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Re: [SG] Ornamental grasses

In a message dated 10/11/98 5:03:12 PM Central Daylight Time,
venies.place@MCI2000.COM writes:

<< Does anyone have any suggestions for grasses that grow in shade? >>

Hi Pottsey,  here are two off the top of my head...

Luzula nivea, snowy woodrush, (i just picked up a small one from the local
garden club sale...it's kinda fuzzy and bluish-green) preferred sites: open
mountains; forestes with moist, loamy humus. perhaps the most ornamental of
the woodrushes..8 - 12 " tall and wide, flowers are fluffy white umbels, 1/2
to 3/4 inch across (this info taken from the Encycl. of Ornamental Grasses)

 Deschampsia caespitosa, tufted hairgrass: Origin = N. Hemisphere, 3-1/2 - 4',
Ori season of interest June - Oct, prefers moist and  shady sites, large beige
flowers make a soft mound of "hair" above almost evergreen foliage. (this info
taken from U of MN ext. bulletin on their 6 yr study of the cold tolerance of
grasses)

ok, now that I got out the bulletin I quoted from above, here is the list of
grasses they recommend for shady locations:

Cares species    most sedges
Deschampsia caepitosa   tufted hairgrass
Hakonechloa macra         hakonegrass
Hystrix patula                  bottlebrush
Juncus effusus                 common rush
Luzula species                most woodrushes

I'd like to hear others experiences with these grasses and grass-like plants..

Thanks,
Cindy Johnson
White Bear Lake, MN zone 4a
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