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

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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'

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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

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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'