Bouteloua ‘Blonde Ambition’
Blonde Ambition Blue Grama is a warm season grass grown for its attractive seed heads. The tan seed heads contrast well with the bluish-green foliage.
HEIGHT: 2′
EXPOSURE: Full sun
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Panicum ‘Northwind’
Northwind Switch Grass is a native ornamental grass. It grows vertically and has olive-green to bluish-green compact foliage. The foliage turns yellow-beige in the fall and remain throughout the winter.
HEIGHT: 4′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shadePhotos by Scott Beuerlein -
Carex pensylvanica
Pennsylvania Sedge is a shade-loving sedge that is native to North America. It grows in loose colonies with a creeping growth habit with arching semi-evergreen leaves.
HEIGHT: 6″ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shadePhotos by Scott Beuerlein -
Sporobolus heterolepis
Prairie Dropseed is a native, clump-forming perennial grass. The foliage is blue-green and then turns golden with orange hues in the fall, then fading to light bronze in the winter. The flowers appear in the summer and rise above the foliage. The flowers are pink and has a unique scent that has hints of coriander.
HEIGHT: 2′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shadePhotos by Scott Beuerlein -
Calamagrostis brachytricha
A large grass with bright green foliage that grows under large showy plumes in the late fall.
HEIGHT: 3′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shadePhotos by Scott Beuerlein -
Chasmanthium latifolium
Sea Oats is a native ornamental plant that grows in a clump-forming, upright pattern. It has flat, drooping seed heads that emerge green and then turn purplish-bronze by late summer and then copper-brown after frost.
HEIGHT: 2-5′ EXPOSURE: Full sunPhotos by Scott Beuerlein -
Panicum ‘Shenandoah’
Shenandoah Switch Grass is native ornamental grass. It grows in narrow, compact clumps. The foliage appears blue-green in the spring then changes to feature red tones in early summer and then turns shades of violet, purple, burgundy, and deep red by the early fall. In the summer, finely-textured pink flowers float above the foliage. The grass remains attractive though winter with beige tones.
HEIGHT: 3′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shadePhotos by Scott Beuerlein -
Schizachyrium ‘Standing Ovation’
Standing Ovation Little Bluestem is a native grass that grows upright. The foliage emerges a blue color with hints of greens, purple, and pinks. The fall color appears shades of red and oranges. In the Late summer the tan seed heads appear.
HEIGHT: 2′ EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shadePhotos by Scott Beuerlein -
Schizachyrium ‘The Blues’
The Blues Little Bluestem is a native ornamental grass. The foliage grows upright in clumps of tinted-blue leaves. The foliage changes to burgundy-red in the fall. Purplish-bronze flowers appear on the branched stems the rise above the foliage in August.
HEIGHT: 2-4′ EXPOSURE: Full sunPhotos by Scott Beuerlein
