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.
- creeping bent grassAgrostis stoloniferaZones 3 to 6 · Full sun · 3 to 6"
- short's sedgeCarex shortianaZones 4 to 7 · 3 ft
- American sloughgrassBeckmannia syzigachneZones 3 to 7 · 4 ft
- james sedgeCarex jamesiiZones 4 to 8 · 14"
- thin paspalumPaspalum setaceumZones 4 to 10 · 2 ft
- troublesome sedgeCarex molestaZones 3 to 8 · 2 ft
- Banana Boat sedgeCarex siderosticta 'Banana Boat'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- Nicolas Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra 'Nicolas'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Stripe It Rich Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra 'Stripe It Rich'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Gone With The Wind prairie dropseedSporobolus heterolepis 'Gone With The Wind'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Purple Majesty ornamental milletCenchrus violaceus 'Purple Majesty'Zones 2 to 11 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- Brush Strokes little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Brush Strokes'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Dancing Wind big bluestemAndropogon gerardi 'Dancing Wind'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 5 to 6 ft
- Dust Devil switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Dust Devil'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 5 ft
- EverColor Everillo sedgeCarex 'EverColor Everillo'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Everoro sedgeCarex oshimensis 'Everoro'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- Eversheen sedgeCarex oshimensis 'Eversheen'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Fubuki Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra 'Fubuki'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 12 to 18"
- Indian Steel Indian grassSorghastrum nutans 'Indian Steel'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- Indian Warrior big bluestemAndropogon gerardi 'Indian Warrior'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 5 to 6 ft
- Kaga Nishiki sedgeCarex dolichostachya 'Kaga Nishiki'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- Little Honey fountain grassCenchrus alopecuroides 'Little Honey'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- Naomi Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra 'Naomi'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- Prairie Munchkin little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Prairie Munchkin'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 ft
- Puppy Love fountain grassCenchrus alopecuroides 'Puppy Love'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Ryegrass tall fescueLolium multiflorum 'Ryegrass'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Sandhill little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Sandhill'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 4 to 6 ft
- Silver Sceptre sedgeCarex 'Silver Sceptre'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 9 to 12"
- Toffee Twist sedgeCarex 'Toffee Twist'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Evercolor Everest Variegated sedgeCarex 'Evercolor Everest Variegated'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade
- Golden Needles prairie dropseedSporobolus heterolepis 'Golden Needles'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Blue Whiskers blue fescueFestuca glauca 'Blue Whiskers'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Everglow sedgeCarex oshimensis 'Everglow'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Prairie Winds Apache Rose switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Prairie Winds Apache Rose'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Prairie Winds Cheyenne Sky switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Prairie Winds Cheyenne Sky'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Prairie Winds Niagara Falls switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Prairie Winds Niagara Falls'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Prairie Winds Totem Pole switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Prairie Winds Totem Pole'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Bunny Tails lagurusLagurus ovatus 'Bunny Tails'Zones 4 to 10 · Full sun
- yellow groove bambooPhyllostachys aureosulcata f. spectabilisZones 5 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 15 to 25 ft
- Skyracer purple moor grassMolinia caerulea 'Skyracer'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Moorhexe purple moor grassMolinia caerulea 'Moorhexe'Zones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Pennlawn red fescueFestuca rubra 'Pennlawn'Zones 3 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 3"
- Ibiza eulaliaMiscanthus sinensis 'Ibiza'Zones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Hobb spreading sedgeCarex laxiculmis 'Hobb'Zones 5 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- European meadow rushJuncus inflexusZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- crinkled hair grassAvenella flexuosaZones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- lamp rushJuncus effususZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- sideoats grassBouteloua curtipendulaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- dwarf fern-leaf bambooPleioblastus variegatusZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Alboaurea Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra 'Alboaurea'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 ft
- northern sweetgrassAnthoxanthum nitensZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- pale spikerushEleocharis macrostachyaZones 5 to 10 · Full sun · 3 ft
- tall cottongrassEriophorum angustifoliumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- bristle-leaved sedgeCarex eburneaZones 2 to 8 · Part to full shade · 6 to 12"
- brome-like sedgeCarex bromoidesZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- dudley's rushJuncus dudleyiZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- greater straw sedgeCarex normalisZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- reflexed sedgeCarex retroflexaZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- sedgeCarex crus-corviZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- squarrose sedgeCarex squarrosaZones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 ft