True prairie grasses from North America, tight clump formers for drained soil in sun. Lovely late summer flowers and autumn foliage. Like Miscanthus they need to be cut back to near ground level in March.
Recent introduction from the USA. Broad blue-grey foliage and pinkish flowers to 1.8m+. Very upright habit and super yellow autumn foliage colour turns warm buff throughout winter. Average soil in sun.
A very narrow, upright growing, grey leafed form with sprays of pinkish grey flowers in late summer and autumn. Great yellow autumn foliage. Good winter stems/seadheads to 1.5m.
A new variety from Bressingham Gardens this makes columnar clumps of light green foliage with purple tips turning more purple into autumn. Sprays of purple-red flowers to 60cm. Good soil in sun.
A slightly unusual form in that this has greyish green foliage with bright rusty red autumn colour on the upright clumps to 1m. Sprays of reddish flowers from late summer. Decent soil in full sun.
Upright clumps of wiry stems clad with bright green leaves which turn blood red/purple in the autumn. Open sprays of fine flowers from late summer. Good winter effect. 1.2m. Average to good soil in sun.
Leaden green foliage and open panicles of rusty flowers in autumn. Foliage turns reddish and then butter yellow from mid September. Good winter effect. Clumps of upright stems to 1m. Good soil in sun.
Clumps of upright stems clothed with deep green leaves that turn purplish red in autumn. The clump topped with sprays (panicles) of ruby red flowers from August. An excellent ornamental grass for autumn effect in ordinary soil in sun.
