Grasses & Sedges
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Often overlooked, native grasses and sedges maintain an essential component in native-plant communities and pair well with wildflowers. Native grasses typically out-compete many weeds, provide structure and support to your plantings, and offer year-round visual interest. The most popular grasses have striking fall colors or seed heads with unique visual interest.
Andropogon gerardii
Andropogon gerardii, or Big Bluestem, is a tall, impressive, warm-season, clump grass. In spring, the grass appears blue-green, and, in summer, it turns green with red tinges. In late summer, the tall grass features a purplish, 3-spike inflorescence resembling a … Continued
Andropogon scoparium
Andropogon scoparium, or Little Bluestem, is a short warm season clump grass with a dense root system, growing best in average, dry soil and full sun. Once established, Little Bluestem has good drought resistance as it tolerates high heat and … Continued
Bouteloua curtipendula
Bouteloua curtipendula, or Sideoats Grama, is short, hardy prairie grass, growing in dry to medium moisture soils and full sun. Side Oats Grama has narrow blue-green foliage with purple flowers appearing in early to mid summer. The leaves turn golden … Continued
Carex blanda
Carex blanda, or Wood Sedge, is an evergreen, perennial sedge growing in moist to dry soils and part sun or full shade. Wood Sedge displays deep green flower spikes above its leaves in late spring. Wood Sedge offers a low-mounded … Continued
Carex pensylvanica
Carex pensylvanica, or Pennsylvania Sedge, is a perennial sedge that is one of the first to bloom in spring. The sedge is a shade-loving perennial growing in dry to medium soils. Pennsylvania Sedge enjoys upland woodlands, wooded slopes, or sandy … Continued
Carex stipata
Carex stipata, or Common Fox Sedge, is a sturdy, deer-resistant sedge active in the spring and fall when the soil is cool. It is found in areas with full shade or full sun and consistently moist or medium soils. Common … Continued
Carex stricta
Carex stricta, or Tussock Sedge, is a truly beautiful sedge that forms attractive green tussocks (clumps) of fine-leaved foliage. Flowers appear in late spring in reddish-brown spikes on top of its stems. Tussock Sedge is easily grown in moist to … Continued
Chasmanthium latifolium
Chasmanthium latifolium, or Sea Oats, is a 3-4 foot tall, showy grass for moist soils in sun to shade. The dense clumps of its dark green leaves end in open clusters of flowers in late summer and are followed by … Continued
Hierochloe odorata
Hierochloe odorata, or Sweet Grass, is an aromatic, native, perennial grass, growing 1-2 feet. Sweet Grass prefers moist, rich soils in full sun, but it can be grown in medium moist soils and sand, loam, or clay. Its glossy-green leaves … Continued
Hystrix patula
Hystrix patula, or Bottlebrush Grass, is an ornamental woodland species with airy, bottlebrush-like seed heads in mid-summer. Bottle Brush Grass grows best in dry to medium soils in shade to part sun. Bottlebrush Grass is a perfect grass for woodland … Continued
Panicum virgatum
Panicum virgatum, or Switch Grass, is a 3-4 foot warm season, clump grass found in dry to wet soils and grows best in sun to part sun. Switch Grass’ pink-tinged flowers are open and form a fine-textured cluster in mid-summer. … Continued
Scirpus cyperinus
Scirpus cyperinus, or Wool Grass, is a 3-5 foot wetland sedge for moist to wet soils. This includes shallow, permanent standing water in sun to part sun. Wool Grass has an attractive, soft, wooly, seed head in summer to fall … Continued
Sorghastrum nutans
Sorghastrum nutans, or Indian Grass, is a 4-6 foot tall, clump-forming, warm-season grass native to North America. Indiangrass blooms from late summer to early fall and is composed of flowers with yellow stamens and silky, soft, bronze seed heads. In … Continued