Ornamental Grasses

Including ornamental grasses in your landscape design is a unique and creative way to add exciting contrast. They are extremely versatile with their varying sizes, shapes, flowers and plumes, textures and colours. They also very nicely accent ponds, large rocks, borders and backs of perennial gardens. They add depth, height, privacy, and create movement in the garden all year round. Ornamental grasses are low maintenance and some varieties provide fall colour and winter interest. The taller varieties (miscanthus for example) generally are an economic way to fill a space in your garden where height is required.

Listed below are ExperTrees' favorites and the most popular types.

*Hardiness is determined by the areas in which the plant has been proven to grow, despite cooler conditions.

Tender:

These grasses must be used as an annual in Southern Ontario , or wintered indoors in a sunny room.

Hardy:

These grasses have been proven hardy in southern Ontario , as far north as Hwy 9. We have had some success planting these in the Georgian Bay area.

Very Hardy:

These grasses have proven very hardy in southern Ontario , as far north as Thunder Bay .