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| gramineus 'Oborozuki' Sweet Flag Grass-like fans of yellow-striped foliage provides wonderful color and texture for shaded gardens. Prefers consistently moist garden soils. Height: 6-12" Zone: 5-9 |
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| CALAMAGROSTIS | |
| 'Avalanche' Avalanche Feather Reed Grass A cool season grass that has a wide white stripe in the center of each blade and gold inflorescences in midsummer.More vigorous selection than 'Overdam.' Height: 4-5' Zone: 5-9 |
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acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' Karl Foerster’s Feather Reed Grass Stiff upright grass with green leaves and greenish flower spikes that turn reddish-bronze and dry to a golden color. Height: 5-6' Zone: 5-9 |
| CAREX | |
| morowii
'Ice Dance' Variegated Japanese Sedge Forms a low tufted mound of stiff dark green leaves with clean white borders. Height: 12" Zone: 5-9 |
oshimensis
'Ice Cream' Oshima Sedge Stark contrast of rich green and creamy-white margins on arching, spherical low mounds. Height: 12" Zone: 5-9 |
| pensylvanica Oak Sedge With its tough disposition and spreading habit, this native grass makes an excellent shade groundcover. Fine texture and fountaining habit give this sedge a soft appearance. Height: 12" Zone: 5-9 |
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| CHASMANTHIUM | |
| latifolium Indian Wood Oats This is a perennial clump-forming grass with wide leaves and lovely nodding clusters of flat, oatlike seedheads. Height: 2-5' Zone: 3-8 |
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| DESCHAMPSIA | |
| cespitosa Tufted Hairgrass One of the few ornamental grasses that grows well in shade. Airy masses of finely branched, light green infloresences rise above the neatly rounded tufts of narrow, dark green foliage in early summer, and remain intact long enough to provide some early winter interest. Height: 2-4' Zone: 4-9 |
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| HAKONECHLOA | |
| macra Clumping/mounding green bamboo-like foliage. Height: 12-18" Zone: 5 |
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'Aureola' Golden Hakonechloa Mounding yellow and green foliage that resembles bamboo leaves. Plant performs best in partial shade. Height: 12-18" Zone: 5 |
| MISCANTHUS | |
| sinensis
'Adagio' Dwarf miscanthus with silver-gray foliage and pink blooms, that fade to white. Height: 2' Zone: 6-9 |
sinensis
'Little Zebra' Dwarf grass has graceful, arching blades with distinctive gold banding. In summer, tall upright flower stems are topped with feathery reddish-purple plumes. Height: 3-4' Zone: 5-9 |
 sinensis 'Cabaret' Wide ribbon-like leaves with a white center stripe and dark green margins. Copper color flowers that fade pink then cream. Height: 6-7' Zone: 5-9 |
 sinensis 'Cosmopolitan' Broad green leaves with white margins. Height: 5-6' Zone: 5-9 |
sinensis 'Gracillimus' Upright vase habit with slender arching leaves and silver upright blooms. Height: 6-8' Zone 6-9 |
 sinensis 'Morning Light' Upright arching foliage appears silver because of narrow white variegated margins of the leaf. Height: 4-5' (5-6' with flowers) Zone: 5-9 |
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'Malepartus' Early bloomer with large and abundant plumes, emerging purplish-pink and turning silver with maturity. Foliage transforms from a medium green to a deep bronze in late summer. Height: 5-7' Zone: 5-9 |
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'Purpurascens' Compact grass with green foliage that has a reddish tint throughout summer and turning orange-red in fall. Height: 3-4' Zone: 5-9 |
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| sinensis
'Variegatus' White striped foliage which blooms to a strong reddish color in late September. Height: 5-7' Zone:. 5-9 |
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| MUHLENBERGIA | |
 capallaris
Pink Muhly Grass Pink clouds of panicles that float above the foliage, great used in drifts. Plant is very drought and salt tolerant. Height: 7' Zone: 5-9 |
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| OPHIOPOGON | |
| japonicus Mondo Grass A reliable, hardy evergreen groundcover with dark green blade-like foliage. Tiny, pale lavender flowers form in the summer, often hidden by the leaves. Height: 6-12" Zone: 6-9 |
japonicus 'Nana' Dwarf Mondo Grass Creates a lush groundcover of dense, dark green grass-like clumps. This dwarf is only half the size of the species. Height: 4-6" Zone: 6-9 |
| planiscapus 'Nigrescens' Black Mondo Grass Cultivar noted for its purplish-black leaves, bell-shaped pink flowers and globular bluish-black berries. Height: 6-12" Zone: 6-9 |
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| PANICUM | |
 virgatum 'Cloud Nine' Switch Grass Large growing panicum with light blue foliage, and golden flowers. Height: 7-8' Zone: 5 |
 virgatum 'Dallas Blues' Dallas Blues Switch Grass Wide blue-gray blades and large purplish-red flowers 2' in length. Height: 5-6' Zone: 5 |
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'Dewey Blue' Beach Grass Blue tinted foliage with a graceful fountain habit and airy, light beige flowers. Height: 3-4' Zone: 2-9 |
virgatum Switch Grass An upright landscape grass with lovely blue green foliage that turns yellow in fall. Height: 3-6' Zone: 5-9 |
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'Heavy Metal' Heavy Metal Switch Grass Stiff upright grass with metallic blue leaves and yellow fall color. Height: 4' Zone: 5 |
virgatum
'Northwind' Upright Switch Grass Beautiful blue-green foliage with an upright growth habit. Plant is adaptable to many sites. Height: 5' Zone: 4-9 |
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'Rotstrahlbusch' Red Switch Grass Red foliage which becomes more intense as summer progresses and is truly incredible in fall. (Previously 'Haense Herms') Height: 3-4' Zone: 4-9 |
virgatum
'Shenandoah' Red Switch Grass Foilage emerges bluish-green but rapidly turns burgundy-red by late June. Topped in summer by finely-textured, reddish-pink flower panicles. Gorgeous fall color. Height: 2-3' Zone: 2-9 |
| virgatum
'Thundercloud' Tall Switch Grass Large switchgrass with an impressive crown of airy, open panicles. Blue-green foliage remains upright and does not flop over in windy or rainy conditions. Height: 7-8' Zone: 4-9 |
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| PENNISETUM | |
| alopecuroides Arching foliage with mauve foxtail flowers. Height: 2-3' Zone: 6-9 |
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| alopecuroides
'Cassian' A compact Kurt Bluemel selection, which displays a rich gold tone with glowing pumpkin color in fall. Tips of new flowers are silver, like foxtails. Height: 2-3' Zone: 6-9 |
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| alopecuroides
'Hameln' Dwarf form similar to the species but narrow blades and foxtail flowers. Height: 15-18" Zone: 6-9 |
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'Moudry' Prominent purple-brown to nearly black, bottlebrush-like inflorescences adorn the plant in autumn. Height: 2-3' Zone: 5-9 |
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'Karley Rose' Impressive clumps of arching emerald foliage with upright, smoky pink flower spikes. Height: 3' Zone: 6-9 |
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