Ornamental grasses for zone 5
These 400 ornamental grasses grow in USDA zone 5. Zone 5 winters reach -20 to -10°F (-29 to -23°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- sand dropseedSporobolus cryptandrusZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- sheep fescueFestuca ovinaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12"
- Texas sedgeCarex texensisZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- broom sedgeCarex scopariaZones 3 to 9 · Part shade · 3 ft
- cogon grassImperata cylindricaZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- rosy sedgeCarex roseaZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 ft
- Cloud Nine switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Cloud Nine'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 7 ft
- Avalanche feather reed grassCalamagrostis acutiflora 'Avalanche'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Dallas Blues switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Overdam feather reed grassCalamagrostis acutiflora 'Overdam'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Everillo sedgeCarex oshimensis 'Everillo'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Cassian fountain grassCenchrus alopecuroides 'Cassian'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Blue Zinger blue green sedgeCarex flacca 'Blue Zinger'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Beni-kaze Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra 'Beni-kaze'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 2 to 4"
- 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
- Burgundy Bunny fountain grassCenchrus alopecuroides 'Burgundy Bunny'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 15"
- Feather Falls sedgeCarex oshimensis 'Feather Falls'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 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
- blue wood sedgeCarex flaccospermaZones 5 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- dragon head bambooFargesia rufaZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 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
- Cheyenne Sky switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Cheyenne Sky'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Cool as Ice red fescueFestuca 'Cool as Ice'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Desert Plains fountain grassCenchrus alopecuroides 'Desert Plains'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Everest sedgeCarex oshimensis 'Everest'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 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
- Moudry fountain grassCenchrus alopecuroides 'Moudry'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Niagara Falls switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Niagara Falls'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Piglet fountain grassCenchrus alopecuroides 'Piglet'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 18"
- Prairie Sky switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Prairie Sky'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Rotstrahlbusch switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Rotstrahlbusch'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 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"
- Holy Smoke big bluestemAndropogon gerardi 'Holy Smoke'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 4 to 6 ft
- Hot Rod switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Hot Rod'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Prairie Fire switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Prairie Fire'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- blue green sedgeCarex flaccaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- 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
- gray sedgeCarex grayiZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- sallow sedgeCarex luridaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- spreading sedgeCarex laxiculmisZones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- 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
- alkali sacatonSporobolus airoidesZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- bluejointCalamagrostis canadensisZones 3 to 6 · Sun to shade · 3 to 5 ft