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Calamagrostis (Feather Reed Grass and Korean Feather Grass)

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  • Thin foliage and bright mid-summer blooms
  • Strong, vertical element in the landscape​
  • Awesome cut flowers
  • ​Beautiful backdrops to colorful blooming perennials

brachytricha (Korean Feather Grass)

  • Slow spreading warm season grass
  • Tolerates moist sites, pollution and partial shade
  • Pinkish feathery blooms age to tan
  • Great along streams and ponds; woodland plantings​
  • Pair with Amsonia 'Blue Ice' and Astilbe 'Delft Lace'
  • ​Height with bloom - 4 to 5 feet
  • 4' H x 3' W
  • Bloom time: Summer-Fall
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Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Calamagrostis 'Overdam'
Sporobolus heterolepis
Pennisetum 'Jambalaya'

x acutifolia 'Karl Foerster'

  • Cool season grass
  • One of the first OG's to bloom
  • Thrives in wet soils but tolerates drier conditions
  • Red-bronze feathery flower spikes turn golden in fall
  • Great for narrow spaces
  • ​Height with bloom - 5 to 6 feet
  • 4' H x 2' W​​
  • Bloom time: Summer
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Calamagrostis brachytricha
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Overdam'
Panicum 'Shenandoah'
Equisetum hyemale

x acutifolia 'Overdam'

  • Cool season grass
  • More compact variegated sport of 'Karl Foerster'
  • Tolerates heat and humidity when planted in part shade
  • Great addition to a white garden
  • Height with bloom - 5 feet
  • 3' H x 3' W
  • Bloom time: Summer
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Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster'
Panicum 'Shenandoah'
Miscanthus 'Little Zebra'
Chelone 'Hot Lips'
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Wauconda, IL 60084
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