Decorative Grass Plants
Equally good as a single specimen or planted in bold groups to form dense ground cover.
Decorative grass plants. This is a great choice for containers and japanese gardens where its golden striped foliage forms a wonderful rounded clump. This robust ornamental grass is native to the central and eastern united states where it can be seen growing in abundance throughout the prairies. Full sun or part shade and well drained soil.
Garden grass provides the softness and speed of the garden giving a variety of grass to the golden and green color. Oudolf s landscaping of new york s high line a disused freight railway line turned public space is one of the most. 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.
This ornamental grass is loved for its interesting seed heads which hang off the stems and look like wind chimes. 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. They can be used for many purposes as well.
Tolerant to full sun and drought conditions it produces pink to lavender fragrant flower spikes in spring. As groundcovers as design elements as companion plants as specimen plants or even as decorative hedges in gardens. Partial to full shade.
These exotic beauties can grow up to 72 inches or more they like moist soil and they can thrive in a water garden. To 3 feet tall. Hakonechloa macra aureola is a stunning ornamental grass with an elegant cascading habit.
It s all about texture rather than colour. The pioneer of gardening with grasses. In regions that do not experience freezing temperatures this grass is a perennial.
