Decorative Grass Types

In august and september maiden grass will develop bronze foliage.

Decorative grass types. So let s look at some examples based on height. Each family has too many subcategories to break down one by one. Maiden grass grows to be very tall and very wide.

There are several types of grasses and perennial plants to choose from when it comes to shade preferences. All these decorative grasses grow well in the u s. It does well in partial shade and grows up to 16 inches in height.

In addition to blue fescue other popular ornamental fescues include atlas fescue festuca mairei california fescue festuca californica and sheep fescue festuca ovina. These can be planted in various seasons won t get damaged due to pests or diseases are resistant to deer come in different shapes and sizes and most of all some are tolerant to drought as well. But in the world of ornamental grasses fescues are considered low growers and are often used as edgings borders and ground covers.

Some ornamental grasses like northern sea oats lily turf and mondo grasses grow in full shade. Pink muhly or cotton candy grass muhlenbergia capillaris also known as hairawn muhly this is a perennial semi evergreen ornamental grass with fluffy pink purple flowers and a sedge like appearance. Variegated mondo grass silver dragon mondo grass.

Bouteloua gracilis blonde ambition blue grama grass alkali sacaton sporobolus airoides mexican deer grass muhlenbergia dubia purple three awn aristida purpurea and autumn moor grasssesleria autumnalis. This isn t an exhaustive list but it s a great jumping off point. Nicolas hakonechloa macra also called hakone grass it consists of elegant arching blades in colors of green to start with and then colors such as gold red and orange once it starts to mature.

There are four main families of ornamental grass. Types of ornamental grasses. Most ornamental grasses are low maintenance versatile and carefree transforming your garden into a lush green carpet.