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Native Fern |
Height 2' |
Spread 2' |
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Zone 3 |
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| Tall, rich green fern. Great for containers, specimen or waterside plantings. | ||||
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Ostrich Fern |
Height 4' |
Spread 3-4' |
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Zone 3 |
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| Upright, with soft green deciduous foliage. Great for containers, specimen or waterside plantings. | ||||
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Lady Fern Athyrium filix femina |
Height 2-3' |
Spread 2' |
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Zone 3 |
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| Fast growth rate with yellow-green to medium green feathery blade pairs. Prefers moist, well-drained slightly acidic soils. | ||||
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Japanese Painted Fern Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' |
Height 1-2' |
Spread 2' |
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Zone 4 |
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| Fronds are soft metallic gray with light tinting of blue and burgundy. Prefers moist, well-drained slightly acidic soils. | ||||
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Foerster's Feather Reed Grass Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' |
Height 5' |
Spread 6.5' |
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Zone 3 |
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| Upright grass with green foliage and tall spikes of red-brown feathery spring inflorescence. Gold yellow flowers in summer that form beige seed heads over winter. Tolerant of a variety of soil conditions. Prefers cool clay soils. | ||||
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Variegated Palm Leaf Sedge Carex muskingumensis 'Ice Fountains' |
Height 18" |
Spread 18" |
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Zone 3 |
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| Delicate, wispy white blades that gradually turn to pale green by midsummer. Slow growing, spreading clump. Excellent for moist garden, pond or creek edge. | ||||
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Creeping Broadleaf Sedge Carex siderosticha 'Variegata' |
Height 8" |
Spread 15" |
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Zone 6 |
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| Broad green blades edged in silvery white. Pink new growth. Evergreen with creeping growing habit. | ||||
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Blue Fescue Festuca glauca 'Boulder Blue' |
Height 8-10" |
Spread 12" |
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Zone 4 |
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| Deep, frosty blue color with a compact mounding habit. Heavy bloomer. Prefers well-drained soils. Drought tolerant. | ||||
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Elijah Blue Fescue Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' |
Height 1' |
Spread 1' |
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Zone 3 |
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| Dwarf variety with fine spiky foliage with spikes of buff colored inflorescence in summer. Prefers well-drained soils. Drought tolerant | ||||
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Curly Wurly Rush Juncus decipiens 'Curly Wurly' |
Height 1' |
Spread 1' |
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Zone 4 |
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| Curliest of the Curly Rushes. Fine textured tubular leaves twisted like several corkscrews. Great contrast plant for ponds. Blooms in July and August. | ||||
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Corkscrew Rush Juncus effusus 'Spiralis' |
Height 8" |
Spread 1' |
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Zone 4 |
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| Fine textured tubular leaves twisted like several corkscrews. Great contrast plant ponds. Blooms in July and August. | ||||
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Giant Chinese Silver Grass Miscanthus floridulus |
Height 10' |
Spread 6' |
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Zone 4 |
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| Large, clumping grass with tall silvery plumes. Great fall color. Drought tolerant. Prefers moist, well-drained soils. | ||||
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Arabesque Japanese Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Arabesque' |
Height 3-4' |
Spread 2-3' |
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Zone 4 |
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| Compact growth habit with fluffy plumes and finely textured leaves in August. | ||||
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Gold & Silver Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold & Silver' |
Height 5-6' |
Spread 3-6' |
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Zone 4 |
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| Slender, arching foliage with golden flowers that turn silver with age. | ||||
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Silver Maiden Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' |
Height 4-5' |
Spread 2' |
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Zone 4 |
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| Narrow clumps of silver variegated leaves. Pink tint in fall with deep red-bronze inflorescence. Blooms in October. | ||||
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Flame Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Purpurascens' |
Height 5' |
Spread 3' |
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Zone 4 |
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| Green leaves with pink midribs that tint red to orange in the fall. Pink to silver panicles in late summer. Prefers moist, well-drained soils. | ||||
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Red-Silver Japanese Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Rotsilber' |
Height 6-7' |
Spread 4' |
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Zone 5 |
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| Silky, red flowers fade to rose. Vigorous grower with great fall color. | ||||
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Silver Spider Japanese Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Silberspinne' |
Height 4' |
Spread 5' |
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Zone 4 |
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| Compact, upright grower with dense panicles of silvery pink plumes in late summer to fall. | ||||
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Porcupine Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus' |
Height 6-8' |
Spread 3-4' |
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Zone 4 |
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| Foliage: Green with yellow Horizontal bands of yellow at regular intervals on wide green leaves. Stiff, upright habit with copper flowers blooming 1-2" above foliage in Fall. | ||||
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Ribbon Grass Phalaris arundinacea 'Picta' |
Height 2-4' |
Spread 2-5' |
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Zone 4 |
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| Vigorous, upright grass with striped leaf blades of green and white. Panicles of pale pink flowers in late summer. Turns unattractive brown in fall. Prefers well-drained soils. May be invasive. | ||||