Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
 |
Common Name
|
Height
cm / in
|
Bloom Height
|
Bloom Time
|
Foliage Color/Blade Width
|
Ideal Growing Conditions
|
Season
|
H2O
Req*
|
Roots
|
Zone
|
| Festuca glauca 'Blaufuchs' |
Blue Fox fescue |
15-25
6-10" |
20-30
8-12" |
May-June |
intense blue
narrow |
full sun/pt shade
well drained soil |
cool |
2 |
clump |
3 |
| Festuca glauca 'Boulder Blue' |
Boulder Blue fescue |
15-25
6-10" |
20-30
8-12" |
May-June |
intense blue
narrow |
full sun/pt shade
well drained soil |
cool |
2 |
clump |
3 |
| Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' |
Elijah's Blue fescue |
10-20
4-8" |
15-25
6-10" |
May-June |
powder blue
narrow |
full sun/pt shade
well drained soil |
cool |
2 |
clump |
4 |
| Festuca idahoensis 'Joseph' |
Idaho fescue |
75-105
30-42" |
90-120
36-48" |
May-June |
blue-green
narrow |
full sun
well drained soil |
cool |
2 |
clump |
3 |
| Festuca idahoensis 'Siskiyou Blue' |
Idaho fescue |
25-35
10-14" |
35-45
14-18" |
May-June |
strong blue
narrow |
full sun/lt shade
well drained soil |
cool/semi-
evergreen |
2 |
clump |
4 |
| Festuca mairei |
Atlas fescue |
75-100
30-40"
|
100-125
40-50" |
June-July |
medium-
green
medium |
full sun/pt shade
moist, well drained soil |
cool/semi-
evergreen |
2 |
clump |
4 |
| Festuca ovina |
Green fescue |
30
12 "
|
45
18 " |
May-June |
greyish to bluish green
narrow |
full sun/lt shade
average, well drained soil |
cool/semi-
evergreen |
1 |
clump |
4 |
| Festuca valesiaca 'Nefer' |
Nefer fescue |
20-25
8-10" |
30-40
12-16" |
May-June |
blue/green
narrow
|
full sun
well drained soil |
cool |
2 |
clump |
4 |
| Helictotrichon sempervirens |
Blue oat grass |
50-60
20-24" |
50-100
20-40" |
June-July |
blue
medium |
full sun/pt shade
well drained soil |
cool/semi-evergreen |
2 |
clump |
3 |
| Juncus effusus 'Spiralis' |
Lesser corkscrew rush |
10-20
4-8" |
10-20
4-8" |
June-July |
green
fine, spiral |
sun/part shade
moist to wet soil |
cool/semi-
evergreen |
4 |
clump |
4 |
| Juncus inflexus 'Lovesick Blues' |
Lovesick blues rush |
70-100
28-40" |
70-100
28-40" |
June-July |
blue-grey
narrow |
sun/part shade
moist to wet soil |
cool/semi-
evergreen |
4 |
clump |
4 |
| Koeleria glauca |
Blue hair grass |
15-25
6-12" |
15-30
6-12" |
June-July |
blue-grey
medium
|
full sun
lean soil, wide range of soil types |
cool |
2 |
clump |
4 |
Koeleria pyramidata
syn K. cristata |
Prairie june grass |
15-30
6-12"
|
25-40
10-16" |
June-July |
green
medium |
full sun
well drained, sand to clay soil |
cool |
1 |
clump |
3 |
| Koeleria valliana 'Mountain Breeze' |
Blue hair grass |
15-25
6-12" |
15-30
6-12" |
June-July |
blue-grey
medium
|
full sun
lean soil, wide range of soil types |
cool |
2 |
clump |
4 |
| Luzula nivea |
Snowy woodrush |
30-40
12-16" |
50-70
20-28" |
May-June |
green
medium
|
part shade/full shade
moist soil |
cool/semi-
evergreen |
2 |
clump |
4 |
| Luzula sylvatica |
Greater wood rush |
30-40
12-16" |
40-50
16-20" |
May-July |
green
wide |
part shade/full shade
moist to dry soil |
cool/semi-
evergreen |
2 |
clump |
3 |