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

Chasmanthium latifolium

This grass has ornamental value, winter interest, and dangling seed can be used in arrangements. It may spread under favorable conditions so consider placing it in a contained situation. Excellent choice for stream-sides, slopes and erosion control. Provides cover and seed for birds. Grown from Kentucky-source seed.

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

Andropogon gerardii

Native warm season grass with ornamental value. Leaves turn bronze in fall, seed heads purplish. Drought tolerant once established.

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

Juncus effusus

A clumping semi-evergreen plant with an interesting spreading vertical habit. Use in areas in need of erosion control & in water gardens, container gardens, at pond's edge or other damp areas. Spreads under favorable conditions. Grown from Kentucky-source seed.

Light: Full Sun
Soil: Wet to Average
Height: 2 to 4 feet

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

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 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

Elymus villosus

Attractive cool season woodland grass with nodding bristly inflorescence.

Light: Part Sun, Light Shade
Soil: Moist to Slightly Dry
Height: to 3 1/2 feet
Blooms: Summer

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