![]() Inflorescence red-purple in very early spring. ![]() Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex pensylvanica) - PART TO FULL SHADE Use as a vertical accent in a border or in mass between wild and cultivated areas, especially on hillsides. Keep clump free of weeds until well-established. Emerges blue-gree, turns brownish-red in fall. Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) - SUNĬlump-forming grass. Use as a specimen in borders or in meadows. Coppery colored inflorescence in late summer and fall. Keep clump free of weeds until established. Part sun, but will tolerate quite a bit of shade. Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix) - PART SUN TO SHADEīristle-like inflorescence in summer. Also combine with spring or fall-blooming crocus. Nice among low groundcovers or rocks, in low, moist meadows or as an edger. Individuals may be short-lived but new seedlings may form at the base of mature plants. Star-shaped blooms at the tips of grass-like blades in late spring through early summer. Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) - PART SUN Combine with Blazing Star, goldenrods, sunflowers, Joe-Pye and ironweeds in meadow and informal plantings. Keep clump free of weeds until well established. Purplish inflorescence in late summer followed by 3-pronged seed head. Clump-forming, stronglyvertical grass. Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) - SUN - Also called Turkeyfoot
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