Grass Karl

Karl Foerster

Karl Foerster is the most popular of the hybrid feather reed grasses. It is noted for its narrow-vertical growth of bright green leaves to 3’ tall and 2’ wide and feathery plumes of summer-blooming pink to purple tinged flowers on narrow upright stalks rising above the foliage to 5’ tall. Easily grown in average, medium to wet soils in full sun. Blooms well in light shade but generally tends to produce fewer flowers and develop floppier foliage as the amount of shade increases. Prefers rich, consistently moist soils that do not dry out. Reportedly does well in heavy clay soils. Cut clumps to the ground in late winter just before the new spring shoots appear.

Height: 3-5 Feet
Spread:  1.5-2.5 Feet
Zone: 5-9
Full Sun
Foliage: Green
Bloom Color: Pinkish Purple
Bloom Time: Summer
Deer Resistant: No
Evergreen: No

Calamagrostis Overdam

Overdam

Overdam is a feather reed grass cultivar which is noted for having variegated foliage featuring green leaves with creamy white margins. It is further distinguished by having a more compact size (2-4’ tall) and for its pinkish-green flowers.

Height: 2.5-3 Feet
Spread: 1.5--2 Feet
Zone: 4-9
Full Sun
Foliage: Green with Creamy                         White
Bloom Color: Pinkish Green
Bloom Time: Summer
Deer Resistant: No
Evergreen: No

Festuca Blue Fescue

Blue Fescue

Blue Fescue is a low-growing, semi-evergreen, clump-forming ornamental grass noted for its finely-textured, blue-gray foliage. Foliage forms a dome-shaped tuft of needle-like blades radiating upward and outward to a height of 6-8" Light green flowers with a purple tinge appear in late spring to early summer. Flowers give way to seed heads. Compact and versatile ornamental grass that may be used as an edging plant for borders or path, a ground cover for small areas, or as an accent in rock gardens and border fronts. Mixes well with other ornamental grasses.

Height: 9-12 Inches
Spread: 12-18 Inches
Zone: 4-8
Full Sun
Foliage: Grey
Bloom Color: Green
Bloom Time: Summer
Deer Resistant: No
Evergreen: No

Grass Evergold

Hachijoensis Evergold

Evergold is a popular variegated cultivar that is ornamentally grown in part shade areas for its arching, ornamentally attractive foliage. Each leaf features a creamy, yellowish-white center stripe bordered on each side by thin narrow dark green margins. This sedge features narrow leaves (typically to 16” long by 5/16” wide). Insignificant brownish flower spikes appear on stems in spring. Easily grown in medium to wet soils in part shade. Foliage color is richer in part shade than in sun. Plants tend to languish in full shade. Plants thrive in moist soils. Foliage should be cut to the ground and removed in late winter. Plants spread slowly by short rhizomes.

Height: 9-12 Inches
Spread: 12-18 Inches
Zone: 5-9
Full Sun
Foliage: Green and White
Bloom Color: Brown
Bloom Time: May
Deer Resistant: No
Evergreen: No

Grass Hameln

Hameln

Hameln, commonly called fountain grass, is a warm season ornamental grass which typically grows in graceful, spreading clumps from 2-3' tall and as wide. Features narrow, medium to deep green leaves in summer, changing to golden yellow in fall and fading to beige in late fall. Showy, silvery to pinkish-white flower spikes arch outward from the clump in late summer. Flower spikes turn brownish as the seeds form, and spikes usually persist until late fall. Easily grown in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. Best in full sun. Cut foliage to the ground in late winter before new shoots appear.

Height: 1.5-2.5 Feet
Spread: 1.5-2.5 Feet
Zone: 5-9
Full Sun
Foliage: Green
Bloom Color: Pinkish White
Bloom Time: Summer
Deer Resistant: No
Evergreen: No

Grass Shenandoah

Shanandoah

Shenandoah features some of the best burgundy-red foliage of the many panicum cultivars. Foliage emerges bluish-green but rapidly turns burgundy-red (by late June) to form a compact, narrow, erect, 3' tall clump of foliage which is topped in summer by finely-textured, reddish-pink flowers which hover over the foliage.

Height: 3-4 Feet
Spread: 2-3 Feet
Zone: 5-9
Full Sun
Foliage: Burgundy Red
Bloom Color: Reddish-Pink
Bloom Time: Summer
Deer Resistant: No
Evergreen: No