Drought-tolerant Ornamental Grasses
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BOTANIC NAME |
COMMON NAME |
DIA |
HGT |
COLOR |
TIME |
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Ornamental Grasses: |
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andropogon gerardi |
big bluestem |
5' |
5' |
bronze |
July - Sept. |
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andropogon saccharoides |
silver beardgrass |
18" |
36" |
none |
na |
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calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' |
Karl Foerster feather reed grass |
24" |
54" |
none |
na |
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elytrigia elongata 'Jose select' |
Jose select tall wheatgrass |
18" |
54" |
none |
na |
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festuca supp. |
fescue |
10" |
10" |
none |
na |
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helictotrichon sempervirens |
blue avena grass |
24" |
48" |
none |
na |
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miscanthus sinensis cvs. |
maiden or miscanthus grass |
42" |
5' |
none |
na |
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nassella tenuissima |
silky thread grass |
12" |
18" |
none |
na |
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oryzopsis hymenoides 'nezpar' |
northern Indian rice grass |
15" |
18" |
none |
na |
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panicum virgatum cvs. |
switch grass |
42" |
48" |
buff |
July |
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panicum virgatum 'prairie sky' |
prairie sky switch grass |
24" |
54" |
none |
na |
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pennisetum alopecuroides cvs. |
dwarf fountain grass |
30" |
30" |
bronze |
July |
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phalaris arundinacea 'Picta" |
ribbon grass |
42" |
30" |
none |
na |
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saccharum ravennae |
plume or ravenna grass/hardy pampas grass |
48" |
10' |
bronze |
Aug. - Sept. |
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schizachyrium scoparium |
little bluestem |
18" |
30" |
none |
na |
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schizachyrium scoparium 'blaze' |
blaze little bluestem grass |
15" |
24" |
none |
na |
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schizachyrium scoparium 'the blues' |
little bluestem grass |
18" |
33" |
none |
na |
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sorghastrum nutans |
Indian grass |
24" |
4' |
buff |
July - Aug. |
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sorghastrum nutans 'Cheyenne' |
Cheyenne Indian grass |
18" |
42" |
none |
na |
