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Botanical / Common Name	Description	Photo
Large Blue Hair Grass Koeleria glauca	Blue Hair grass is an ideal full sun/part shade border plant.  It is non-invasive, obedient in clumps and attractive as an accent or along an edge. In hot dry conditions, ample water and light shade bring out the best in this grass, but it will tolerate the exposed condition of a rock garden.  Blue Hair grass has fantastic foliage with nice flowers which are excellent in dried flower arrangements. Height: 6”-12” Spread: puffy clumps Full sun to part shade Spring or fall planting Zone 4-8	click to enlarge
Large Fontaine Miscanthus sinensis 'Grosse Fontäne’	(spring planting) 6-7 ft., fountain-like growth habit, early Aug bloomer, Zone 5-9	click to enlarge
Late Blooming Fountain Grass Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry’	(spring planting) sun, pink inflorescence in Aug-Sept, strong grower, 3-5 ft., fountain-like growth habit, gold-dust colored inflorescence carried above the foilage from early Aug-Oct, excellent Fall décor, 2-3 ft., dark purple plumes that are larger than regular variety, blooms Oct- Nov, Zone 5-9	click to enlarge
Leather Leaf Sedge Carex buchananii	(spring planting) 2 ft., upright erect growth, golden brown foilage, full-part shade, Zone 6-9	click to enlarge
Lemon Grass  Cymbopogon citratus	(spring planting) 2-3 ft., 1 in. wide, light green leaves, full sun, moisture, Zone 9-10	click to enlarge
Little Blue Stem Schizachyrium scoparius	(spring or fall planting) 2-3 ft., blooms late Summer, blue-green, turning reddish, common in Maryland, Zone 5-9	click to enlarge
Little Dot Miscanthus sinensis 'Puenktchen’	(spring planting) 4-5 ft., finer than Misc. s. zebrinus, yellow bands of variegation, similar to Strictus, Zone 5-9	click to enlarge
Little Fontaine Miscanthus sinensis 'Kleine Fontäne’	(spring planting) 3-4 ft., sun, smaller with continuous developing flowering culms, fountain-like appearance, Zone 5-9	click to enlarge
Little Silver Spider Miscanthus sinensis 'Kleine Silberspinne’	(spring planting) 3-4 ft., small, upright habit, rich blooming, good for small gardens, Zone 5-9	click to enlarge
Love Grass Eragrostis	(spring or fall planting) sun, groups, massing, blooms in Summer, Zone 5-9	click to enlarge
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