
To 5 feet tall.
Decorative grasses for shade. Use the dried flowers in arrangements or leave them uncut for late fall and winter interest. Their foliage adds texture and color to the gardens. Tufted hair grass otherwise known as deschampia cespitosa or tussock grass is a popular choice of ornamental grass. It looks great during the season too.
Hardy in zones 6 9 it reaches 18 36 tall and takes full sun to light shade. Ornamental grasses are a great way to add greenery and interest to the shadier corners of your landscaping. There are grasses for damp or dry soil shady as well as sunny situations. Panicum virgatum growing conditions.
Full sun or part shade and well drained soil size. Hakonechloa and carex are low growing grasses that serve as beautiful accent plants toward the front of a shady bed or border. Choosing shade loving ornamental grass. Below is a list of the best ornamental grasses to help you choose the right one for your garden.
Most ornamental grasses are low maintenance versatile and carefree transforming your garden into a lush green carpet. 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. Ornamental grasses for shade. Shady ornamental grasses have traditionally been difficult to find as many of the commercial offerings are geared towards sun locations.
One of our favorite grasses switch grass offers airy plumes in late summer and fall. Some of the best shade gardens are designed with shade loving ornamental grasses. New releases and a clamor from gardeners have seen the options increase in recent years with numerous lovely ornamental grass for shade available. Shade tolerant ornamental grasses and grass like plants.
Tufted hair grass deschampsia cespitosa. This ornamental grass is easy to grow deer resistant and tolerant of heat drought and poor soils. Of all grasses it is unparalleled in a japanese garden setting. Japanese forest grass hakonechloa macra growing to approximately 12 inches in height this species forms a riverlike pattern of foliage that flows gracefully around boulders ferns and other upright perennials and shrubs.
Many are ideal for gravel gardens prairie planting wildlife gardens and are great to add to the cutting garden. 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.