Light Bloom Fall Height   Space Biennial
 SCIENTIFIC NAME
 COMMON NAME
POTS
SEEDS
    
Preference Period Color Inches Moisture Inches Perennial
large
 small Packet
Ounce
PLS lb
Rating Comments
Sun - lt. shade July - Aug. red-brown
60 - 108
average
18 - 24
 P Andropogon gerardi Big Bluestem
$4.50
$2.25
  
$2.50
$12.00
*
 Use with Blazing Stars, Compass Plant, Sweet Coneflower, & other tall ones. Plants may fall over in Nov.
              Andropogon virginicus Broomsedge       $4.25 $55.00    
Sun - lt. shade
Apr - May
evergreeen
96 - 144
ave - moi
24 - 48
P
Arundinaria gigantea
Native Bamboo
out
**
Good wildlife cover. Remains green in winter. It will not spread into areas that are mowed regularily.
Sun July - Sept. tan
18 - 24
dry - ave.
12 - 18
 P Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats Grama
El Reno
Sept.
  
$2.50
$12.00
****
 Foliage is a foot or less. Leafless seed stalks have attractive, oat-like seeds hanging to one side at top.
Sun June - Aug. tan
4 - 6
dry
12 - 16
 P Buchloe dactyloides Buffalo Grass, Cody
out
$2.25
  
$2.50
$15.00
****
We sell seeds of a cultivar designed for lawns. Thrive in compact, clay soil and sun.
Shade
Mar. - June
green
8 - 12
ave. - moi.
10 - 12
P
Carex albicans
Oak Sedge
$4.50
$2.25
****
Dense tufts of dark green slender leaves make it a choice for borders & filing space among small perennials.
Sun - shade
Apr. - Aug.
green
6
dry - moi.
8 - 10
P
Carex eburnea
Cedar Sedge
$4.50
Sun - shade May - July green 5 - 10 dry - ave.
8 - 12
 P Carex glaucodea Blue Wood Sedge
out
 
**
More blue than green foliage, its compact size and being evergreen make it a good border plant. 
Lt. - med. shade
May - Oct.
green
12 - 18
ave. - moi.
10 - 12
P
Carex grayi
Globe Sedge
$4.50
$2.25
Sun - shade June - Sept. tan
12 - 24
ave. - moi.
12 - 18
 P Carex muskingumensis Palm Sedge
$4.50
$2.25
$2.50
 
***
Terrific foliage plant for rain gardens and other plantings with average moisture. Almost evergreen. 
Sun - part shade
May - July
green
18 - 24
moist
12 - 16
P
Carex shortiana
Short's Sedge
$2.25
$5.25
$70.00
Sun - part shade
Apr. - Sept.
green
18 - 24
moist
12 - 24
P
Carex squarrosa
$2.25
Sun - lt. shade May & June tan
16 - 24
moist
18 - 24
 P Carex stricta Tussock Sedge
$4.50
out
  
****
Like Prairie Dropseed foliage with fountain effect, but will take some shade & wet soil. Rain Garden.
              Carex vulponidea Fox Sedge       $6.00

$78.00

    
Sun - med. shade July or Aug. red/brown
24 - 36
ave. - moi.
16 - 20
 P Chasmanthium latifolium River Oats, Sea Oats
$4.50
$2.25
$2.50
$3.00
$40.00
***
Attractive flattened seed heads. Plant in mass in shade to stabilize soil. They increase in beds from seed.
Sun - lt. shade June tan
3 - 6
dry - ave.
4 - 6
P Danthonia spicata Poverty grass
out
$2.50
**
We are anxious for this species to be discovered as a low maintenance lawn grass for poor, Ozarkian soil.
Lt. - full shade Aug or Sept tan
16 - 24
average
18 - 24
 P Diarrhena obovata American Beakgrain $4.50
$2.25
$2.50
out
***
Dark green arching foliage remains green into Winter. Will hold soil on shaded slopes. Rain garden.
Sun - shade June & July tan
36 - 48
dry - moi.
12 - 16
 P Elymus canadensis Canada Wild Rye
$4.50
$2.25
  
out
**
Used in Prairie/Meadow plantings. Makes nutritious forage and hay. Adds vertical contrast in beds.
Sun- med shade June & July tan
30 - 48
dry - ave.
12 - 16
 P Elymus hystrix Bottlebrush Grass
$4.50
$2.25
  
out
***
Seed structures remain well into Fall. Use in partly shaded locations. A conservative species in beds.
Sun - shade June & July tan
36 - 48
dry - moi.
12 - 16
 P Elymus virginia Virginia Wild Rye
out
 
$2.50
$9.00
**
Same qualities as E canadensis. Seed structures tend to stand erect while canadensis's tend to nod over.
Sun - med shade
green
30 - 40
ave. - wet
12 - 24
P
Equisetum hyemale
Scouring Rush, Horsetail
$4.50
**
This interesting primitve plant can have many uses when landscaping moist areas. Be aware that it spreads.
Sun - lt. shade July - Oct. tan 30 - 40 dry - moi.
16 - 24
P Eragrostis trichodes Sand Love Grass
$4.50
 $2.25  
**
Rounded 6 to 12" clumps of leaves are topped by very ornate, 20 to 40" seed stalks in late Summer.
Sun - lt. shade
Sept.- Oct.
silvery white
24 - 36
dry - ave.
12 - 18
P
Erianthus alopecuroides
Silver Plume Grass
$4.50
Sun - lt. shade June - Sept. evergreen
24 - 36
moi. - wet
12 - 20
 P Juncus effusus Soft Rush
$4.50
$2.25
$2.50
****
Tight clumps of soft, round, vertical leaves make it a formal species for perennial beds & rain gardens.
Sun June tan
18 - 24
dry - ave.
8 - 12
 P Koeleria macrantha June Grass
out
 
Lt.- med. shade
July- Sept.
moi. - wet
P
Leersia lenticulans
Oatmeal Grass
out
Sun July - Aug. red/brown
36 - 60
dry - moi.
16 - 24
 P Panicum virgatum Switch Grass
$4.50
out
out
****
A most formal, native gras, standing up through winter, & giving true meaning to "ornamental" grass.
Sun - lt. shade August red/brown
24 - 48
dry - ave.
12 - 18
 P Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem
$4.50
$2.25
  
$2.50
$17.00
****
Our plants have a faded denim color when growing, and are showiest from early July to October.
Sun - lt. shade August tan
60 - 84
dry - ave.
12 - 18
 P Sorghastrum nutans Indian Grass
$4.50
$2.25
  
$2.50
$8.00
**
A courser foliage grass that can fit in well among and ehind tall flowers. Seed lightly in prairie plantings.
Sun Aug. - Sept. tan
60 - 84
ave. - moi.
16 - 24
 P Spartina pectinata Prairie Cord Grass
$4.50
Gallons $5.50
*
Use in low areas for erosion and weed control. A beautiful colony-forming grass that needs space.
Sun Aug. - Oct. tan
18 - 24
dry - ave.
24 - 36
 P Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed
$4.50
$2.25
$2.50
$7.25
$95.00
****
Equally space (30" - 36") this ornamental grass to create a formal presentation. Likes dry, sunny places.
Sun - lt. shade June or July orange-tan
5 - 8
 dry - moi.
24 - 48
 P Tripsacum dactyloides Eastern Gama Grass
Seed is a cultivar.
out


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