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Botanical / Common Name |
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| Beach Grass Ammophila breviligulata |
A tall, erect, stiff perennial grass arising from long subsurface rhizomes. A leaf cluster surrounds an elongated flowering spike, unlike other beach grasses. American Beach Grass, the most common dune plant along much of the Atlantic Coast, is important as a dune stabilizer, for it can withstand burial within a shifting dune by sending up vertical rhizomes that produce new emerging stems. This plant’s rhizome mat is both horizontal and vertical, and its roots over 20’ deep beneath the sand, thus serving to knit a dune together. One of the first plants to appear where sand dunes are forming on a shoreline. As sand builds up around the new grass, the stems grow higher. Old stems become roots which can eventually extend 3-4 m below the top of a sand dune. Can be found on the Atlantic coast and the lower Great Lakes.
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| Bear Skin Fescue Festuca gautieri (scoparia) |
(spring or fall planting) sun, massing, 4 in., rock garden, ground cover, Zone 4-6 | |
| Bergrenii Sedge Carex appalachica bergrenii |
(spring or fall planting) 2-4 in., copper color ground cover, ideal for oriental gardens, moisture loving, part shade, Zone 6-9 | |
| Big Blue Stem Andropogon gerardii |
(spring or fall planting) 4-8 ft., green-blue in Summer, orange-red in Fall, clump forming & upright, Zone 3-9 | |
| Black Blooming Sedge Grass Carex nigra 'Variegata' |
(spring or fall planting) 1-1.5 ft., rock garden, native to bogs & marshes of the east coast USA, greenish-blue foilage, Zone 4-8 | |
| Blue Glow Festuca glauca 'Blauglut' |
(spring or fall planting) sun, massing, 10 in., electric blue, Zone 4-8 | |
| Blue Grama Bouteloua gracilis |
(spring planting) 8-15 in., mounds of green foliage,reddish plumes, Zone 4-9 | |
| Blue Moor Grass Sesleria caerulea |
(spring or fall planting) 6-12 in., sun, rock garden, blooms in Spring, silver inflorescence, Zone 5-8 | |
| Blue Oat Grass Helictotrichon sempervirens |
Hardy, blue oat grass is an excellent accent with its clear blue summer foliage. Its spiky, ghostly foliage really draws attention. Blue oat grass is such an imposing sight that is has the ability to stop anyone dead in their tracks. This cool season gem is clump forming and prefers good drainage. It is, however, adaptable.
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| Blue Sedge Carex glauca (C. flacca ssp. flacca) |
(spring or fall planting) 6 in., sun, shade, massing, Zone 5-9 | |
| Blue-Silver Festuca glauca 'Blausilber’ |
(spring or fall planting) sun, massing, 8 in., pure silver tone, no green undertone, Zone 4-8 | |
| Blue Wild Rye Leymus arenarius (L. glaucus) |
(spring or fall planting) sun, groups, 2-3 ft., ground covering, Zone 4-9 | |
| Bottle Brush Grass Hystrix patula |
(spring or fall planting) 3 ft., groups, blooms in Summer, good for dry shade conditions, Zone 4-9 | |
| Bride of the Heath Molinia caerulea 'Heidebraut’ |
(spring planting) 1 ft. foilage with plumes reaching 2-3 ft., upright, Zone 4-8 | |
Bronze Veil Tufted Hair Grass |
This is the largest species of the Deschampsia family. It is widely arching in form and is a remarkable bloomer. This is a high-impact plant and looks exception en masse or as a specimen. It is a traditional cool season grass that is semi-evergreen. Handsome especially in the fall, non-descript in the summer’s heat.
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| Broom Sedge Andropogon virginicus |
(spring or fall planting) 2-3 ft, tolerates extreme conditions including salt spray, pioneer plant, prefers sun, Zone 3-9 | |
| Brown Sedge Carex petriei |
(spring planting) 8 in., moisture loving, short, stiff, upright, Zone 6-9 | |
| Bulbous Oat Grass Arrenatherum bulbosum ‘Variegatum' |
(spring or fall planting) 1-2 ft., sun, part shade, massing, white variegation, blooms in summer, Zone 4-9 | |
| Bushy Beardgrass Andropogon glomeratus |
(spring or fall planting) 3-4 ft., moisture tolerant, Zone 5-9 | |
