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Variegated Sweet Flag is a grass-like plant that thrives in permanently moist to wet soils, is often sited in partial sun to partial shade, and is usually a strong focal point in the landscape, growing to 3 feet tall. A closely related species, ... [... more]
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Variegated Oat Grass is a neat, tight clump former that grows best in cool weather. The variegated foliage, rather than the inflorescences that emerge in Summer, are the feature of value for this ornamental grass. Arrhenatherum elatius ... [... more]
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Arundo donax 'Variegata' Variegated Giant Reed Grass 'Variegata' is a more controlled and illuminating form of Giant Reed Grass, serving as a strong focal point in the landscape. [... more]
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Giant Reed Grass is one of the most stately of ornamental grasses, but it can spread fast and become invasive, both above ground and below ground. As an alternative, try the variegated form for more controlled growth. Arundo donax Giant Reed Grass [... more]
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Feather Reed Grass, although drought tolerant, will be much happier when sited in evenly moist to permanently moist soils. In this image, the raised bed that 'Karl Foerster' is planted in provides even moisture from capillary action in a poorly ... [... more]
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Feather Reed Grass is the first of the taller ornamental grasses to flower, in early June. Calamagrostis acutiflora Feather Reed Grass [... more]
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The Spring foliage of Northern Sea Oats is attractive in its own right, but will be superseded by the ornamental fruits that give this plant its common name. This species was formerly known as Uniola latifolia. Chasmanthium latifolium Northern ... [... more]
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Cortaderia selloana 'Pumila' 'Pumila' is a much-needed cultivar of Pampas Grass that will fit into smaller spaces, yet still yield a stunning floral and seedhead display of this popular ornamental grass, hardy in zone 7 and warmer climates. Dwarf ... [... more]
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Pampas Grass is a specimen ornamental grass that is effective en masse or as a strong focal point. It is extensively utilized in zone 8 and warmer climates, but struggles with its Winter hardiness in zone 7, and must be treated as a container ... [... more]
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Blue Fescue is often planted densely in the landscape since it is a strong clump former, forming tight mounds of foliage that tend not to widely spread and fill in with time. Festuca ovina glauca Blue Fescue [... more]
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While slow to establish, this is one of the few decent ornamental grasses for shade! Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' Golden Variegated Hakonechloa [... more]
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Blue Oat Grass is larger (to 1.5 feet tall in foliage, and to 2.5 feet tall when in flower) as compared to Blue Fescue (Festuca ovina glauca cultivars, from 0.5 to 1.5 feet tall), and makes a better impact in the landscape from a distance, due to ... [... more]
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