ANDROPOGON gerardii 'Pawnee'
(an-dro-PO-gon) (jer-AR-dee-eye) | GRANGE3 |
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| Common Name: Big Bluestem |
| Description: 2017 GreatPlants™ Grass of the Year. Colorful, robust native; turns light red after frost. |
| Zone: 4 |
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ANDROPOGON gerardii 'Pawnee'
(an-dro-PO-gon) (jer-AR-dee-eye) | GRANGE5 |
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| Common Name: Big Bluestem |
| Description: 2017 GreatPlants™ Grass of the Year. Colorful, robust native; turns light red after frost. |
| Zone: 4 |
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BOUTELOUA curtipendula 'Trailway'
(boo-tel-LOO-uh) (kurt-ih-PEN-doo-la) | GRBOCU3 |
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| Common Name: Sideoats Grama |
| Description: 2005 GreatPlantsTM Grass! Fine leaf, sod-forming, warm season native. Delicate, pendant seed heads; graceful foliage. |
| Zone: 4 |
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BOUTELOUA curtipendula 'Trailway'
(boo-tel-LOO-uh) (kurt-ih-PEN-doo-la) | GRBOCU5 |
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| Common Name: Sideoats Grama |
| Description: 2005 GreatPlantsTM Grass! Fine leaf, sod-forming, warm season native. Delicate, pendant seed heads; graceful foliage. |
| Zone: 4 |
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BOUTELOUA gracilis
(boo-tel-LOO-uh) (grah-SIL-is) | GRBOGR3 |
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| Common Name: Blue Grama |
| Description: 2008 GreatPlants Grass of the Year! Most important range grass of the Great Plains. Curly, narrow leaves; long, one sided seed spikes with eyelash-like inflorescence. |
| Zone: 4 |
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BOUTELOUA gracilis
(boo-tel-LOO-uh) (grah-SIL-is) | GRBOGR5 |
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| Common Name: Blue Grama |
| Description: 2008 GreatPlants TM Grass of the Year. Most important range grass of the Great Plains. Curly, narrow leaves; long, one-sided seed spikes with eyelash-like inflorescence. |
| Zone: 4 |
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BOUTELOUA gracilis 'Blonde Ambition' PP# 22,048
(boot-tel-LOO-uh) (grah-SIL-is) | GRBOBA5 |
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| Common Name: Grama Grass |
| Description: 2011 Plant Select®. An impressive, highly ornamental form of Western native grass with tall, upright stems. Showy, chartreuse, aging to blonde seed heads hold their straight shape and are displayed high above the foliage through winter, providing many months of color and texture. Developed by High Country Gardens. Extremely cold hardy and provides exceptional winter interest. Grows in a wide range of soil types. Propagation Prohibited. |
| Zone: 4 |
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CAREX grayi
(KARE-eks) (GRAY-eye) | GRCAGR3 |
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| Common Name: Gray's Sedge |
| Description: Large, showy seed heads for moist shade. |
| Zone: 4 |
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CAREX muskingumensis
(KARE-eks) (mus-king-u-MEN-sis) | GRCAMU3 |
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| Common Name: Palm Sedge |
| Description: 2011 GreatPlants TM Grass of the Year. Effective as a specimen near water. |
| Zone: 4 |
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CAREX pensylvanica
(KARE-eks) (pen-sil-VAN-ih-kuh) | GRCAPV5 |
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| Common Name: Pennsylvania Sedge, Common Oak Carex |
| Description: North American native with slender, upright, green blades. Looks like green tufts with gold highlights in autumn. Semi-evergreen in mild climates; does well under oak trees. Deer resistant. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CAREX rosea
(KARE-eks) | GRCARO3 |
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| Common Name: Rosy Sedge, Curly Wood Sedge |
| Description: This native sedge to North America grows in compact clumps with delicate, arching foliage in both wet and dry areas; including difficult, dry, part shade areas.
Photo compliments Hoffman Nursery, Inc.
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| Zone: 4 |
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CHASMANTHIUM latifolium
(chas-man-THEE-um) (lat-ih-FOE-lee-um) | GRCHLA8 |
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| Common Name: Northern Sea Oats |
| Description: Grass with attractive seed heads. Useful for groups or massing. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CHASMANTHIUM latifolium
(chas-man-THEE-um) (lat-ih-FOE-lee-um) | GRCHLA3 |
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| Common Name: Northern Sea Oats |
| Description: Grass with attractive seed heads. Useful for groups or massing. |
| Zone: 3 |
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CHASMANTHIUM latifolium
(chas-man-THEE-um) (lat-ih-FOE-lee-um) | GRCHLA5 |
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| Common Name: Northern Sea Oats |
| Description: Grass with attractive seed heads. Useful for groups or massing. |
| Zone: 3 |
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ERAGROSTIS trichodes
(err-ah-GROS-tiss) (trik-OH-des) | GRERTR3 |
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| Common Name: Sand Love Grass |
| Description: 2010 GreatPlantsTM Grass of the Year! Lovely, delicate, warm season, native bunchgrass with arching seed heads. |
| Zone: 5 |
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ERAGROSTIS trichodes
(err-ah-GROS-tiss) (trik-OH-des) | GRERTR5 |
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| Common Name: Sand Love Grass |
| Description: 2010 GreatPlantsTM Grass of the Year! Lovely, delicate, warm season, native bunchgrass with arching seed heads. |
| Zone: 5 |
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GAILLARDIA aristata
(gay-LARD-ee-ah) (a-ris-TAH-ta) | GAILAR3 |
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| Common Name: Blanket Flower |
| Description: Spreading wildflower with daisy-like flowers in shades of yellow, bronze, and scarlet in summer. |
| Zone: 5 |
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GAURA lindheimeri
(GAR-ah)(lind-HY-her-eye) | GAURLI5 |
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| Common Name: Apple Blossom Grass |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Loose sprays of airy, white flowers that age to rose all summer on this southern U.S. native. |
| Zone: 5 |
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GAURA lindheimeri
(GAR-ah) (lind-HY-mer-eye) | GAURLI3 |
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| Common Name: Apple Blossom Grass |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Loose sprays of airy, white flowers that age to rose all summer on this southern U.S. native. |
| Zone: 5 |
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GAURA lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'
(GAR-ah) (lind-HY-mer-eye) | GAURSP5 |
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| Common Name: Apple Blossom Grass |
| Description: A knockout with red stems, petioles, and buds. Flowers are rich rose-pink and continue all season. Introduced by Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery. |
| Zone: 5 |
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GAURA lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'
(GAR-ah) (lind-HY-mer-eye) | GAURSP3 |
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| Common Name: Apple Blossom Grass |
| Description: A knockout with red stems, petioles, and buds. Flowers are rich rose-pink and continue all season. Introduced by Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery. |
| Zone: 5 |
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GERANIUM maculatum
(jer-AYE-nee-um) (mak-yew-LAH-tum) | GERAMA5 |
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| Common Name: Wild Geranium |
| Description: Five petaled, rose-purple flowers in spring and early summer. |
| Zone: 3 |
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GEUM triflorum
(JEE-um) (try-FLOOR-um) | GEUMTR3 |
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| Common Name: Prairie Smoke |
| Description: 2008 GreatPlantsTM Perennial of the Year! Nodding, pink flowers and feathery seed heads on this native. |
| Zone: 3 |
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GILLENIA trifoliata
(gil-EE-nee-a) (try-fo-lee-AH-ta) | GILLTR3 |
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| Common Name: Indian Physic, Bowman's Root |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. White to pale pink flowers beginning in May. Native herb with reddish, slightly fuzzy stems. |
| Zone: 4 |
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PANICUM virgatum 'Cheyenne Sky' PP#23,209
(PAN-ih-kum) (ver-GAY-tum) | GRPACS8 |
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| Common Name: Switch Grass |
| Description: An exciting selection chosen for its tight, vase-shaped form. Blue-green foliage turns wine-red late summer and showy flower spikes of the same color appear in fall. Seed plumes often persist through winter providing visual interest and food for birds. More compact and uniformly red than 'Shenandoah'. Propagation Prohibited. Limited. |
| Zone: 4 |
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PANICUM virgatum 'Dallas Blues' PP# 11,202
(PAN-ih-kum) (ver-GAY-tum) | GRPADB8 |
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| Common Name: Switch Grass |
| Description: 2016 GreatPlants™ Grass of the Year! Steely blue-purple foliage selection with many, very large flower panicles from early September to frost. Robust plants. Outstanding! Propagation Prohibited. |
| Zone: 5 |
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PANICUM virgatum 'Heavy Metal'
(PAN-ih-kum) (ver-GAY-tum) | GRPAHM8 |
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| Common Name: Blue Switch Grass |
| Description: Strongly glaucous, blue leaves, strictly upright. Never leans or flops, even in heavy rain. Blooms in fall with strong pink tones in inflorescence. Fine specimen with yellow fall color. |
| Zone: 5 |
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PANICUM virgatum 'Northwind'
(PAN-ih-kum) | GRPANW5 |
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| Common Name: Switch Grass |
| Description: 2014 PPA Plant of the Year! 2012 GreatPlants™ Grass of the Year! Considered the best landscape Panicum. 'North Wind' is an outstanding, upright, blue selection made by Roy Diblik of Northwind Perennial Farm in Wisconsin. Wide, substantial, greenish-blue grass blades become a lovely blue in summer and turn golden-yellow in fall. Rust resistant. Vigorous. |
| Zone: 2 |
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PANICUM virgatum 'Northwind'
(PAN-ih-kum) (ver-GAY-tum) | GRPANW8 |
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| Common Name: Switch Grass |
| Description: 2012 GreatPlantsTM Grass of the Year. Considered the best landscape Panicum. 'Northwind' is an outstanding, upright, blue selection made by Roy Diblik of Northwind Perennial Farm in WI. Wide, substantial, greenish-blue grass blades become a lovely blue in summer and turn golden-yellow in fall. Rust resistant. Vigorous. |
| Zone: 2 |
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PANICUM virgatum 'RR1' Ruby Ribbons TM PP# 17,944
(PAN-ih-kum) (ver-GAY-tum) | GRPARR8 |
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| Common Name: Ruby Ribbons Switch Grass |
| Description: This Panicum came from the University of Connecticut's plant breeding program. This deer resistant hybrid is a cross between Panicum 'Heavy Metal' x Panicum 'Hans Herme' producing a four foot specimen emerging with blue-gray foliage that turns burgundy-red by mid-summer. The foliage gets darker as the season progresses. Flower spikes appear in late summer and persist into winter; great in arrangements. Propagation Prohibited. |
| Zone: 5 |
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