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ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, NEEDING AT LEAST SOME IRRIGATION: |
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'Purpurascens'
Miscanthus |
A
seeded hybrid bunchgrass, foliage is limey-green during the summer, becomes
a screaming red in fall and fades to brown during winter, remaining upright.
Excellent fall focus. Well-drained, irrigated soils best in full sun,
hardy to zone 4, to 5.5 feet. Available only by contract growing. |
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'Adagio'
Miscanthus
sinensis |
A
short cultivar, bunchgrass, to 3 feet, with full, cascading, silvery foliage
topped by white heads, a standout. Full sun, well-drained but moist soil,
continues character in winter after foliage fades to sandy color. Hardy
to zone 6, more showy than 'Yaku Jima' with broader leaves and more robust
presence. |
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'Gracillimus'
Miscanthus sinensis |
A
tall bunchgrass, to 7 feet, ascending, medium-narrow green foliage with
a white midrib, topped by red heads, fading to sandy in winter but still
a robust screen or standout. Full sun, well-drained but moist soil, hardy
to zone 5. |
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'Morning
Light' Miscanthus
sinensis |
A
short bunchgrass with ascending, narrow foliage with linear variegation
on both edges giving a ghostly effect. Red heads totalling 3 feet, forming
a graceful, ghostly mound in maturity. Full sun to part shade, well-drained
but moist soil, hardy to zone 5. |
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'Silberspinne'
Miscanthus
sinensis |
A
bunchgrass to 6 feet, with ascending, gray-green, narrow foliage topped
by red heads. Full sun, well-drained but moist soil, hardy to zone 5. |
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'Strictus'
Miscanthus sinensis |
To
8 feet, ascending form, notable for yellow cross-striping on the medium-broad
leaves but more a upright bunchgrass than 'Zebrinus', more formal. Full
sun to light shade, well-drained but moist soils, hardy to zone 5. |
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'Undine'
Miscanthus sinensis |
To
6 feet, a mounding bunchgrass with silvery foliage topped by striking
white heads. Full sun, moist but well-drained soil, hardy to zone 5. |
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Pennisetum
alopecuroides 'Hameln' |
A
short, green, bunchgrass producing lightly purpled bottlebrush heads from
midsummer to frost, turning sandy in winter. To 2.5 feet, well-drained
but irrigated soils in full sun, hardy to zone 6. Holds character well
in winter. |
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Pennisetum
alopecuroides 'Little
Bunny' |
Very
short bunchgrass, to 1 foot, with vivid green foliage topped by white
heads resembling rabbits' feet. Slow to grow out, needs irrigation on
well-drained soils in full sun, hardy to zone 6. |
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Pennisetum
alopecuroides 'Moudry' |
A
short bunchgrass with luxuriant, heavy, green foliage topped by vividly
purple bottlebrush heads in late summer. Briefly turns cinnamon in late
fall, then falls apart during winter. Hardy to zone 6, irrigate on well-drained
soils in full sun, will tolerate overwatering if soils well-drained. |
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Pennisetum
setaceum 'Rubrum' |
A
tall bunchgrass with vividly purpled foliage topped by hanging, pink foxtails,
to 5 feet. Annual outside zone 9-10, doesn't reseed, but a vivid presence
as annual color. Well-drained, moist soil in full sun, holds character
in winter. |
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| Weeping
Lovegrass |
Eragrostis
curvula |
The cultivar 'Ermello' has been certified by the SCS (NRCS) for use over
most of Texas, from the pineywoods to eastern New Mexico, without irrigation.
This bunchgrass tolerates irrigation over well-drained soils in full sun
to light shade. Erosion control on slopes, very rapid spring grow-out
with green, fine-textured, weeping foliage that streams over rocks and
curbs. Becomes silvery in winter, but shimmers in wind. Hardy to zone
4. Gray-green, lacy panicles produced in late spring to 3 feet, foliage
to 1.5 feet. |
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| Willmann's
Lovegrass |
Eragrostis
superba |
A drought-tolerant bunchgrass needing little irrigation, prefers well-drained
soils in full sun and neglect. Medium-coarse foliage to 2 feet topped
by upright, bangled heads in great profusion. Hardy to zone 6. |
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