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Grasses
Andropogon gerardii
Common Name: Big bluestem
Native to North America
Classic grass of the tall grass prairies, tolerates a wide variety of soils in full sun, good livestock forage.
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Andropogon ternarius
Common Name: splitbeard bluestem
Splitbeard Bluestem is a native ornamental warm-season perennial bunchgrass. It grows up to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide. Native to meadows, plains and open woodlands in well drained or sandy soils with low fertility. Prefers full sun…
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Andropogon virginicus
Common Name: Broom sedge
Native to North America
Short, warm season bunch grass, with golden fall color. Tolerates drought and poor soils.
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Bouteloua curtipendula
Common Name: Sideoats grama
Native to North America
Bouteloua curtipendula is a petite clump forming perennial grass. In late spring arching culms rise above the wiry bluish-green leaves. The culms are adorned with dangling purple tinted spikes and orange stamens. The…
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Bouteloua gracilis
Common Name: Blue Grama
Native to North America
Bouteloua gracilis is a petite clump forming perennial grass. In summer upright culms rise above the wiry bluish-green foliage bearing horizontal green and purple tinged spikes. The unique spikes and seedheads are reminiscent of hovering …
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Calamagrostis brachytricha
Common Name: Korean Feather Reed Grass
Native to Asia
A clump forming warm season perennial grass. Plants form a rounded mound of narrow arching leaves. In late summer pinkish flower plumes rise above the foliage. The feathery flowers and slender leaves drift in the slightest breeze. As wi…
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Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Common Name: Feather reed grass
Native to Europe & Asia (arundinacea & epigejos)
Non-naitve. Slow spreading, clump forming cool season ornamental grass. Produces purplish-green flowers.
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Carex albicans
Common Name: White-tinged sedge
Native to North America
Upland sedge forms dense tufts of narrow, bright green foliage. Can be used as a groundcover, spreads slowly by rhizomes and will self-seed. Tolerant of dry soil conditions. Usually found in wooded areas.
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Carex amphibola
Common Name: Creek sedge
Native to North America
A compact and vigorous clump, with shiny semi-evergreen foliage. Excellent choice for the woodland or shade garden. Very adaptable. Host plant for some Skippers, and seeds are eaten by several reptiles.
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Carex appalachica
Common Name: Appalachian sedge
Native to North America
Forms a neat clump of fine foliage. Elegant texture. Limited supply.
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Carex bicknellii
Common Name: Prairie sedge
Native to North America
Tolerates a wide range of conditions, makes an excellent choice for a rain garden.
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Carex blanda
Common Name: Common Wood Sedge
Native to North America
Carex blanda is a rhizomatous perennial sedge that matures into compact mounded clumps. The shiny deep green foliage is evergreen and up to 8” long. In late spring interesting green flower spikes are displayed a…
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Carex brevior
Common Name: Plains oval sedge
Native to North America
Provides a soft texture with a gently curving seed head. Found in drier praries, meadows, and woodlands.
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Carex bromoides
Common Name: Brome-like sedge
Native to North America
Tough and adaptable, should be used in all wetlands restoration projects. Will tolerate periods of being submerged, this clump forming ground cover prefers part sun to part shade in moist to wet soils. Flowers appear in late spring into summer,…
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Carex cherokeensis
Common Name: Cherokee sedge
Native to North America
Evergreen, clumping sedge with wheat-like pendulous seed heads form in spring and mature in autumn. Marginally drought tolerant, may suffer in extended drought conditions. Valuable garden accent, or for low spots, pond and stream edge.
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Carex comosa
Common Name: Bristly sedge, Longhair sedge
Native to North America
Erect clumps of triangular stems form from short rhizomes. Drooping spikelets impart a bottlebrush effect. Found along ponds, lakes, in wetlands and wet meadows, providing food and cover for water fowl.
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Carex crinita
Common Name: Fringed sedge
Native to North America
This sedge is suited for shaded wetlands, it has blue/green foliage and drooping seed heads.
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Carex divulsa
Common Name: grassland sedge
Native to Europe and Asia
Carex divulsa is a perennial sedge that matures into fine textured arching clumps. The bright green foliage is evergreen. In late spring dainty bronze flower spikes are displayed above the leaves. Plants adapt to sunny or shade…
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Carex flacca 'Blue Zinger'
Common Name: Blue Zinger Sedge
Native to Southern Europe and Northern Africa
Carex flacca ‘Blue Zinger’ is a low clumping European sedge. Foliage is evergreen or semi-evergreen with fine texture and a lovely steely blue color. This perennial prospers in dry to moist well drained soils in sun …
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Carex flaccosperma
Common Name: Blue wood sedge
Native to North America
Beautiful glaucus blue foliage, tolerates wide range of conditions, good liriope replacement.
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Carex grayi
Common Name: Bur sedge, Grays sedge
Native to North America
Carex grayi is a cool season grass with semi-evergreen light green, grass-like foliage. Interesting spiked seed heads develop and remain in the winter. This plant prefers full sun, will tolerate some shade, in moist to wet conditions. It thrive…
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Carex grayi 'New Moon Mighty'
Common Name: New Moon Mighty grays sedge
Native to North America (selection)
Carex grayi ‘New Moon Mighty’ is a cool season grass with semi-evergreen light green, grass-like foliage. Interesting spiked seed heads, which are larger on New Moon Mighty, develop and remain in the winter. This plant prefers …
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Carex humilis 'Hexe'
Common Name: Hexe dwarf sedge
Native to Western Europe
Ornamental yellow flowers appear very early in spring and fade to tan. Grows in the driest areas and therefore extremely drought tolerant. Can be grown in a rock garden or shallow soils in partial shade.
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Carex laxiculmis
Common Name: Creeping sedge
Native to North America
A perfect moist woodland groundcover, this carex forms a mat of wide blue green, semi-evergreen foliage. This straight species provides every bit of blue color many named selections are known for, yet maintains genetic diversity. A food source for …
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Carex leavenworthii
Common Name: Lawn Sedge
Native to North America
Carex leavenworthii is a clumping perennial sedge with very narrow dark green leaves. In late spring small dense green clusters of flower spikes are held above the leaves. Plants occur in partly sunny to shady mesic or dry woods.…
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Carex lurida
Common Name: Lurid sedge
Native to North America
Excellent plant for wetland restoration, interesting seed heads make it a good choice for ornamental ponds.
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Carex montana
Common Name: Mountain sedge
Native to Europe and Central Russia
Alkaline soil tolerant, this small decidous species, native to Europe and central Russia, has glossy green foliage and thrives in woodland borders and rockeries. Spreads quickly to become a low groundcover. Spikey brown flowers i…
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Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'
Common Name: Ice Dance Japanese Sedge
Native to Asia (cultivar)
Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’ is a low rhizomatous perennial sedge. Foliage is evergreen or semi-evergreen and arching. Blades are variegated with an emerald green stripe down the center and crisp white borders al…
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Carex morrowii 'Silver Sceptre'
Common Name: Silver Sceptre sedge
Native to Japan (cultivar)
Carex morrowii ‘Silver Sceptre’ is a low rhizomatous perennial sedge. Foliage is evergreen or semi-evergreen and arching. Blades are variegated with an jade green stripe down the center and crisp cream white al…
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Carex muskingumensis
Common Name: Palm sedge
Native to North America
This distinctive sedge resembles a miniature palm. Slow, creeping.
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Carex muskingumensis 'Little Midge'
Common Name: Little Midge Palm sedge
Carex muskingumensis ‘Little Midge' is a dense clump forming moisture loving sedge. Excellent choice for native lawn replacement.
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Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme'
Common Name: Palm sedge
Native to North America
Similar to the species, but with a clear gold border. Named for Wolfgang Oehme, famed landscape architect.
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Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
Common Name: Evergold Sedge
Native to Asia (cultivar)
Carex ‘Evergold’ is a low clumping perennial sedge from Japan. Foliage is evergreen or semi-evergreen and arching. Blades are variegated with a creamy yellow stripe that runs…
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Carex pensylvanica
Common Name: Pennsylvania sedge
Native to North America
Stoloniferous sod forming species for dry shade, one of the first to green up in the spring.
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Carex plantaginea
Common Name: Seersucker sedge
Native to North America
Deep green foliage with a seersucker texture. Semi-evergreen. Limited supply.
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Carex radiata
Common Name: Eastern star sedge
Native to North America
An ornamental sedge forming dense clumps of slender leaves. Important food source for insects and birds.
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Carex rosea
Common Name: Rosy sedge, Curly wood sedge
Native to North America
Very tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions. Features softly arching leaves.
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Carex socialis
Common Name: Social sedge, low woodland sedge
Native to North America
Carex socialis is a rhizomatous perennial sedge that forms dense tufts of narrow foliage.
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Carex sprengelii
Common Name: Long Beaked Sedge
Native to North America
Carex sprengelii is a lovely cool season woodland sedge. Plants form small colonies from short rhizomes. Foliage is bright green to chartreuse and semi-evergreen with narrow glossy blades. In early spring greenish-white o…
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Carex stricta
Common Name: Tussock sedge
Native to North America
This beautiful sedge deserves a spot in the ornamental water garden, great form.
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Carex texensis
Common Name: Catlin sedge
Native to North America
Great lawn replacement.
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Carex vulpinoidea
Common Name: Fox sedge
Native to North America
Tough and adaptable, should be used in all wetlands restoration projects.
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Carex woodii
Common Name: Pretty sedge, wood's sedge
Native to North America
Carex woodii is a lovely perennial woodland sedge with narrow fine textured leaves. This sedge forms clonal colonies from underground rhizomes. In spring a sparse offering of yellow-green spikelets are held above the leaves. In…
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Chasmanthium latifolium
Common Name: Northern seaoates
Native to North America
Clump forming perennial warm season grass. In spring several slender unbranched culms rise from the underground rhizomes or elongate from winter rosettes. The culms bear light green spear shaped leaf blades. The culms terminat…
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Danthonia spicata
Common Name: Poverty oat grass
Native to North America
Danthonia spicata is a petite cool season perennial grass with dense tufted foliage. Leaves from the current season are wiry and bluish green. Twisted older leaves develop a bronzy hue and are retained at the base of each clump. …
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Deschampsia caespitosa
Common Name: Tufted hairgrass
Native to North America
Deschampsia cespitosa is a robust clump forming perennial grass. The tufted foliage is narrow, fine textured and usually evergreen. Airy panicles of purplish green florets with hair like awns form in summer. They mature into a …
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Deschampsia caespitosa 'Goldtau'
Common Name: gold dew tufted hair grass
Native to North America (cultivar)
A robust clump forming perennial grass. The tufted foliage is narrow, fine textured and usually evergreen. Airy panicles of golden florets with hair like awns form in late summer. They mature into a buff color and remain until …
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Deschampsia flexuosa
Common Name: Crinkled hairgrass
Native to North America
Deschampsia flexuosa is a cool season clumping perennial grass. The tufted evergreen foliage is narrow and finely textured. In late spring airy panicles of silvery or purplish florets with hair like awns rise above the fo…
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Elymus hystrix
Common Name: Bottlebrush grass
Native to North America
Elymus hystrix is a clump forming cool season perennial grass. Plants form loose upright tufts of rough textured bright green blades. In summer pale green bottlebrush like inflorescences are displayed above the foliage. …
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Elymus virginicus
Common Name: Virginia wild rye
Native to North America
Elymus virginicus is a clump forming cool season perennial grass. The tufted foliage is narrow and evergreen or semi-evergreen. Blades have a green or silver blue color and a waxy sheen. Bristly wheat-like spikey flower …
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Equisetum hyemale
Common Name: scouring rush, rough horsetail
Native to North America
Equisetum hyemale is a vigorous evergreen perennial with a striking vertical habit. Plants produce multiple bamboo-like dark green stems arranged in dense clumps. This handsome rush-like plant adapts to a wide variety of growing …
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Eragrostis spectabilis
Common Name: Purple love grass
Native to North America
Eragrostis spectabilis is a warm season perennial grass with a phenomenal range of seasonal color and texture. In spring, petite plants form a loose open mound of blue-green blades. In summer, foliage is topped by attractive ne…
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Juncus effusus
Common Name: Soft rush
Native to North America
Juncus effusus is an evergreen perennial with a striking vertical habit. Plants produce multiple culms arranged in dense tufts. The narrow stems are rounded and lustrous green with pointed tips and no obvious leaves. In summer loose …
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Juncus tenuis
Common Name: Path rush
Native to North America
Juncus tenuis is a diminutive rush that grows in dense clumps of upright cylindrical stems. Inconspicuous leaves are initiated near the ground at the stem base. In late spring, greenish brown inflorescences are borne on the stems in …
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Koeleria macrantha
Common Name: Prairie junegrass
Native to North America
Short, cool season bunch grass, with golden fall color. Thrives in poor soils and is drought tolerant.
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Luzula acuminata
Common Name: Hairy woodrush
Native to North America
Luzula acuminata is a diminutive rush relative that grows in loose sod-like clumps. During early spring, plants in the vegetative state resemble grasses. Leaves are arranged in a rosette and are narrow and shiny with soft silvery ha…
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Molinia caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Windspiel'
Common Name: Windspiel moor grass
Native to Europe & Asia (cultivar)
A selection with clump forming mounds 15-20" tall. Flowering begins in June, reaching from 6-7' tall. Leaves turn vibrant yellow in Autumn, and the flowers add winter structure and interest during the dark days of winter. Deer resistant, …
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Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea 'Edith Dudszus'
Common Name: Edith Dudszus purple moor grass
Native to Europe & Asia (cultivar)
A selection of M. caerulea ssp caerulea for its rich purple, almost black, flower stems and dense flower spikes that rise above well mannered green tussocks. Perfect for the autumn and winter garden in medium to wet soils in full sun to parti…
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Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea 'Heidebraut'
Common Name: Heidebraut moor grass
Native to Europe & Asia (cultivar)
More compact than the other selections we grow and flowering much earlier, with tufts only growing 1 to 1.5' tall, while flower stems arise 3-4' and are golden. Use them in the foreground allowing the setting sun to back light them. …
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Muhlenbergia capillaris
Common Name: Pink hair grass
Native to North America
Muhlenbergia capillaris is a warm season perennial grass with striking seasonal color and texture. Plants form a dense mound of attractive needle-like olive-green blades. In late summer, foliage is topped by nebulous clo…
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Nassella tenuissima
Common Name: Mexican Feather Grass
Native to SW United States and Northern Mexico
Nasella tenuissima is a swaying fine textured clump forming grass. The crisp green blades are arching and extremely narrow. Foliage can be semi-evergreen or deciduous depending on the climate. In summer narrow panicles …
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Panicum virgatum
Common Name: Switch grass
Native to North America
Panicum virgatum is an elegant vase shaped grass with an abundance of seasonal interest. In spring, a fresh crop of glaucous stems and graceful bluish-green arching leaves rise from the earth. Mature plants are statuesque and crowned with …
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Panicum virgatum 'Cape Breeze'
Common Name: Switch Grass
Native to North America (cultivar)
Panicum virgatum 'Cape Breeze' is a switch grass cultivar that is known for its compact size and upright habit. In late spring airy yellow-green flower panicles rise above the deep green arching leaves. The panicles turn bron…
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Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'
Common Name: Switch grass
Native to North America (cultivar)
Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’ is a switch grass selection with a dramatically vertical habit. Foliage and stems are erect with metallic blue blades. In summer airy pinkish flower panicles seem to dance in the evening l…
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Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Dog'
Common Name: Prairie Dog switchgrass
Selected for it's shorter upright growth habit and sturdy stems, that will hold most snow loads and provide not only winter interest, but also cover for birds and other creatures. It has the upright stature of Northwind, though…
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Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'
Common Name: Switch grass
Native to North America (cultivar)
Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' is a popular switch grass cultivar that is known for its compact habit and striking red-purple fall color. In summer airy reddish-pink flower panicles rise above burgundy highlighted leaves. The …
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Pennisetum alopecuroides
Common Name: Fountain Grass
Native to China
Pennisetum alopecuroides is a clump forming warm season grass with graceful arching foliage. Leaves are deep green, narrow and sharply pointed. In late summer culms are tipped with silvery bottlebrush like flowers. The flo…
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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Cassian'
Common Name: Cassian dwarf fountain grass
Native to Asia (cultivar)
Similar to Hameln, but about a foot taller and greater range of hardiness. Perfect for use as a groundcover or in a rain garden as it prefers moist to wet soils. Flowers white with a pink tinge from late summer into fall. Seeds at…
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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'
Common Name: Dwarf fountain grass
Native to China (cultivar)
Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hameln’ is a uniform compact cultivar of Asian fountain grass. ‘Hameln’ has attractive deep green arching linear leaves. In late summer culms are tipped with silvery bottlebrush …
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Schizachyrium scoparium
Common Name: Little bluestem - 2022 Perennial Plant of the Year
Native to North America
Schizachyrium scoparium is a mounding grass with narrow green or blue-green foliage. In late summer inconspicuous flowers are held on branched stems above the leaves. Fluffy light catching seed clusters follow. Fo…
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'Jazz'
Common Name: Little bluestem - 2022 Perennial Plant of the Year
Native to North America (cultivar)
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Jazz’ is an Intrinsic Perennials Introduction. A lovely upright blue tinted Little Bluestem cultivar that was a sport from The Blues. Plants are shorter at just 2 to 2.5' that w…
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'Standing Ovation PP 25202'
Common Name: Little bluestem - 2022 Perennial Plant of the Year
Native to North America (cultivar)
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Standing Ovation’ is a sturdy upright Little Bluestem cultivar. Plants have attractive fine textured blue-green foliage. In late summer small flowers are h…
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Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues'
Common Name: Little bluestem - 2022 Perennial Plant of the Year
Native to North America (cultivar)
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’ is a lovely upright blue tinted Little Bluestem cultivar. Plants have attractive fine textured steely blue foliage and rosy pink stems. In late summer small flowers a…
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Scirpus atrovirens
Common Name: Green bulrush
Native to North America
Scirpus atrovirens is a rhizomatous cool season perennial sedge relative. Plants produce multiple culms with arching or drooping olive green leaves. In summer, fertile culms bear rounded yellow-green compound inflorescences followed by d…
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Scirpus cyperinus
Common Name: Wool grass
Native to North America
Scirpus cyperinus is a rhizomatous perennial that grows in dense tussocks of arching basal leaves. Plants produce upright unbranched culms with ascending or spreading medium green leaves. In summer, the culms are topped with rounded …
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Scirpus validus (tabernaemontani)
Common Name: Soft stemmed bulrush
Native to North America
Scirpus validus is a rhizomatous cool season perennial with tall dark green triangular culms. Leaf sheaths wrap the culm but blades are insignificant or absent. From summer until fall, the stems are topped by pendulous reddish brown …
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Sesleria autumnalis
Common Name: Autumn Moor Grass
Native to Southeastern Europe
Sesleria autumnalis is a low mounding cool season non-native perennial grass. Foliage is evergreen and arching. Blades have a striking yellow-green color that sometimes develops a soothing golden autumn tint. Spike-lik…
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Sesleria x 'Greenlee Hybrid'
Common Name: Greenlee's Hybrid Moor Grass
species cross (S. autumnalis x S. caerulea)
Sesleria x ‘Greenlee Hybrid’ is a low mounding cool season perennial grass. Foliage is evergreen with an attractive blue-green hue. Silvery purple tinged spikey flowers rise above the leaves and mature into purplish …
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Sorghastrum nutans
Common Name: Indian grass
Native to North America
Sorghastrum nutans is an elegant clump forming warm season grass. In spring and early summer, plants form low growing tufts of graceful bluish-green arching leaves. As summer progresses, the culms rise and are topped by attract…
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Sporobolus airoides
Common Name: Alkali Sacaton
Native to North America
A petite warm season bunch grass. Plants form attractive mounds of slender gray-green arching leaves. In late spring one or more culms rises above the foliage bearing airy panicles of pinkish spikelets. The florets mature into sma…
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Sporobolus heterolepis
Common Name: Prairie dropseed
Native to North America
Sporobolis heterolepis is a petite warm season perennial grass. Plants form attractive mounds of slender deep green arching leaves. In late spring one or more culms rises above the foliage bearing airy panicles of olive, s…
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