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Mexican Feather grass flows and shimmers with it's June blooms.

Greater wood rush...Luzula sylvatica. Beautiful woodland shade grass.

Blue Oat Grass...Helichtotrichon sempervirens. Two foot light blue globes make spectacular contrast to green, burgundy and yellow leaved plants.

Japanese Forest Sedge...Hakonechloa macra. Year two plants, slow but worth the wait.

Silver Spider japanese silver grass behind a lotus.

Caudatum fountian grass. Pennisetum alopecuroides "Caudatum" .

Ornamental Grasses

The flowing movements and graceful sculptural form of ornamental grasses should be reason enough to use many of them in your landscape.  The fact they are disease and pest resistant and drought tolerant once established might be your reason for adding them.  The winter interest alone is worth dedicating the space. A stand of dried grass with it's blades all curled up and flower heads all delicate and airy with cover of snow around the base is only given justice by seeing it with your own eyes.  Add to the scene the flying flowers of winter lighting to nibble on the seed heads and get the camera out...it's a photo-opportunity.

We grow lots of grasses...matter of fact, I can design gardens with mostly grasses!  In my own landscape, 80% of the plants are grasses.  The following is a list of grasses we have grown or are growing, please call for availability by item.

 

Botanical Name CommonName
Acorus gramineus Messume Sweet Flag
Acorus gramineus Minmus Aureus Sweet Flag
Acorus gramineus Oburozuki Sweet Flag
Acorus gramineus Sweet Flag Sweet Flag
Alopecurus pratensis Aureovariegatus Golden Foxtail Grass
Ammophila breviligulata American Dune Grass Dune Grass
Anthoxanthum odoratum Sweet Vernal Grass Vannila Grass
Arrhenatherum bulbosum Variegatum Variegated Oat Grass
Arundo donax species Giant Reed
Arundo donax Variegata Giant Reed
Arundo formosana species Taiwan Grass
Calamagrostis acutiflora Karl Forester Feather Reed Grass
Calamagrostis acutiflora Overdam Feather Reed Grass
Calamagrostis acutiflora Stricta Feather Reed Grass
Calamagrostis arundianceae Brachytricha Korean Feather Reed Grass
Carex buchananii species Leatherleaf Sedge
Carex conica Marginata Hime kan suge
Carex crinata species Fringed Sedge
Carex dolichostachya Gold Fountains Oshima kan suge
Carex flacca species Carnation Sedge
Carex flagilifera species New Zealand Hair Sedge
Carex grayi species Gray's Sedge
Carex lurida Lurid Sedge Lurid Sedge
Carex morrowii Ice Dance Kan suge
Carex morrowii var temnolepis Silk Tassel Hosoba kan suge
Carex muskingmengis species Palm Sedge
Carex oshiomensis Evergold Oshima kan suge
Carex riparia species Great Pond Sedge
Carex siderosticha Variegata Creeping Broadleaf Sedge
Carex stricta species Tussock Sedg
Chasmathium latifolium species Northern Oat Grass
Cymbopogon citratus species Lemon Gras
Deschampsia cespitosa Fairy's Joke Tufted Hair Grass
Deschampsia cespitosa Goldshleier Gold Veil Tufted Hair Grass
Deschampsia cespitosa Norhtern Lights Tufted Hair Grass
Deschampsia cespitosa Schottland Scottish Tufted Hair Grass
Eragrosits curvula species Weeping Love Grass
Eragrosits trichodes species Sand Love Grass
Festuca amethystina Bronzeglanz Large Blue Fescue
Festuca amethystina Klose Large Blue Fescue
Festuca gautieri species Bearskin Fescue
Festuca glauca Daeumling Tom Thumb Blue Fescue
Festuca glauca Meerblau Sea Blue Blue Fescue
Festuca glauca ovina Blue Fescue Blue Fescue
Festuca glauca Silver Lining Blue Fescue
Festuca mairei species Mountain Atlas Fescue
Festuca muelleri speices Mueller's Fescue
Festuca tenuifolia (filliformis) species Hair Fescue
Hakonechloa macra Aureola Golden Hakone Grass
Hakonechloa macra sepcies Hakone Grass
Helichtotichon sempervirens species Blue Oat Grass
Juncus effusus species Soft
Juncus effusus spiralis species Curly Rush
Juncus filiformis spiralis species Small Curly Rush
Koeleria argenta species Hair Grass
Koleria glauca species Blue Hari Grass
Leymus arenarius Blue Lyme Grass Blue Lyme Grass
Luzula nivea species Snowy Wood Rush
Luzula sylvatica species Greater Wood Rush
Millium effusum aureuem Golden Wood Millet
Miscanthus purpurescens species Flame Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Adagio Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Arabesque Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Autumn Light Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Bleutenwunder Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Cabaret Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Emerald Shadow Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Giraffe Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Gold and Silver Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Goliath Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Gracillimus Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Graziella Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Kleine Silberspinne Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Little Kitten Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Malepartus Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Morning Light Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Puenktchen Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Rigoletto Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Sarabande Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Silberspinne Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Strictus Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Undine Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis var condensatus Cabaret Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis var condensatus Central Park Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis var condensatus Cosmopolitan Variegated Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Variegatus Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Yaku Jima Dwarf Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Zebrinus Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis Zwergelefant Japanese Silver Grass
Molinia caerulea Heidebraut Purple Moor Grass
Molinia caerulea subsp arundinacea Karl Foerster Tall Purple Moor Grass
Molinia caerulea subsp arundinacea Skyracer Tall Purple Moor Grass
Molinia caerulea subsp arundinacea Transparent Tall Purple Moor Grass
Molinia caerulea subsp arundinacea Windspiel Tall Purple Moor Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris species Pink Muhly
Panicum virgatum Cloud Nine Switch Grass
Panicum virgatum Hanse Hermes Switch Grass
Panicum virgatum Heavy Metal Switch Grass
Panicum virgatum Prairie Sky Switch Grass
Panicum virgatum Rostralbusch Switch Grass
Panicum virgatum Shenandoah Switch Grass
Panicum virgatum species Switch Grass
Panicum virgatum Warrior Switch Grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides Caudatum Hardy Fountain Grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides Fountain Grass Hardy Fountain Grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides Hamelin Hardy Fountain Grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides Little Bunny Hardy Fountain Grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides Little Honey Hardy Fountain Grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides Moundry Hardy Fountain Grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides Tall Tales Hardy Fountain Grass
Pennisetum setaceum Burgundy Giant Tender Fountian Grass
Pennisetum setaceum Eaton's Canyon Tender Fountian Grass
Pennisetum setaceum Rubrum Tender Fountian Grass
Phalaris arundinacea Dwarf Garters Ribbon Grass
Phalaris arundinacea Strawberries and Cream Ribbon Grass
Saccharum (Erianthus) contortum species Bent Awn Plume Grass
Saccharum (Erianthus) ravennae species Hardy Plume Grass
Sesleria autumnalis species Autumn Moor Grass
Sesleria Caerulea species Blue Moor Grass
Sorghastrum nutans Indian Steel Indian Grass
Sorghastrum nutans species Indian Grass
Stipa gigantea species Giant Feather Reed Grasss
Stipa tenuissima species Mexican Feather Grass