Ornamental grasses for zone 11
These 32 ornamental grasses grow in USDA zone 11. Zone 11 winters reach 40 to 50°F (4 to 10°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- purple fountain grassCenchrus setaceum 'Rubrum'Zones 9 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- lemongrassCymbopogon citratusZones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- umbrella plantCyperus alternifoliusZones 9 to 12 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- citronella grassCymbopogon nardusZones 10 to 12 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 8 ft
- lemon grassCymbopogon flexuosusZones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- black bambooPhyllostachys nigraZones 7 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 15 to 25 ft
- california fescueFestuca californicaZones 7 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 4 ft
- purple needle grassNassella pulchraZones 7 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- saltmeadow cordgrassSporobolus eatonianusZones 4 to 11 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- sea oatsUniola paniculataZones 6 to 11 · Full sun · 4 to 6 ft
- smooth cordgrassSporobolus alterniflorusZones 5 to 11 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- buddha's belly bambooBambusa ventricosaZones 9 to 12 · Sun to part shade · 40 to 55 ft
- giant bambooDendrocalamus giganteusZones 9 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 80 to 100 ft
- fish-pole bambooPhyllostachys aureaZones 7 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 15 to 25 ft
- Pacific reedgrassCalamagrostis nutkaensisZones 7 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- First Knight fountain grassPennisetum 'First Knight'Zones 7 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- quaking grassBriza mediaZones 4 to 11 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Purple Majesty ornamental milletCenchrus violaceus 'Purple Majesty'Zones 2 to 11 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- yellow groove bambooPhyllostachys aureosulcata f. spectabilisZones 5 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 15 to 25 ft
- Seascape mat rushLomandra confertifolia 'Seascape'Zones 8 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Lemony Snicket lemongrassCymbopogon citratus 'Lemony Snicket'Zones 8 to 11 · Full sun
- seashore dropseedSporobolus virginicusZones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- green-glaucous bambooPhyllostachys viridiglaucescensZones 7 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 15 to 25 ft
- aureocaulis bambooPhyllostachys vivax f. aureocaulisZones 5 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 15 to 70 ft
- Baby Tut umbrella plantCyperus alternifolius 'Baby Tut'Zones 9 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Gracilis umbrella plantCyperus alternifolius 'Gracilis'Zones 9 to 12 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Boryana black bambooPhyllostachys nigra 'Boryana'Zones 7 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 15 to 25 ft
- Barbelletta giant timber bambooBambusa chungii 'Barbelletta'Zones 9 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 20 to 25 ft
- Wamin giant timber bambooBambusa vulgaris 'Wamin'Zones 9 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 15 ft
- Golden Goddess giant timber bambooBambusa multiplex 'Golden Goddess'Zones 8 to 11 · Full sun
- Tift 8 elephant grassPennisetum 'Tift 8'Zones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 4 to 8 ft
- Graceful Grasses Curly Wurly lamp rushJuncus effusus 'Graceful Grasses Curly Wurly'Zones 1 to 11 · Full sun
- dwarf papyrusCyperus haspanZones 9 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft