A Suggested List of Ornamental Grasses for the Garden
| Small Ornamental Grasses | Blue Fescue
Ribbon Grass Japanese Blood Grass |
| Mid-Size Grasses | Quaking Grass
Fountain Grass Red Switch Grass Little Blue Stem |
| Tall Ornamental Grasses | Hardy Pampas Grass
Miscanthus Grass Maiden Grass Porcupine Grass |
| Grasses for the Rock Garden | Briza media
Carex species and cultivars Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' Holcus lanatus 'Variegatus' Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron' Luzula species Molinia caerulea |
| Grasses for the Woodland Garden | Carex
Hystrix patula Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron' Deschampsia caespitosa and cultivars |
| Grasses for the Prairie Garden | Bouteloua gracilis
Briza media Cortaderia selloana Festuca amethystina Helictotrichon sempervirens Panicum virgatum |
| Grasses for the Seashore Garden | Ammophila breviligulata
Elymus arenarius Helictotrichon sempervirens Phalaris arundinacea 'Picta' Phragmites australis Spartina pectinata 'Aureo-Marginata' |