Ornamental grasses for zone 4
These 247 ornamental grasses grow in USDA zone 4. Zone 4 winters reach -30 to -20°F (-34 to -29°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- maiden grassMiscanthus sinensisZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 9 ft
- blue fescueFestuca glaucaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- prairie dropseedSporobolus heterolepisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- sedgeCarex pensylvanicaZones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 6 to 12"
- big bluestemAndropogon gerardiZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- 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
- buffalo grassBouteloua dactyloidesZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 12"
- 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
- reed grassCalamagrostis arundinaceaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 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"
- northern sea oatsChasmanthium latifoliumZones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 5 ft
- canada wild ryeElymus canadensisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- eastern gamagrassTripsacum dactyloidesZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8 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
- Elijah Blue blue fescueFestuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- American beach grassCalamagrostis breviligulataZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- Appalachian sedgeCarex appalachicaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- blue wild ryeElymus glaucusZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 5 ft
- idaho fescueFestuca idahoensisZones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 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
- saltmeadow cordgrassSporobolus eatonianusZones 4 to 11 · Full sun · 2 to 3 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
- sweet flagAcorus calamusZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 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
- purpletop tridensTridens flavusZones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- water sedgeCarex aquatilisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 5 ft
- sand dropseedSporobolus cryptandrusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- sheep fescueFestuca ovinaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- broom sedgeCarex scopariaZones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 3 ft
- rosy sedgeCarex roseaZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 ft
- Overdam feather reed grassCalamagrostis acutiflora 'Overdam'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Prairie Blues little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Prairie Blues'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Prairie Dog switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Prairie Dog'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Beyond Blue blue fescueFestuca glauca 'Beyond Blue'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8"
- Blue Paradise little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Blue Paradise'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Red October big bluestemAndropogon gerardi 'Red October'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 6 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
- Sioux Blue Indian grassSorghastrum nutans 'Sioux Blue'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 5 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
- Boulder Blue blue fescueFestuca glauca 'Boulder Blue'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9"
- 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