Ornamental grasses for zone 3
These 146 ornamental grasses grow in USDA zone 3. Zone 3 winters reach -40 to -30°F (-40 to -34°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- prairie dropseedSporobolus heterolepisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- sedgeCarex pensylvanicaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 6 to 12"
- blue gramaBouteloua gracilisZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Indian grassSorghastrum nutansZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- switchgrassPanicum virgatumZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensisZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- little bluestemSchizachyrium scopariumZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- tall fescueLolium arundinaceumZones 3 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- Standing Ovation little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Standing Ovation'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- foxtail barleyHordeum jubatumZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Blonde Ambition blue gramaBouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition'Zones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- sedgeCarex plantagineaZones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 9 to 12"
- canada wild ryeElymus canadensisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- purple lovegrassEragrostis spectabilisZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- tussock sedgeCarex strictaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Blackhawks big bluestemAndropogon gerardi 'Blackhawks'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 4 to 5 ft
- American beach grassCalamagrostis breviligulataZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- Appalachian sedgeCarex appalachicaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- prairie junegrassKoeleria macranthaZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- red fescueFestuca rubraZones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- fox sedgeCarex vulpinoideaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- rushJuncus tenuisZones 2 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Virginia wildryeElymus virginicusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Kentucky 31 tall fescueLolium arundinaceum 'Kentucky 31'Zones 3 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- porcupinegrassHesperostipa sparteaZones 3 to 6 · Full sun · 2 ft
- poverty oatgrassDanthonia spicataZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 ft
- water sedgeCarex aquatilisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 5 ft
- sand dropseedSporobolus cryptandrusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- broom sedgeCarex scopariaZones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 3 ft
- rosy sedgeCarex roseaZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 ft
- Prairie Blues little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Prairie Blues'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Blue Paradise little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Blue Paradise'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Smoke Signal little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Smoke Signal'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- The Blues little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- Twilight Zone little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Twilight Zone'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 4 to 5 ft
- Jazz little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Jazz'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Blaze little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Blaze'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Blue Heaven little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Blue Heaven'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- Carousel little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Carousel'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Chameleon little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Chameleon'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Ha Ha Tonka little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Ha Ha Tonka'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Hachita blue gramaBouteloua gracilis 'Hachita'Zones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- Little Red Fox little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Little Red Fox'Zones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Tara prairie dropseedSporobolus heterolepis 'Tara'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Black Beauty tall fescueLolium arundinaceum 'Black Beauty'Zones 3 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- eastern bottlebrush grassElymus hystrixZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 3 ft
- fringed sedgeCarex crinitaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 1 to 3 ft
- sallow sedgeCarex luridaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- wool grassScirpus cyperinusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Hänse Herms switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Hänse Herms'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- bluejointCalamagrostis canadensisZones 3 to 6 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft
- bristly sedgeCarex comosaZones 3 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- common wood sedgeCarex blandaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- hop sedgeCarex lupulinaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- needle spikerushEleocharis acicularisZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 2 ft
- softstem bulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontaniZones 3 to 10 · Full sun · 4 to 8 ft
- eastern star sedgeCarex radiataZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- frank's sedgeCarex frankiiZones 3 to 4 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- green bulrushScirpus atrovirensZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- prairie sedgeCarex bicknelliiZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft