Imperata Cylindrica ‘Red Baron’

Leymus arenarius ‘Blue Dune’

Blue Lyme Grass

This bright blue, cool-season ornamental grass maintains its coloring throughout the growing season. In spring, straw-colored seed heads appear on stalks. Hardy and evergreen. Invasive. Dry, sandy soil.
Eventual size: 80 cm
Position:

Calamagrostis Acutiflora ‘Overdam’

Feather reed-grass

‘Overdam’ is a compact tufted grass forming a clump of narrow, yellow to cream-striped leaves, with airy purplish sprays of flower becoming pale brown in winter.
Evergreen but not very hardy. Moist but well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 1.25 to 1.50 m
Position:

Carex Buchananii

Leatherleaf sedge

Densely tufted evergreen perennial, grown for its clumps of narrow, reddish or copper-colored leaves. Provide a moist but not too wet soil. Newly planted clumps may be slow to establish.
Eventual size: 50 to 80 cm
Position:

Deschampsia Cespitosa

Tufted hair grass

D. cespitosa is an evergreen grass forming a neat tussock of narrow, leathery, dark green leaves to 60cm long, with feathery panicles of silvery-purple flowers on arching stems in summer. Moist but well-drained soil. Hardy.
Eventual size: 1.5 to 2 m
Position:

Pennisetum messiacum ‘Red Bunny Tails’

Fountain Grass

Compact perennial grass with arching bluegreen linear leaves and pink to redbrown flower plumes in late summer. All soils. Reasonably hardy.
Eventual size: 70 cm
Position:

Leymus arenarius ‘Blue Dune’

Blue Lyme Grass

This bright blue, cool-season ornamental grass maintains its coloring throughout the growing season. In spring, straw-colored seed heads appear on stalks. Hardy and evergreen. Invasive. Dry, sandy soil.
Eventual size: 80 cm
Position:

Calamagrostis Acutiflora ‘Overdam’

Feather reed-grass

‘Overdam’ is a compact tufted grass forming a clump of narrow, yellow to cream-striped leaves, with airy purplish sprays of flower becoming pale brown in winter.
Evergreen but not very hardy. Moist but well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 1.25 to 1.50 m
Position:

Carex Buchananii

Leatherleaf sedge

Densely tufted evergreen perennial, grown for its clumps of narrow, reddish or copper-colored leaves. Provide a moist but not too wet soil. Newly planted clumps may be slow to establish.
Eventual size: 50 to 80 cm
Position:

Deschampsia Cespitosa

Tufted hair grass

D. cespitosa is an evergreen grass forming a neat tussock of narrow, leathery, dark green leaves to 60cm long, with feathery panicles of silvery-purple flowers on arching stems in summer. Moist but well-drained soil. Hardy.
Eventual size: 1.5 to 2 m
Position:

Pennisetum messiacum ‘Red Bunny Tails’

Fountain Grass

Compact perennial grass with arching bluegreen linear leaves and pink to redbrown flower plumes in late summer. All soils. Reasonably hardy.
Eventual size: 70 cm
Position:

Leymus arenarius ‘Blue Dune’

Blue Lyme Grass

This bright blue, cool-season ornamental grass maintains its coloring throughout the growing season. In spring, straw-colored seed heads appear on stalks. Hardy and evergreen. Invasive. Dry, sandy soil.
Eventual size: 80 cm
Position:

Category	Ornamental grasses
Tag	Blood grass
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