
While most ornamental grasses prefer and do best in full sun locations there are a number of grasses and grass like plants that will provide interest to shaded areas n the garden.
Decorative grass with yellow flowers. This green and pale yellow upright beauty dies back in winter then comes back strong in the spring whether or not it has been trimmed it can grow 5 feet tall or taller and about 5 feet wide even if you prune it during its growing season which is. If you need more reasons to grow ornamental grasses take into account that they re low maintenance plants and many grow well in poor soil. Aurea carex elata this grass is also called the bowles golden sedge and grows up to 18 inches tall and three feet in width. Blue fescue festuca glauca is a deer resistant sun loving ornamental grass with icy blue foliage and pale yellow flowers and with a name like blue fescue you know the color really a bluish gray which is what glauca means in latin is a major selling point.
A cool season ornamental grass which grows 6 12 tall in loose tufts. 23 top ornamental grasses whispy ornamental grasses are versatile plants in any garden or landscape. It is resistant to deer and wet conditions and it has shiny yellow blades and fine green edges that elegantly reach towards the ground. Ornamental grasses come in various shapes sizes and colors.
Tufted hair grass deschampsia cespitosa. Narrow spikes of greenish flowers in spring give way to a more silver flower in the fall. Full sun to part shade. Karl foerster feather reed grass calamagrostis x acutiflora karl foerster a clump forming ornamental grass the foliage usually grows up to 2 feet with the flower stalks towering over them at heights of 5 6 feet in spring.
Produces straw colored seed heads but the seeds are sterile. Like its taller cousins small ornamental grass varieties are highly resistant to pests and disease that can overtake other less hardy plants. They make great accents in a garden border. Shade tolerant ornamental grasses and grass like plants.
These perennial grasses are beautiful and expertly enhance the flowers in your. You ll love how they look in the wind. What makes these grasses or grass like plants decorative is their aesthetically pleasing contribution to your garden. Give your garden four seasons of interest with low maintenance ornamental grasses.
Some growers like to grow it next to plants that display silvery foliage the elijah blue cultivar looks like a bluish spiky. Most are hardy resistant to pests and diseases and are quick growing. We ve rounded up some of the best varieties to try in your yard. When planted in mass short ornamental grasses create a ground cover that few weeds can penetrate.
Some of the more widely used ornamental grasses aren t even a grass plant at all. Its hair like iridescent. Commonly called moor grass.