Carex grayi

Fruit aggregate resembling a mace has ornamental value. Sedges help control erosion and the seed feeds wildlife.

Light: Full Sun to Shade
Soil: Average to Wet
Height: to 3 feet

Carex crinita

A graceful sedge bearing long, pendulous spikes. Aids in erosion control and will spread by rhizomes to form colonies. Seed provides food for songbirds and waterfowl. Rain Gardens, ponds, waterways.

Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Wet to Average
Height: 1 to 3 feet

Equisetum hyemale

Belonging to a family of primitive vascular plants, this plant does not flower but forms cone-like heads that bear spores. Evergreen stems provide very interesting visual texture in all seasons. Be forewarned that containment in a large pot is highly recommended for home use of this plant. It can spread aggressively by rhizomes, even bypassing pavement underground to colonize new areas.

Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Average to Wet
Height: 2 to 4 feet
Blooms: None

Schizachyrium scoparium

Used as an ornamental grass with silvery & bluish green leaves in rain gardens & pollinator gardens. Attractive bronze fall foliage & purplish flowers. Provides food & cover for wildlife.

Light: Full Sun
Soil: Average to Dry
Height: 2 to 4 feet
Blooms: August to February

Muhlenbergia capillaris

Highly ornamental grass with thread-like leaves that form a tidy clump to 2 feet in height. Named for the lasting pink clouds of flowers that rise to 1 foot above the leaves.

Light: Full Sun to Light Shade
Soil: Dry to Average
Height: 2 feet, 3 feet when in bloom
Blooms: September to November
Flowers: Pink

Carex typhina

Like other sedges, this plant is excellent for wildlife and for erosion control on the banks of lakes, streams and other waterways. Grown from Kentucky-source seed.

Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Moist
Height: 1 to 3 feet

Eragrostis spectabilis

A low growing, clump-forming ornamental grass that tolerates dry, sandy soils in full sun. Airy reddish-purple inflorescence's appear in August and last through September and are a pleasant addition to floral arrangements. Grown from Kentucky-source seed.

Light: Full Sun
Soil: Dry to Average
Height: 1 to 2 feet
Blooms: August

Carex vulpinoidea

Foliage is clump-forming and often a pleasant yellow-green. Like other sedges, this plant is excellent for wildlife and for erosion control on the banks of lakes, streams and other waterways. A rapidly spreading plant. Grown from Kentucky-source seed.

Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Moist
Height: 1 to 3 feet

Carex muskingumensis

Foliage radiates from stem giving an interesting textural effect. Beautiful in contained rain garden area in mass. Grown from Kentucky source seed.

Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 2 to 3 feet

Diarrhena americana

Also known as Beak Grain, this grass is good for shady areas with average to moist soil and for erosion control near along waterways. With shiny arcing leaves, it can form attractive colonies via rhizomes in optimal conditions. Grown from Kentucky-source seed.

Light: Part to Full Shade
Soil: Medium to Wet
Height: 2 to 3 feet

Carex flaccosperma

A small, clump-forming sedge with blue-green foliage. Ours grow in full sun & require no supplemental watering and, although they slowly grow larger, do not spread via rhizomes making them friendly to home use such as bordering a walkway or edge. Kentucky source.

Elymus hystrix

Airy vertical plant with very interesting visual effect. In nature found in intermediate light such as just inside the border of a woodland. Grown from KY source seed.

Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil: Dry to Medium
Height: to 3 feet
Blooms: September to October

Sorghastrum nutans

Attractive tall, deep-rooted native grass that makes a good riparian buffer plant for erosion control. Foliage turns orangish in fall. Spreads by seed.

Light: Full Sun
Soil: Dry to Medium
Height: 4 to 6 feet

Panicum virgatum

Clumping, vertical ornamental grass with foliage to 3' and with flowering stalks to 6'. May lose form or flop in less than full sun or overly rich soil. Will slowly expand via rhizomes. Cut to the ground by early spring.

Light: Full Sun
Soil: Medium
Height: 3 to 6 feet
Blooms: late summer

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