doc23 Ornamental Grasses Bamboo Muhly Big Muhly Coastal
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23 Ornamental Grasses Bamboo Muhly Big Muhly Coastal
Bamboo Muhly Ornamental Grasses Muhlenbergia dumosa • Perennial grass 3-6 ft x 3-4 ft • Sun/part shade • Medium - low water • Summer-fall bloom • Fast growing • Sand, loam, clay • Native to AZ & NW MX • Hardy to 10° • Deer resistant KEY: Provides food for butterflies Provides food & nesting for hummingbirds Provides food, cover, or nesting for birds Big Muhly Muhlenbergia lindheimeri • Perennial grass 5 ft x 5 ft • Sun/part sun • Medium water • Sand, loam, clay, limestone • Fall seed heads • Native to C TX • Salt tolerant • Deer resistant Gulf Muhly Muhlenbergia capillaris • Perennial grass 3 ft x 3 ft • Sun/part sun • Low water • Fall seed heads • Sand, sandy loam • Native to TX coast • Salt tolerant • Deer resistant Coastal Cordgrass Spartina spartinae • Perennial grass 3 ft x 3 ft • Sun/part shade • Low - high water • Summer-fall seed heads • Fast growing • Native to TX coast • Sandy tidal flats • Salt tolerant Inland Seaoats Chasmanthium latifolium • Perennial grass 2-4 ft x 2 ft • Part shade/ shade • Medium water • Late summerfall seed heads • Sand, loam, clay • Native to SE TX • Deer resistant 23 Lemon Grass Cymbopogon citratus • Fragrant perennial culinary grass • 6 ft x 4 ft • Sun/light shade • Medium – high water • Will freeze to ground & grow back • Caution- leaves have sharp edges • Native to India & Sri Lanka Mexican Feathergrass Nassella tenuissima • Perennial grass 2 ft x 2 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Summer seed heads • Sand, loam, clay • Native to SW TX • Deer resistant • Mass for a groundcover Purple Threeawn Aristida purpurea • Perennial grass 1-2 ft x 1 ft • Full sun • Very low water • Spring–early fall seed heads • Sand, loam, clay, limestone • Native to TX coast • Salt tolerant • Deer resistant 24 Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium • Perennial grass 3-4 ft x 1 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Summer –fall seed heads • Sand, loam, clay, limestone • Native to TX • Salt tolerant • Deer resistant Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’ • Perennial grass 4-6 ft x 2-4 ft • Sun/part shade • Low water • Blooms late spring-fall • Native to Africa, Asia • Deer resistant • Cultivar – does not seed Yellow Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans • Rhizomatous perennial grass 3-8 ft x 1 ft • Sun/part shade/shade • Medium water • Fall seed heads • Sand, loam, clay, limestone • Native to NC, C, S TX • Deer resistant
