GENUS / SPECIES CULTIVAR COMMON NAME Tall FOL. COLOR FLOWER Expsr Soil Water Price Avlbl Acorus                     gramineus Sweet Flag 6-12 green N/A part sun acidic moist gramineus Ogon Golden Variegated Sweet Flag 10 gold/ green N/A part sun acidic moist gramineus Variegatus White Striped Sweet Flag 6-12 white& green N/A light shade acidic moist Baumea                   rubiginosa Variegata 2' green & yellow N/A full/part sun med/ high Bouteloua                   gracilis Mosquito Grass 1-2' gray-green fish-like full sun loamy or sandy regular or dry Briza                   media Rattlesnake Grass 12-18 green showy full sun any regular Calama-grostis                   acutiflora Stricta Feather Reed Grass 3-4' green showy bronze full sun any regular arundinacea Karl Foerster Foerster's Feather Reed Grass 3-4' green showy green & red full sun any med/ high nutkanensis Pacific Reed Grass 2-3' green purple full sun any /salt tolerant low/ med Carex                   buchananii Leather Leaf Sedge 1-2' Copper Brown N/A part sun well drained moist comans/ abula Frosty Curls New Zealand Hair Sedge 1' light green N/A full/part sun well drained moist flagelifera Weep. Brown N.Z. Sedge 1-2' Copper Brown N/A part sun/ lt. shade well drained med hachioensis Old Gold/ Everbrite Evergold Japanese Sedge 1' yellow/ green N/A part sun/ lt. shade well drained med/ high morrowii Goldband Goldband Japanese Sedge 1' green/ gold N/A part sun/ lt. shade well drained med/ high morrowii Variegata Silver Variegated Japan. Sedge 1' green & silver N/A full/part sun well drained med/ high pansa Calif. Meadow Sedge 4-6 green N/A full/part sun any low/ med spissa San Diego Sedge 3-4' silver gray small golden full/part sun any low/ med tumulicola Berkeley Sedge 1-2' green N/A sun or shade any low/ med/ high Chasman-thium                   latifolium Northern Sea Oats 2-3' green green to copper part sun any med/ high Cyperus                   albostriatus Broadleaf Umbrella Plant 1-2' green airy & showy part sun/lt. Shade any high albostriatus Variegatus Var. Broadleaf Umbrella Plant 1-2' subtle variegation airy & showy part sun/lt. Shade any high alternifolius 'nana' Umbrella Plant 18-24 green green papyrus Papyrus 4-8' green showy green full/part sun fertile high papyrus Nana Dwarf Papyrus 2-3' green showy part sun/lt. shade fertile soil high Equisetum                   hyemale Horsetail Reed/Rush 2-3' green w/black bands cone-like full/part sun any high scirpoides Dwarf Horsetail /scouring Rush 6 olive green N/A full/part sun any high Festuca                   amethystina April Gruen Fescue 8-12 green blue full/part sun well drained low/ med californica California Fescue 2-3' blue/ green showy/ green full/part sun any med/ low cinerea Azurit Blue Fescue 12-16 blue golden full/part sun any low/ med cinerea Elijah Blue Blue Fescue 8 powder blue golden /showy full/part sun any med Hako-nechloa                   macra aureola Golden Variegated Hakone 1-2' green & yellow light, airy part sun/ shade well drained med Helic-totrichon                   semperviren Blue Oat Grass 18 blue showy blue full sun well drained low/ med Imperata                   cylindrica Red Baron Japanese Blood Grass 12-18 red-green none full sun well drained med Juncus                   effusus Spiralis Corkscrew Rush 1-2' green N/A full/part sun peat high Carmen's Japanese Carmen's Japanese Rush 2' green small, showy full/part sun any med/ high pallida 3' Green N/A full/part sun any med/ high patens Calif. Gray Rush 2' gray-green N/A sun or shade any low/ med /high Unicorn Unicorn Rush 2' green N/A sun or shade any med/ high Miscanthus                   sinensis Adajio Adajio Japanese Silver Grass 2' green showy white full sun any med sinensis Cabaret Cabaret Japanese Silver Grass 6' white& green showy copper full sun any med sinensis Cosmo-politan Cosmopolitan Japanese Silver Grass 4-6' green & white showy copper full sun any med sinensis Gracilimus Maiden Grass 5-6' green showy copper full sun any med sinensis Morning Light Morning Light Japanese Silver Grass 4-5' Slivery green showy bronze full sun any med sinensis Positano Positano Japanese Silver Grass 4-5' green w/fall color reddish, showy full sun any med sinensis Strictus Porcupine Grass 4-6' green&yel bands showy copper full/part sun any med sinensis Variegatus Var. Japan. Silver Grass 4-6' Green & White showy full/part sun any med sinensis Yaku Jima Yaku Jima Japanese Silver Grass 3-4' green showy white full sun any med sinensis Zebrinus Zebra Grass 5-6' green& yel bands showy copper full sun any med/ high transmor-risonensis Evergreen Miscanthus 3-5' green reddish, showy full/part sun any low/ med Molinia                   caerulea Purple Moor Grass 1-2' green purple full/part sun acidic med caerulea Variegata Variegated Moor Grass 18 green & cream purple showy part sun/lt. shade acidic med arundi-nacea staefa Staefa Tall Moor Grass 2-3' green showy purple full/part sun acidic med Muhlen-bergia                   capillaris Pink Muhly 2-3' green showy pink full/part sun well drained low/ med dumosa Bamboo Muhly 3-6' green, bamboo-like N/A full sun well drained low/ med lindheimeri Lindheimer Muhly 18 blue-green showy lavender full/ part sun any low/ med pubescens Soft Blue Mexican Muhly 1' blue-green showy lavender full sun well drained low rigens Deer Grass 3-4' blue/green showy gray full/part sun low/ med Ophio-pogon                   japonicus Mondo Grass 1' green N/A part sun/lt. shade well drained med japonicus Nana Dwarf Mondo Grass 6 green N/A part sun/lt. shade well drained med japonicus Nigra Black Mondo Grass 8 black N/A part sun/lt. Shade well drained med Panicum                   virgatum Heavy Metal Heavy Metal Switch Grass 3' blue-green showy full/part sun any med/ low Shenan-doah Red Switch Grass 3-4' green/ red in fall showy reddish, airy full/part sun any low/ med/ high Pennisetum                   alopecuroides Fountain Grass 2-3' green showy cream full sun well drained med National Arboretum Black Fountain Grass 2' green showy black full/part sun well drained med orientale Oriental Fountain Grass 18 green cream, showy full/part sun well drained low/ med Karley Rose Karley Rose Fountain Grass 2-3' green showy rose full/part sun well drained low/ med setaceum Rubrum Red Fountain Grass 4' red red-purple, showy full/part sun well drained med Schiza-chyrium                   scoparium The Blues Little Bluestem 2-3' light blue fine full sun well drained low/ med Scirpus                   cernus Fiber Optics Grass 6-12 bright green small part sun/lt. shade any med/ high Seslaria                   autumnalis Autumn Moor Grass 18 green N/A full/part sun well drained med heuffleriana Green Moor Grass 18 green N/A full/part sun well drained med Stipa                   gigantea Giant Feather Grass 2' gray-green showy golden full sun well drained med/ low