Question:
Are there ornamental grasses with colorful fall foliage?Answer:
Several ornamental grasses develop good fall color.
- Switchgrass (Panicum spp.) Switchgrass cultivars with colorful fall foliage include
- ‘Rehbraun’ (reddish brown)
- ‘Rotstrahlbusch’ (burgundy red)
- 'Prairie Fire’ (wine red).
- Miscanthus. In fall, Miscanthus cultivars have orange-red and golden orange foliage respectively
- ‘Purpurascens’
- ‘November Sunset’
- Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) has yellow to burnt orange fall color.
- The fall color of little bluestem cultivar ‘Blaze’ is orange to reddish purple
- ‘Blue Heaven’ develops a burgundy red color in autumn.
- Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- ‘Red October,’ a cultivar of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), has burgundy red foliage in fall.
- Moor grass (Molinia caerulea ssp. arundinacea)
- The fall foliage of ‘Cordoba’ purple moor grass (Molinia caerulea ssp. arundinacea) is golden yellow.
- Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
- ‘Tara’ prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) develops a orange-red fall color.
Learn about other perennials with fall color in this article: Perennials with Fall Color.
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September 5, 2024