| Common name |
Botanical name |
Height | Description | USDA Zone |
Light |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foxtail Grass | Alopecurus pratensis 'Aureovariegatus' | 1' | green w/golden stripe foliage | 4-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Big bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | 4'-6' | silvery green to blue, turning to copper in fall | 4-10 | Sun |
| Mediterranean Grass | Arundo donax 'Versicolor' | 5-7' | white stripes on green foliage | 6-10 | Sun |
| Quaking Grass | Briza media | 1 1/2-2' | purple flowers | 5-8 | Sun-p/s |
| Feather Reed Grass | Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' | 5-7' | upright purple flowers | 4-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Feather Reed Grass | Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Overdam' | 3' | green foliage, edged in white | 4-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Fall Reed Grass | Calamagrostis brachytricha | 2-3' | pink flowers in late summer | 4-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Curly Top Sedge | Carex buchananii | 1-2' | bronze red foliage | 6-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Bronze Sedge | Carex comans 'Bronze Form' | 1-2' | bronze/chocolate foliage | 7-9 | Sun-sh |
| Lime-green Sedge | Carex comans 'Frosted Curls' | 1' | silvery green with curly ends | 7-9 | Sun-sh |
| Gold Fountain Grass | Carex dolichostachya 'Kaga Nishiki' | 1-2' | green & gold foliage | 6-9 | Sun-sh |
| Blue Sedge | Carex flacca | 6-18" | blue foliage, great groundcover | 4-9 | Sun-sh |
| Yellow Sedge | Carex flava | 1.5-2" | yellow striped foliage | 4-8 | P/s-sh |
| Japanese Sedge Grass | Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' | 1' | vigorous grower | 5-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Palm Sedge | Carex muskingumensis | 2-3' | interesting whorling habit | 4-9 | P/s-sh |
| Orange-green Sedge | Carex testacea | 1-2' | orange foliage | 7-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Spangle grass | Chasmanthium latifolium | 3' | unique flat seed heads | 5-9 | P/s-sh |
| Pampas Grass | Cortaderia selloana | 8-15' | large showy white flowers | 7-10 | Sun |
| Pink Pampas Grass | Cortaderia selloana 'Rosea' | 8-15' | pink flowers | 7-10 | Sun |
| Tufted Hair Grass | Deschampsia cespitosa 'Bronzeschleier' | 2-3' | purple bronze flower | 4-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Tufted Hair Grass | Deschampsia cespitosa 'Northern Lights' | 2' | creamy white w/pink variegation | 5-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Tufted Hair Grass | Deschampsia cespitosa 'Tautrager' | 2-3' | light green flowers | 4-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Lyme Grass | Elymus magellanicus | 1.5' | bright metallic blue foliage | 5-9 | Sun |
| Blue Fescue | Festuca glauca 'Boulder Blue' | 8" | very blue | 4-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Silver Blue Fescue | Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' | 8" | powder blue foliage | 4-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Golden Toupee | Festuca glauca 'Golden Toupee' | 10" | golden foliage | 4-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Golden Japanese Forest Grass | Hakonechloa macra | 2' | green bamboo like foliage | 4-9 | P/s |
| Variegated Japanese Forest Grass | Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' | 1 1/2' | variegated bamboo like foliage | 5-9 | Sh |
| Blue Oat Grass | Helictotrichon sempervirens | 2-3' | silver blue foliage | 4-8 | Sun |
| Sweetgrass | Hierochloe odorata | 1-2' | aromatic | 2-6 | Sun-p/s |
| Corkscrew Rush | Juncus effusus 'Spiralis' | 2-3' | wild, corkscrewing foliage | 4-9 | Sun |
| Dune Grass | Leymus racemosus 'Glaucus' | 2-3' | metallic blue gray foliage | 4-9 | Sun |
| Woodrush | Luzula nivea | 1-2' | white flowers in spring | 5-9 | P/s-sh |
| Woodrush | Luzula sylvatica | 1-2' | bronze red flowers | 4-9 | P/s-sh |
| Giant Silver Grass | Miscanthus 'Giganteus' (floridulus) | 8-12' | tall, upright, cool! | 4-9 | Sun |
| Flame Grass | Miscanthus purpurascens | 4-5' | green, then red in fall | 4-9 | Sun |
| Maiden Grass | Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus' | 5-6' | early red flowers | 5-9 | Sun |
| Silver Feather | Miscanthus sinensis 'Silberfeder' | 6-9' | early white flowers | 4-9 | Sun |
| Zebra Grass | Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus' | 5-7' | gold-banded leaves | 5-9 | Sun |
| Variegated Miscanthus | Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus' | 5-7' | tall variegated grass | 5-9 | Sun |
| Moon Grass | Molinia arundinacea 'Skyracer' | 7-8' | showy translucent flowers | 4-8 | Sun |
| Red Moor grass | Molinia caerulea 'Moorflamme' | 2' | orange red fall foliage | 5-8 | Sun-p/s |
| Moor grass | Molinia caerulea 'Strahlenquelle' | 2' | compact foliage, fountain flowers | 5-8 | Sun-p/s |
| Switch Grass | Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues' | 5' | huge flowers, wide blue foliage | 5-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Red Switch Grass | Panicum virgatum 'Rotstrahlbusch' | 3-4' | good red foliage | 4-9 | Sun-p/s |
| Cassian fountain grass | Pennisetum alopecuroides | 3-4' | showy summer flowers | 5-9 | Sun |
| Dwarf fountain grass | Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln' | 1.5' | dwarf fountain grass | 5-9 | Sun |
| Little Bunny | Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Bunny' | 12" | prolific white flowers | 6-10 | Sun |
| Fountain grass | Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry' | 2-3' | darker purple flowers | 6-9 | Sun |
| Chinese Fountain | Pennisetum orientale | 1-2' | long lasting pink flowers | 5-9 | Sun |
| Purple fountain grass | Pennisetum setaceum | 2' | 12" pink inflorescence | 10 | Sun |
| Ribbon grass | Phalaris arundinacea 'Feesey' | 3' | reddish stem with pink highlights | 4-9 | Sun-sh |
| Reedy Grass | Phalaris arundinacea 'Luteopicta' | 3' | green & gold striped foliage | 4-9 | Sun-sh |
| Ravenna Grass | Saccharum ravennae | 9-12' | dark purple stems | 6-9 | Sun |
| Little bluestem grass | Schizachyrium scoparium | 2-4' | outstanding fall foliage | 3-8 | Sun |
| Feather Grass | Stipa capillata | 2-3' | showy silvery flowers | 6-9 | Sun |
| Golden Oats | Stipa gigantea | 3-4' | 7' flower spike | 5-9 | Sun |
| Pony tails | Stipa tenuissima | 1 1/2' | fine leaves & prolific flowers | 7-10 | Sun |
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