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    A beautiful planting we did for a great customer about 5 years ago.  This garden requires very little maintenance, and the gorgeous native grasses anchor it in all seasons. 

Scientific Name Common Name
Andropogon gerardii  Big Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius Split-Beard Bluestem
Bouteloua curtipendula Side Oats Grama
Bouteloua gracilis Blue Gramma
Carex appalachica Appalachian Sedge
Carex cherokeensis Cherokee Sedge
Carex flaccosperma Blue Wood Sedge
Carex plantiginea Seersucker Sedge
Carex platyphylla Silver Sedge
Chasmanthium latifolium Northern River Oats
Deschampsia caespitosa Wavy Hair Grass
Deschampsia flexuosa

Eragrostis spectabilis

 Wavy Hair Grass

Purple Love Grass
Hystrix patula Bottlebrush Grass
Muehlenbergia capillaris Muhly Grass

Click here for a printable chart about Native Grasses

Panicum virgatum  Switchgrass- Heavy Metal, Prarie Sky & Hanse Hermes, and non-cultivar/ species
We are cutting back somewhat on the number of grasses that we will stock in large quantities.  We can still get or grow all the grasses on this list by special order.

 

 Schizachyrium scoparium  Sorgastrum nutans  Sporobolis heterolepis

 

 Little Bluestem     Indian Grass         Prarie Dropseed
     
     

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