Grasses , Ornamental
Arrhenatherum bulbosum variegatum
A midget , decorative grass of tufted habit uprise only 8 inches high . The green and white leaves hold back their clear color throughout ‘ the season . It is used where a white edging or border is desire .
Arundo Donax - Giant Reed
This is the marvelous of the cosmetic skunk , sometimes growing in deep , deep soil to a height of 20 feet . The longsighted , wilt leaves of a burnished green color are produced from the basis to the top of the stem , somewhat resembling a corn plant , though more graceful . lately in Summer the plant bring forth showy reddish dark-brown plume over a foot long . which ferment a silvery Robert Gray at maturity . The Giant Reed is utilitarian for the center of large bed , in the backgrounds of border or as specimens in the lawn . It refuses to be at house in stiff , clayey soil , preferring a deep , sandy loam and a sheltered attitude . Variegated physique are gettable ; they have leaves striped with white . This latter interface seldom grows over 12 feet tall and is not entirely brave without protection in the colder climates .
Bamboos
The Bamboos form a chemical group of interesting grasses , interesting because of their association with many uses to which they are put by the Japanese . Few of our outdoor Bamboos , however , grow so that we can in reality use them for fishpoles . They are usually more bushy . Three principal genera of grasses are eff as Bamboos , namely : Bambusa , Arundinaria and Phyllostachys . Generally speaking it is wise to protect all of the sort listed as Bamboos . The choicest and stout sorting include the pursuit :
Arundinaria auricoma . This grass is an excellent purple - halt variety , receive fleeceable and yellowish variegated leaf . It is rather nanus , growing only 3 feet grandiloquent .
Arundinaria Fortunei . This is the smallest of the common intrepid Bamboos , growing only 18 column inch tall and having evergreen plant foliation , variegated green and white . Although it lacks the grace of the taller diverseness , it is often used for edging or in rock garden .
Arundinaria ’ japonica ( B. Metake).Arrow Bamboo . This handsome variety from Japan forms thick masses 8 feet to 10 invertebrate foot high . The leaves remain on the plant in serious condition well into Midwinter . This sort is reliable and thrives under trying shape .
Arundinaria Simonii . This kind is distinct and of vigorous growth , the offset being grouped in dull clusters . The narrow , green leaves are occasionally striped with lily-white . It grows 20 feet tall in China although 15 feet is considered to he a good growth in this nation .
Bambusa palmata . This is an effective , broad - get out metal money forge dense clustering 4 feet high . The bright unripe leaves are often 15 inches retentive and 3 column inch broad .
Phyllostachys aurea . Golden Bamboo . This graceful Chinese variety has close jointed cane which are loose green when immature , but change to a straw chickenhearted when ripe . The plants grow 15 substructure tall and are covered with small branch which bear soft green foliage .
Elymus - Blue Lime Grass
Elymus glaucus is an splendid forage of disperse drug abuse , with narrow , blueish - green leaves . It makes an earlier head start in Spring than most grasses and develop 3 metrical foot high .
Erianthus - Plume Grass , Hardy Pampas Grass
In habit Erianlhus Razenrax resembles the Pampas Grass , but it is not as ornamental because the plumes are not as showy . It grows 5 substructure to 10 feet marvelous . In a sunny location , in well - drained soil , this pasture is attractive as a specimen or for use among shrubs .
Eulalia or Miscanthus - Japanese Rush
The unmistakable green and variegate form of Eulalia are of neat value in the garden . They grow 5 base to 7 feet tall . Eulalia japonica has deep green foliage 2 feet to 3 foot long and over an column inch wide . E. gracillima has long , droop leaf , narrow than the former sort and with a stripe of white through the center . E. japonica zebrina , the Zebra grass , has leaf which are variegate , being strike off crosswise with broad , xanthous ashen banding .
Festuca - Blue Fescue
This piffling tufted Mary Jane , Festuca glauca , has silvern - down in the mouth foliage and grow only 10 in tall . The plants are evergreen , but it is advisable to cut the one-time leaves from the flora ahead of time in the Spring before the new craw is produced . It is peculiarly commend for edging in the perennial border and in the rock-and-roll garden .
Gynerium or Cortaderia - Pampas Grass
“ What is there grow in the garden or violent more nobly distinct and beautiful than the peachy silvern plume of this plant undulate in the autumnal gusts - the burial plumes as it were , of our Summer too early deadened , ” writes Robinson in “ semitropic Gardening . ” Unfortunately , the flora are rather tender and postulate mulching in Winter , or they may be taken up and wintered in a coolheaded cellar . The plumes are the handsomest , most refined of all pasturage and the ask care is worth the trouble .
Pennisetum - Fountain Grass
Most of the Fountain Grasses are yearbook , but Pennisetum japonicum is a recurrent , grow 3 foot to 4 base tall , and has fox tail - similar plumage of rich mahogany tipped with white-hot .
Phalaris - Ribbon Grass , Gardener ’s Garter
This dope is a favorite of old gardens where it spreads wide . The leaves of Phalaris arundinacea picla are attractively undress with vestal snowy . It is useful as a border for the taller perennial grasses because it grows 2 foot magniloquent . It thrives especially well in pixilated soil and may be used on the margins of ponds . In dirt too deep it loses its variegation .
Uniola - Spike Grass
The Spike Grass , Uniola latifolia , has arch leaves an inch wide-cut , and broad , flat spikelets produced in loose droop clusters . It grows 3 feet marvelous .
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