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Perennial Grasses
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CALAMAGROSTIS a. Avalanche
4-5'h' SUN TO PART SHADE
(Feather Reed Grass) Variegated form of 'Karl
Forester'. Deep green leaves with a wide, white stripe
down the center. Distinctly upright, clumping habit.
Excellent for screening or the back of the garden.
CALAMAGROSTIS a. Karl Forester
50"h SUN
(Feather Reed Grass) Early emerging, wheat-colored
plumes are great for providing vertical effect in the
landscape.
CAREX e. Bowles Golden
24-36"h PART SHADE TO SHADE
(Gold Sedge) Bright gold foliage with narrow green
margins. Moisture loving.
CHASMANTHIUM River Mist
30-36" h SUN TO SHADE
(Variegated Northern Sea Oats) An exciting new
variegated form with bright green and white striped,
bamboo-like foliage. Silvery green, oat-like seed heads
on arching stems.
IMPERATA c. Red Baron
12-18"h SUN
(Japanese Blood Grass) The top 6 inches of the leaves
are red.
MISCANTHUS Cabaret
6'h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Maiden Grass) A wide leaf slightly arching grass that
grows to 6 feet tall. Cream stripes run down the middle
of the blades. The copper-colored flowers appear in the
fall and mature to a cream color. Sturdy stalks.
MISCANTHUS Gracillimus
5-6'h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Maiden Grass) Beautiful rounded mounds of fine,
silver-veined, green leaves with arching habit. Fan-like
plumes emerge with a reddish tint, then ago to a soft
silvery white.
MISCANTHUS Malepartus
5-7'h SUN
(Japanese Silver Grass) Best know for large plumes
emerging purple pink and then turning silver with fall
foliage of bronze.
MISCANTHUS Morning Light
4-5'h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Miscanthus) Narrow leaves with fine green and white
variegation. A late-bloomer. Flower plumes emerge
bronze-red, then turn cream as they age. Has a
beautiful refined look and simply glows when back lit.
MISCANTHUS purpurescens
36"h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Maiden Grass) Upright clumps where foliage starts out
green and then to reddish hue in late summer.
Magenta colored fans turn to bright silky white flowers
MISCANTHUS Strictus
6-8'h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Porcupine Grass) (Maiden Grass) Horizontal bar
variegation on grass for poolside planting or grass
garden.
MISCANTHUS Super Stripe
7' h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Maiden Grass) Showy banded grass has lush green
foliage marked with tightly spaced bands of gold.
Forms an attractive upright, arching clump topped by
tall, tawny plumes. Good cut/dried flower, deer resistant.
PANICUM Dewey Blue
3-5'h SUN
(Bitter Switch Grass) Selection of a native dune grass.
Superb glaucous blue foliage with a fountain-like form.
Blue-tinged flowers are produced atop tall, arching
stems. Shorter and more upright in drier soils.
PANICUM Huron Solstice
4'h SUN
(Red Switch Grass) Similar to 'Prairie Fire', but with
blue-green leaves that turn a deeper shade of wine-
purple beginning in early summer. Strictly upright habit.
Deep purple flowers. Cut flower, deer resistant, native
cultivar.
PANICUM North Wind
6'h SUN
(Switch Grass) Upright, steel blue with wide, thick leaf
blades more substantial than other blues.
PANICUM Prairie Fire
4-5'h SUN
(Red Switch Grass) A tremendous improvement over
older red panicums. Blue-green foliage begins to turn
wine-red by early summer. Rosy flower panicles appear
just above the foliage. From Gary Trucks of Amber
Wave Gardens.
PANICUM Ruby Ribbons
24-36"h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Switch Grass) Foliage emerges blue-grey in spring,
moving to ruby-red from mid-summer to autumn.
Upright habit.
PANICUM Shenandoah
30"h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Switch Grass) Purple leaves form neat clump. Purple
flowers.
PANICUM Thundercloud
7-8'h SUN
(Switch Grass) Very large Panicum. Pinkish-tan
panicles produced just above blue-green leaves.
Strongly upright foliage remains standing through winter.
PENNISETUM Piglet
18"h SUN
(Fountain Grass) Half the size of 'Hamelin' and a foot
taller than 'Little Bunny' with larger flowers.
PENNISETUM a. Red Head
3-4'h SUN
(Red Head Fountain Grass) An early form of red
flowering pennesetum; deep purple buds mature to
smoky plums- 8-10" long; green foliage turns golden in
the fall.
4-5'h' SUN TO PART SHADE
(Feather Reed Grass) Variegated form of 'Karl
Forester'. Deep green leaves with a wide, white stripe
down the center. Distinctly upright, clumping habit.
Excellent for screening or the back of the garden.
CALAMAGROSTIS a. Karl Forester
50"h SUN
(Feather Reed Grass) Early emerging, wheat-colored
plumes are great for providing vertical effect in the
landscape.
CAREX e. Bowles Golden
24-36"h PART SHADE TO SHADE
(Gold Sedge) Bright gold foliage with narrow green
margins. Moisture loving.
CHASMANTHIUM River Mist
30-36" h SUN TO SHADE
(Variegated Northern Sea Oats) An exciting new
variegated form with bright green and white striped,
bamboo-like foliage. Silvery green, oat-like seed heads
on arching stems.
IMPERATA c. Red Baron
12-18"h SUN
(Japanese Blood Grass) The top 6 inches of the leaves
are red.
MISCANTHUS Cabaret
6'h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Maiden Grass) A wide leaf slightly arching grass that
grows to 6 feet tall. Cream stripes run down the middle
of the blades. The copper-colored flowers appear in the
fall and mature to a cream color. Sturdy stalks.
MISCANTHUS Gracillimus
5-6'h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Maiden Grass) Beautiful rounded mounds of fine,
silver-veined, green leaves with arching habit. Fan-like
plumes emerge with a reddish tint, then ago to a soft
silvery white.
MISCANTHUS Malepartus
5-7'h SUN
(Japanese Silver Grass) Best know for large plumes
emerging purple pink and then turning silver with fall
foliage of bronze.
MISCANTHUS Morning Light
4-5'h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Miscanthus) Narrow leaves with fine green and white
variegation. A late-bloomer. Flower plumes emerge
bronze-red, then turn cream as they age. Has a
beautiful refined look and simply glows when back lit.
MISCANTHUS purpurescens
36"h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Maiden Grass) Upright clumps where foliage starts out
green and then to reddish hue in late summer.
Magenta colored fans turn to bright silky white flowers
MISCANTHUS Strictus
6-8'h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Porcupine Grass) (Maiden Grass) Horizontal bar
variegation on grass for poolside planting or grass
garden.
MISCANTHUS Super Stripe
7' h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Maiden Grass) Showy banded grass has lush green
foliage marked with tightly spaced bands of gold.
Forms an attractive upright, arching clump topped by
tall, tawny plumes. Good cut/dried flower, deer resistant.
PANICUM Dewey Blue
3-5'h SUN
(Bitter Switch Grass) Selection of a native dune grass.
Superb glaucous blue foliage with a fountain-like form.
Blue-tinged flowers are produced atop tall, arching
stems. Shorter and more upright in drier soils.
PANICUM Huron Solstice
4'h SUN
(Red Switch Grass) Similar to 'Prairie Fire', but with
blue-green leaves that turn a deeper shade of wine-
purple beginning in early summer. Strictly upright habit.
Deep purple flowers. Cut flower, deer resistant, native
cultivar.
PANICUM North Wind
6'h SUN
(Switch Grass) Upright, steel blue with wide, thick leaf
blades more substantial than other blues.
PANICUM Prairie Fire
4-5'h SUN
(Red Switch Grass) A tremendous improvement over
older red panicums. Blue-green foliage begins to turn
wine-red by early summer. Rosy flower panicles appear
just above the foliage. From Gary Trucks of Amber
Wave Gardens.
PANICUM Ruby Ribbons
24-36"h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Switch Grass) Foliage emerges blue-grey in spring,
moving to ruby-red from mid-summer to autumn.
Upright habit.
PANICUM Shenandoah
30"h SUN TO PART SHADE
(Switch Grass) Purple leaves form neat clump. Purple
flowers.
PANICUM Thundercloud
7-8'h SUN
(Switch Grass) Very large Panicum. Pinkish-tan
panicles produced just above blue-green leaves.
Strongly upright foliage remains standing through winter.
PENNISETUM Piglet
18"h SUN
(Fountain Grass) Half the size of 'Hamelin' and a foot
taller than 'Little Bunny' with larger flowers.
PENNISETUM a. Red Head
3-4'h SUN
(Red Head Fountain Grass) An early form of red
flowering pennesetum; deep purple buds mature to
smoky plums- 8-10" long; green foliage turns golden in
the fall.
2010 Perennial Grasses
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