Ornamental Grass - Terra Flora Landscaping

Ornamental Grass
Arundo donaz 'Variegata'
"Variegated Giant Reed Grass"
An upright clump of bold sturdy, bamboo-tike canes,
variegated with green and white. Tan plumes grow to 24"
tall....
Height: 12-15 Feet
Zone: 5-8
Spread: 3 - 4 Feet
Carex morrowii 'Goldband'
"Goldband Japanese Sedge"
A dense, symmetrical dump-forming sedge. Features
grass-iike, stiff leaves of deep green with creamy yellow
margins....
Height 10-12 Inches
Zone: 5-8
Spread: 18-24 Inches
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Avalanche'
"Avalanche Feather Reed Grass"
Similar clumping habit to 'Karl Forester 1 , but with a white
accent in the center of the deep green margins. Beautiful
silver plumes appear in early summer....
Height: 3 - 4 Feet
Zone: 4-7
Spread: 3 - 4 Feet
Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'
"Ice Dance Sedge"
Creamy white marginal variegation on carpet-forming
thick leathery green leaves....
Height 10 -12 Inches
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 10 - 12 Inches
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Eldorado'
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Narrow green leaves, with bright yellow centers, create a
bold appearance. Tan seed heads appear in late summer
and last through tall....
Height 4 - 5 Feet
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 1 - 2 Feet
Carex oshimensis 'Everest 1
"Everest Sedge"
'Everest' makes a bold statement as a container plant or
as a filler plant in the landscape. The distinctive white
striped foliage and the healthy growth rate makes a
superb ground-cover plant....
Height: 8 -12 Inches
Zone: 5-9
Spread: 8-12 Inches
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
"Karl Foerster Feather Reed"
Green foliage gives way to burgundy plumes which turn
wheat-colored in fall....
Height: 2 - 3 Feet
Zone: 4-7
Spread: 2 - 4 Feet
Carex oshimenski 'Evergold'
"Evergold Sedge"
Fantastic striped foliage of dark green and creamy gold or
a dramatic arching habit...
Height: 10 - 12 Inches
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 10- 12 Inches
Carex ciliatomargmata Treasure Island'
"Treasure Island Sedge"
Broad, handsome green foliage, striped in white, emerges
later in the spring. Excellent accent with hostas and
terns....
Height 6 - 8 Inches
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 12 - 15 Inches
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Chasmanthium latifolium
"Northern Sea Oats"
A native, self-seeding specimen for massing, borders or
cutting. Gracefully arching stems and fish like shaped
flowers from July to August. Does well in shade and along
river banks....
Height: 24 - 36 Inches
Zone: 4-7
Spread: 24 - 36 Inches
Carex conica 'Marginata*
"Miniature Variegated Sedge"
Fountains of narrow dark green leaves, edged in creamy
white....
Height 12-15 Inches
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 12-15 Inches
Chasmanthium latifolium 'River Mist'
"River Mist Northern Sea Oats"
Striking variegated blades and ornamental seed pods,
from July to August, make this native a great specimen for
massing, borders and cutting. 'River Misf does well in
shade and along river banks....
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Zone: 4-7
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Ornamental Grass
Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'
"Elijah Blue Fescue Grass"
Bright, steel blue foliage is a nice accent in the landsc
Prefers full sun....
Height 6-10 Inches
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 10 -12 Inches
Miscanthus giganteus
"Giant Chinese Silver Grass"
Erect clump of broad gray-green leaves with a silvery
midrib boast reddish pink spikes that turn silver in
September....
Height 10 -12 Feet
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 5 - 6 Feet
Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold'
"Gold Japanese Forest Grass"
Cascading golden foliage lights up the landscape.
Marvelous beside a pond or in mass plantings....
Height: 8-12 Inches
Zone: 5-9
Spread: 15-18 Inches
Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'
"Dwarf Maiden Grass"
Fine textured leaves with red fan shaped plumes that
stretch to 5' in August. Burgundy fail color....
Height: 4 - 5 Feet
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 3 - 4 Feet
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
"Golden Variegated Japanese
Forest Grass"
A new dwarf form that creates a bright spot in the shady
or woodland garden. The bamboo-like leaves have bright
gold bands in part sun and are more chartreuse in full
shade....
Height: 15-18 Inches
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 15 -18 Inches
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar'
"Gold Bar Porcupine Grass"
Dense and dramatic gold striping from the base of the
grass to its top. It is exceptionally upright and compact ir
habit. At the end of October, burgundy inflorescences
appear just above the blades....
Height 2 - 3 Feet
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 2 - 3 Feet
Hakonechloa macra 'Stripe It Rich'
"Stripe It Rich Japanese Forest
Grass"
Spectacular blades of gold, striped with white, create
graceful clumps that cascade in the shade. Wonderful
accent or container plant....
Height 6 - 8 Inches
Zone: 5-9
Spread: 15 -18 Inches
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
"Maiden Grass"
Vase-shaped with long, arching, narrow green leaves.
Bright burgundy to dark pink plumes, mature beige....
Height: 4-6 Feet
Zone: 4-7
Spread: 3 - 4 Feet
Helictotrichon sempervirens
"Blue Oat Grass"
Clump forming, wiry, vivid blue-gray leaves radiate out
from the center to form a bristling round dome of foliage.
Moderately drought tolerant....
Height: 18-24 Inches
Zone: 4-7
Spread: 18-24 Inches
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Nicky'
"Dwarf Zebra Grass"
Dwarf variety of zebrinus with silvery plumes. This plant
may grow a bit smaller but still has the striking color
contrast in the foliage....
Height: 4 - 5 Feet
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 2 - 3 Feet
Imperata koenigii 'Red Baron'
Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'
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"Japanese Blood Grass"
Foliage is green at base and blood red at top. Red
coloring intensifies as season progresses....
Height: 12-18 Inches
Zone: 5-9
Spread: 18-24 Inches
"Variegated Maiden Grass"
Very narrow, rolled leaves, similar to Maiden Grass but
with a narrow band of white on the margin. Bronzy red
spikes....
Height 4 - 5 Feet
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 3 - 4 Feet
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Miscanthus sinensis 'Purpurascens'
"Flame Grass"
Strongly upright Green leaves turn flame-orange and rust
in fell. Silvery rose plumes in August...
Spread: 3 - 4 Feet
Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana'
"Dwarf Mondo Grass"
Narrow strap-like leaves, pale blue flowers and metallic
blue fruit on this dense spreading dwarf form. This plant i:
widely used in rock gardens, borders and as a
groundcover....
Height: 2 - 3 Inches
Zone: 6-10
Spread: 6 - 8 Inches
Miscanthus sinensis 'Rigoletto'
"Rigoletto Maiden Grass"
A densely-tufted, compact grass culth/ar with arching
green leaves, variegated with white stripes. Tiny bronze
flowers in tassel-like inflorescences appear in late summer
on stalks rising above the foliage....
Height: 4 - 5 Feet
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 3-4 Feet
Ophiopogon japonicus 'Silver Dragon'
"Silver Dragon Dwarf Lily Turf"
Versatile evergreen perennial with dark green, narrow,
grass-like foliage highlighted by silvery-white vertical
striping. In summer, pale purple flowers are followed by
whitish-green berries....
Height-10 -12 Inches
Zone: 4-7
Spread: 10-12 Inches
Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus*
"Porcupine Grass"
Stiffly upright, spiky, bright green foliage with golden
horizontal banding, similar to Zebra Grass, but hardier.
Reddish tan plumes in fall....
Height: 5 - 6 Feet
Zone: 4-7
Spread: 3 - 4 Feet
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
"Black Mondo Grass"
Black foliage growing in round clumps produce pale violet
white flowers and blue-black seeds that persist throughouf
the winter. Great shade plant....
Height'8-12 Inches
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 10-12 Inches
Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegata'
"Variegated Silver Grass"
Vase-shaped with white and green longitudinal striped
leaves. Creamy pink plumes in September....
Height: 5 - 6 Feet
Zone: 5-7
Miscanthus sinensis 'Yaku Jima'
Spread: 3 - 4 Feet
"Dwarf Maiden Grass"
Compact form of Gradll imus with narrow, silvery green
foliage. Silver plumes in August and showy autumn
foliage....
Height 3 - 4 Feet
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 3 - 4 Feet
Panicum virgatum 'Cheyenne Sky'
"Cheyenne Sky Switch Grass"
An exciting new Switch Grass chosen for its tight, vaseshaped
form and incredible wine-red foliage beginning in
late summer. Showy wine-red flower spikes in fall....
Height: 3 - 4 Feet
Zone: 5-7
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Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues'
Spread: 2 - 3 Feet
"Dallas Blues Switch Grass"
Grayed blue-green fofiage. dense habit, large flower
panicles, late flowering and rich winter foliage color.
Foliage is wider than most panicums, and foliage turns
attractive shades of rust brown to warm tan in winter....
Spread: 3 - 4 Feet
Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus' Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal 1
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"Zebra Grass"
Exactly like 'Strictus' but with a more arching habit. May
need support in shady exposures....
Height 5 - 7 Feet
Zone: 5-8
Spread: 4 - 5 Feet
"Heavy Metal Switch Grass"
Stiff, metallic blue foliage turns bright yellow with red
highlights in the fall. Pink plumes turn tan in the fall....
Height 3 - 5 Feet
Zone: 4-7
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Spread: 2 - 3 Feet

Ornamental Grass
Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah*
"Shenandoah Switch Grass"
Shenandoah' starts out red in June and is a rich burgundy
in Jail. Vivid crimson plumes in late summer....
Height: 3 - 4 Feet
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 2 - 3 Feet
Schizachyrium scoparium The Blues'
'The Blues Little Bluestem"
Erect, upright, broom-like dumps of slender blue leave
that acquire burgundy-red tones in autumn. Purplishbronze
flowers appear in August....
Height 2 - 4 Feet
Zone: 4-8
Spread: 2 - 3 Feet
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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Desert Plains'
"Desert Plains Fountain Grass"
In late summer, foliage turns shades of orange and gold
with red tips. By fad, long dark-colored bottiebrush plumes
burst into bloom....
Height: 2 - 3 Feet
Zone: 5-9
Spread: 2 - 3 Feet
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'
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Tufted, gracefully arching green mound, turning gold in
fall, boasts buff bottebrush spikes August through
October...
Height: 2 - 3 Feet
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 2 - 3 Feet
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Bunny'
"Little Bunny Fountain Grass"
A smaller, more compact version of 'Hameiin' with profus
bottjebrush type blooms....
Height 15-18 Inches
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 18-24 Inches
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head'
"Red Head Fountain Grass"
Red Head' begins to show its enormous bottlebrush
plumes in mid to late summer. In the fall the leaves turn
gold 'm color. Use in containers, borders and rock
gardens....
Height 2 - 3 Feet
Zone: 5-9
Spread: 2 - 3 Feet
Pennisetum orientate 'Karley Rose'
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"Kariey Rose Fountain Grass"
Green upright foliage produces deep pink plumes in early
summer which last until fall....
Height 2 - 3 Feet
Zone: 5-7
Spread: 2-3 Feet