grass
Feather Reed Grass
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12 Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Overdam'
13 Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Eldorado'
Feather Reed Grass
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14 Carex berggrenii
Alpine Sedge
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15 Carex platyphylla
Blue Satin Sedge
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17 Carex carophyllea 'Beatles'
Beatles Sedge
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18 Carex dol. Kaga-nishiki' Gold Fountains
Gold Fountain Sedge
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21 Carex conica 'Snowline'
22 Carex flaccospema
23 Carex glauca 'Blue Zinger'
Snowline Sedge
Blue Wood Sedge
Blue Zinger Sedge
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26 Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'
Variegated Sedge
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27 Carex musk. 'Oehme'
Variegated Palm Sedge
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28 Carex morrowii 'Silver Sceptre'
Silver Sceptre Sedge
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29 Carex siderostricta 'Variegata'
30 Carex stricta 'Tussock Sedge'
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31 Chasmanthium latoflium
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32 Erianthus ravennae
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34 Festuca 'Elijah Blue'
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35 Hakonechloa macra 'Albo Striata'
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36 Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold'
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37 Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola
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2-3', verticle habit, variegated foliage, margins yellow,
turning white into summer, golden flower heads mid
summer, moist, well drained soil, full to part sun, zone 3-7 DR
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alpine,2"long blue-green,to reddish brown leaves,loose
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tufts,zone 509
8-12", powder blue wide leaves, slow spreading clumps,
good for the shade garden, tolerates dry shade once
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established,zone 4-8
alpine,3-4", soft dark green leaves, infloresence is
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inconspicuously held tight in the foliage
10-12",golden grass with fountain-like habit,drought
tolerant once established, zone 5-9
6" high by 15"wide,green leaves edged white, full to part
sun, zone5-8
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15",shade to part,leaves white margins,deer resistant,
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tolerates dry shade once established
palm-like habit,bright chartreuse variegation, 18-24", good
along water edge
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10", narrow green variegated leaves, sun to part shade,
zone 5-9
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8-10", very bright, wide leaves, slowly spreading clumps,
Creeping Broad-leafed Sedgegood groundcover or edging for shade gardens
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Tussock Sedge
2-3', native,clumping showy drooping flowers,bamboo-like
Northern Sea Oats
foliage
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14', gray-green foliage, flower stalks extend above foliage,
similar in appearance to pampas grass
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the bluest of all the blue fescue, compact, dense mound, 6Fescue
10", full sun, zone 3-8
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Hakone Grass or Japanese grows 1-2' high, arching, variegated foliage, spreading
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Forest Grass
clumps, full to part shade, zone 5-8
Hakone Grass or Japanese grows 1-2', clumps of bright gold blades, spreads slowly,
Forest Grass
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full to part shade, zone 5-8
grows 18-24" tall, beautiful variegated foliage, bright gold
and white, cascading clump, spreads slowly, full to part
Japanese Forest Grass
sun, zone 5-8
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41 Helictotrichon s. 'Sapphire'
Blue Oat Grass
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42 Imperata cycindrical 'Red Baron'
Japanese Blood Grass
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43 Juncus effesus 'Curly Wurly'
Curly Wurly Rush
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44 Juncus 'Lemon Swirl'
45 Juncus effesus 'Twisted Arrow'
47 Koeleria glauca 'Tiny Tot'
Curly Wurly Rush
Twisted Arrow Rush
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48 Leymus arenarius 'Blue Dune'
49 Luzula 'Ruby Stiletto'
Blue Lyme Grass
Woodrush
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50 Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'
Dwarf Silver Grass
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51 Miscanthus sinensis 'Caberet'
Silver Grass
sun to shade tolerant, 3 to 4', metallic, blue-gray foliage
forms an arching clump, tolerates drought and sandy
conditions
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shade to part shade
4-', white mid-rid foliage, pinkish plumes mature to white in
fall, full sun, zone 5-8
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4-5' tall, variegated foliage, fluffy reddish plumes in fall, full
sun, zone 5-9
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53 Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
Maiden Grass
5' foliage, 7' plumes, narrow leaves, silver-veined, arching
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habit, soft silvery-white plumes in fall, full sun, zone 5-8
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56 Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra'
Dwarf Zebra Grass
3 to 4', horizontal gold banding on narrow blades, reddishDR
purple plumes in August, full sun, zone 5-9
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57 Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'
Variegated Maiden Grass
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61 Miscanthus sinensis 'Silberfeil'
63 Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'
Silver Arrow Grass
Porcupine Grass
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67 Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'
Variegated Silver Grass
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69 Miscanthus s. var. condensatus 'Cosmopolita Cosmopolitan Silver Grass
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71 Miscanthus sinensis 'Yaku Jima'
Dwarf Fountain Grass
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73 Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'
Zebra Grass
5-6' tall, narrow, variegated foliage, bronze red plumes
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turning cream in fall, full sun, zone 5-9
beautiful arching variegated foliage that grows to 6',zone 59
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upright habit, 9', horizontal gold banding, zone 4 to 10
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5-6', green and white striped blades, very attraactive, full
sun, zone s5-8
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9', foliage has green center and white margins, zone 6 to
10, well drained soil
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compact growing with short mounding appearance, 4-5',
plumes emerge in Sept., and are copper colored turning
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white, zone 6-9
6-8' tall, arching habit, distinct horizontal gold bands,
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clumps will spread 8-10' across, full sun, zone 5-8
arching mound of blue-green foliage, 2- 3' high, blooms
rise-up above foliage to 6', very effective in allowing eye to
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travel through grass into landscape, full sun, zone 5-8
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75 Molinia caerulea 'Skyracer'
Purple Moor Grass
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77 Muhlenbergia capillaris
Muhly or Mist Grass
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79 Muhlenbergia capillaris 'Fast Forward'
Muhly or Mist Grass
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81 Muhlenbergia capillaris 'Pink Cloud'
Muhly or Mist Grass
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stiff, upright blue foliage, golden flowers in summer, best
in well drained, dry soil, full sun, zone 3-8
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18" blades colored red on upper portions, slow growing,
full sun, zones 5-9
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unique corkscrew foliage, 18-24", can grow in wet soil, full
to part sun, zone 4-10
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unique yellow-green variegated, corkscrew foliage, 18-24",
can grow in wet soil, full to part sun, zone 4-10
a mix of blue arrow and curly wurly
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finely textured,clump forming, 3' high, cloud-like mist of
pink inflorescences, drought tolerant, full sun, zones 6-11 DR
compact mounds of fine foliage, 24"high, purple
inflorescences start in August, drought tolerant, full sun,
zone 6-10
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finely textured,clump forming, 3' high, cloud-like mist of
vivid pink inflorescences, drought tolerant, full sun, zones
6-11
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83 Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
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85 Panicum vir. 'Northwind'
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87 Panicum vir. 'Prairie Sky'
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89 Panicum vir 'Ruby Ribbons'
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91 Panicum vir. 'Shenandoah'
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93 Pennisetum alop. Burgundy Bunny'
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95 Pennisetum alop. 'Hameln'
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97 Pennisetum alop. 'Moudry'
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99 Pennisetum alop. 'Little Bunny'
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101 Pennisetum alop. 'Little Honey'
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103 Pennisetum alop. 'Piglet'
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105 Pennisetum alop. 'Redhead'
107 Pennisetum alop. Var. viridescens
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109 Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose'
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111 Schizachyrium 'Blaze'
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113 Schizachyrium scorparium 'Carousel'
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115 Schizachyrium scorparium 'Prairie Blues'
black strap-like foliage, light pink flowers,July-Aug, black
Japanese Mondo Grass
fruit,6-12"tall,sun to part sun, zone 6-9
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a strong, fast, upright grower to 6', steel-blue foliage, red
panicles late summer-fall, foliage is yellow in fall, full sun,
Switch Grass
zone 4-10
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upright growing, blue foliage, sandy-colored flower spikes,
Blue Switch Grass
full sun, zone 4-10
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blue-green leaves turn to red upright clumps, darking
through season, sandy colored flower spikes, full sun,
Switch Grass
zone 4-10
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4', green foliage takes on red hues by mid summer and
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Shenandoah Switch Grass deep burgundy-red by September, zone 2 to 10
8-12", red highlights that increase into fall, full sun, zone 5Dwarf Fountain Grass
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2-2.5' high, arching, bright green, slender blades, copper
Compact Fountain Grass
inflorescence in fall, full sun, zone 5-8
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2-3', neat, upright mound of dark green, glossy foliage,
striking purple-black bottlebrush plumes in fall, full sun,
Black Fountain Grass
zone 6-9
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10", neat, little mound, foxtail flowers 2" long,full sun, zone
Dwarf Fountain Grass
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10", variegated miniature fountain grass, tan bottle-brush
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Variegated Dwarf Fountain G plumes, full sun, zone 6-9
18", arching mound, copper inflorescence, full sun, zone 5Dwarf Fountain Grass
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4-5' high, green foliage turning yellow in fall, purple
plumes, 10" long by 3" wide, full sun to part shade, zone 5Fountain Grass
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2 to 3', foxtail-like, rose pink flowers, throughout summer,
Oriental Fountain Grass
full sun, zone 5-9
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native,40",vivid red fall color,adapt well to any soil,full
Blaze Little Blue Stem
sun,zone 3-9
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30"high, semi-mounded, drought tolerant, leaves and
flower stems turn copper, pink, tan and orange-red in fall,
Carousel Little Blue Stem
full sun, zone 3-9
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2 to 3' stems,silvery inflorescence late summer, does well
in poor soils, blue ribbon-like foliage with orange highlights
Little Blue Stem
in fall, full sun, zone 3-9
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Schizachyrium scorparium 'Standing
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119 Spartina pectinata 'Aureo-marginata
Little Blue Stem
Variegated Cord Grass
native, beautiful upright habit, stem with blue cast,dark
purple toward base. Brilliant,fiery fall foliage, 3-4',zone 3-8 DR
loves water,perfect for edge of pond
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