Iowa Native Grasses

Foliage turns yellow in fall before browning up for winter. Tolerates light shade, but best in full sun. Juncus effusus clumps are often slow to establish, but once established will spread by creeping rhizomes.

, commonly known as feather reed grass, is a hybrid resulting from a cross between two species native to Europe and Asia, namely . These grasses typically form large, dense, erect clumps of narrow, flattened, green leaves from which rise stiffly upright...

Bamboo muhly is native to southern Arizona and northern Mexico, but it performs well in the southeastern United States, as well. Like other grasses, it is always in motion. As an added benefit, it isWhile most of us prefer traditional medicines that we...

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Use fountain grass to add texture and dimension to your perennial beds and borders. The effect is shockingly bright color in your garden from a typically simple grass. If you live near the coast, ‘Fireworks' will grow without need to coddle it.

The long, slender blades of Hot Rod reach up tall and straight, with an additional 6 inches added once it's whimsical, airy seeds make an appearance. By the time autumn arrives, your picturesque grass adopts shades of deep purple, topped with decorative...

Don't wait until we're sold out of Evercolor Everlite! They will go fast. It looks stunning with dark-colored evergreens or the bright flowers of a perennial border. You know that you need this beauty in your garden this year.

This plant has no serious insect or disease problems and is not usually appealing to deer. 'Red Head' begins to show its enormous bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer. The bushy plumes are great as cut flowers if they are cut soon after they emerge.

Once you try it you will agree that it is such a great and adaptable plant. It will bring light and texture to any garden combo. It stands out from other carex with eye-catching spring-green blades with a lime-green edge.

Tons of showy flower plumes emerge above the foliage in rustic bronze shades that fade to pink then white as autumn comes on. They reach 5 feet tall and three feet wide in full sun.

It's lush and soft while at the same time durable and hardy. It has a dark blue-green color and only grows 3 to 5 inches high. We recommend one to four plugs per square foot of lawn depending on how dense you'd like it to be and how quickly you'd like...

It is the grass to use in areas of dry, intense heat found in the southwest and California. UC Verde buffalo grass is the most heat tolerant. With proper care, you can have an established lawn in as little as 90 days UC Verde Buffalo grass Plugs are all...

It would make a wonderful groundcover or a border in your perennial bed. In the summer tiny blue flowers form, resembling little balls, adding a bit of additional decorative appeal.

The yellow anthers of the Indiangrass flowers can be quite noticeable in a meadow full of this grass. A photo tour of the grasses of a restored tallgrass prairie in Illinois. It has a clumping habit of growth and is less of a sod-forming grass than Big...

They simply take up too much space. But now we have a striking beauty – the Little Miss Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Little Miss') – that has all of the great traits of the well-loved miscanthus grasses and puts them in a small but mighty...

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Gold Dew has very dark green leaves and blooms a little later than other grasses, but when it blooms it is covered in golden inflorescence that dance and shine and sparkle in your garden and are well worth the wait.

Blooming plants are about 1-2' tall and 1' wide. Plants should be groomed or cut to the ground in early spring to remove tattered foliage and make way for new foliage. This species performs as a perennial through zone 7 but is usually a reseeding annual...

It is also interesting as a specimen or accent plant, brightening shady areas. Single specimens are dramatic; masses may be overwhelming. A good plant for the water garden or low spot.

It typically grows in a clump to 3-4' tall. ‘Yaku Jima' is sometimes described in commerce as being a dwarf form of Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.

Miscanthus Morning Light is a somewhat smaller, more fine-textured version of the popular Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays...

They are generally available inand I have some growing in my own yard (shown in left photo).I hope this will encourage you to plant some of this legal striking ornamental sea oat grass or one of its cousins in your garden, and encourage others to heed...

Best in full sun. Less vigorous with decreased flowering and tendency to flop in too much shade. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays.

Plants are similar in appearance to Genus name from Latin means cutter in reference to the sharp leaves and stem edges (rushes are round but sedges have edges) found on most species' plants.

Foliage fades to tan after frost. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area. Best in full sun. Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump...

Tiny reddish-copper flowers appear in tassel-like inflorescences above the foliage in late September, gradually turning into silvery white plumes as the seeds mature. Tolerates of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clay.

Propagation is easiest by division. The arching flow of the leaves gives a sense of movement, much like a cascading waterfall. Plant this grass where it will cascade down slopes, drape over rocks, spill over the edges of walls or in the border or a container...