Decorative Grass

Also known as hairawn muhly this is a perennial semi evergreen ornamental grass with fluffy pink purple flowers and a sedge like appearance.

Decorative grass. The mounds reach up to 24 inches tall while the blue to green stems reach heights of up to three feet. This ornamental grass is loved for its interesting seed heads which hang off the stems and look like wind chimes. To 3 feet tall.

Ornamental grasses are popular in many colder hardiness zones for their resilience to cold temperatures and aesthetic value throughout fall and winter seasons. An ornamental bunchgrass little bluestem produces finely textured foliage that appears in dense mounds. In addition to blue fescue other popular ornamental fescues include atlas fescue festuca mairei california fescue festuca californica and sheep fescue festuca ovina.

Full sun or part shade and well drained soil. Northern sea oats is a fast spreader so plant in a container or other spot that will keep it in bounds. But in the world of ornamental grasses fescues are considered low growers and are often used as edgings borders and ground covers.

Ornamental grasses are grasses grown as ornamental plants. This robust ornamental grass is native to the central and eastern united states where it can be seen growing in abundance throughout the prairies. It is a perennial plant that forms dense clumps or gently arching upright gray blue grass and will spread easily in ideal conditions through self seeding.

Best suited for well drained soils including rocky soils it needs regular watering only while growing. Little bluestem is one of the grasses with fall color.