Grasses that Flowers aren’t just pretty; they also make your garden feel calm and connected to nature.
Grasses add an unmistakable green appeal to any place and if you have some in your collection that bloom, well, that’s like having the best there is!
Grasses that Flower
1. Feather Reed Grass
Botanical Name: Calamagrostis acutiflora
Feather Reed Grass is a popular ornament choice that has feathery plumes. It can grow 3-6 feet tall, and blooms in late spring and early summer on tall stalks.
2. Pampas Grass
Botanical Name: Cortaderia selloana
Pampas grass is one of the most recognised grasses with flower. Well, they are actually fluffy plumes! It is native to South America and has a long life, even as a dried flower.
3. Blue Fescue Grass
Botanical Name: Festuca glauca
Blue Fescue is a cool-season grass with blue foliage. Well, its blooms are not showy at all, and it is more famous for its foliage! Anyway, it makes for a great border plant in clusters!
4. Switchgrass
Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum
Switchgrass is a perennial with tall, upright clumps and airy flower panicles. It blooms in midsummer, around July-August, and is green-white in color. This one is also has burgundy anthers and stigmas.
5. Japanese Blood Grass
Botanical Name: Imperata cylindrica
Japanese Blood Grass is popular for its bright red foliage, but it also produces flowers. The blooms appear in August-September and are really small. They are silver-white and barely noticeable.
6. Mexican Feather Grass
Botanical Name: Nassella tenuissima
Mexican Feather is one of the most beautiful grasses that flower. The blossoms appear in late spring or early summer and are light green-golden. What sets it apart from other grasses is that its plumes fade from silver to golden in fall.
7. Fountain Grass
Botanical Name: Pennisetum alopecuroides
Fountain Grass stands out with its showy flower plumes and arching foliage. It blooms in late summer and the flowers come in pretty shades of white, pink, copper, or purple.
8. Northern Sea Oats
Botanical Name: Chasmanthium latifolium
Northern Sea Oats is a clump-forming grass with bamboo-like foliage. It is popular for its ability to thrive in different light conditions and has green flowers that eventually turn into oat-like seed heads.
9. Hop Sedge
Botanical Name: Carex pseudocyperus
Hop Sedge blooms in June and has spikes full of both male and female flowers. The blossoms are not showy, and it is the foliage that steals the show with its yellow-green color.
10. Tufted Hair Grass
Botanical Name: Deschampsia cespitosa
Another lovely grass with flowers, this one blooms in summer with green-silver blooms that have a hint of purple. They grow in clusters above the grassy foliage.
11. Little Bluestem
Botanical Name: Schizachyrium scoparium
Little Bluestem is a native warm-season grass with lovely blue-green foliage. Its flowers bloom in late summer on tall, spike-like clusters at the top of the stems. It’s a great choice for year-round interest.
12. Indian Grass
Botanical Name: Sorghastrum nutans
Indian Grass is a beautiful North American native that is known for its blue-green foliage that turns into a yellow-orange color when fall arrives. It also has flowers that are arranged in branched clusters that start as golden brown, and slowly fade to light gray.
