Grasses
for dry conditions: Broom-sedge
(Andropogon virginicus), Side-oats Grama (Bouteloua
curtipendula), Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis), Atlas Fescue
(Festuca mairei), June Grass (Koeleria macrantha), Blue Hair
Grass (Koeleria glauca), Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum), Indian
Grass (Sorghastrum nutans), and Prairie Dropseed
(Sporobolus heterolepis).
Grasses
for moist conditions: Sweet
flag (Acorus calamus), Japanese Sweet Flag (Acorus
gramineus), Feather Reed Grass (Calamagrostis acutiflora), Rushes
(Juncus, all species), Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris
arundinacea), 'Woods Dwarf' dwarf ribbon grass (Phalaris
arundinacea 'Woods Dwarf'), Feesey's Form Ribbon Grass
(Phalaris anundinacea 'Feesey's Form'), and Variegated Prairie Cord
Grass (Spartina pectinata 'Aureomarginata').
| Grasses
for Moist Conditions |
Japanese Blood grass |
Feather Reed Grass |
Ice Dance Sedge |
Moor Grass |
Rushes |
| Grasses
for Fall Color |
Flame Grass |
Variegated
Prairie Cordgrass |
Grasses
for Fall Color: Broom-sedge
(Andropogon virginicus, orange), Japanese Blood Grass (Imperata
cylindrica 'Red Baron,' wine-red), Flame Grass (Miscanthus
'Purpurascens,' orange-red), Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum,
golden-yellow), Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum 'Hanse
Herms,' burgundy), Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans,
yellow-orange), Variegated Prairie Cordgrass (Spartina
pectinata 'Aureomarginata,' yellow), and Japanese Themeda
(Themeda japonica, red-orange). More pictures of these are
above.
| Grasses
for Screening/Privacy |
Pampas Grass |
Silver Feather
Maiden Grass |
Grasses
for Screening/Privacy:
Karl Foerster's Feather Reed Grass (Calamagrostis acutiflora
'Karl Foerster'), Compact Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana
'Pumila'), Ravenna Grass (Saccharum ravannae), 'Cabaret'
Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis condensatus 'Cabaret'), 'Morning
Light' Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'), and Silver
Feather Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis 'Silberfeder').
More pictures of these are above.
| Grasses
for Light Shade |
Golden Meadow
Foxtail |
Bottle-brush Grass |
Grasses
for Light Shade: Golden
Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis 'Variegatus'),
Sedges (most Carex species), Tufted Hair Grass
(Deschampsia caespitosa), Hakone Grass (Hakonechloa macra), Bottle-brush
Grass (Hystrix patula), Variegated Moor Grass (Molina
caerulea 'Variegata'), Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris
arundinacea), and Autumn Moor Grass (Sesleria autumnalis).
More pictures of these are above.
Best
annual ornamental grasses to grow:
Annual Fountain Grass (pennisetum setaceum), Great Quaking
or Pearl Grass (briza maxima), Feathertop Grass
(pennisetum, villosum) and Rabbit's Tail Grass (lagurus
ovatus).
