Ornamental grasses for zone 8
These 440 ornamental grasses grow in USDA zone 8. Zone 8 winters reach 10 to 20°F (-12 to -7°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- Karl Foerster feather reed grassCalamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- 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"
- Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macraZones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- uruguayan pampas grassCortaderia selloanaZones 8 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 12 ft
- lemongrassCymbopogon citratusZones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- prairie dropseedSporobolus heterolepisZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- 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"
- fountain grassCenchrus alopecuroidesZones 6 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- little bluestemSchizachyrium scopariumZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 ft
- sedgeCarex comansZones 7 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- feather reed grassCalamagrostis acutifloraZones 5 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- lemon grassCymbopogon flexuosusZones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 3 to 5 ft
- vetiverChrysopogon zizanioidesZones 8 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 8 ft
- miscanthusMiscanthus oligostachyusZones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Aureola Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra 'Aureola'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Northwind switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Northwind'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Standing Ovation little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium 'Standing Ovation'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Evergold sedgeCarex oshimensis 'Evergold'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- 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
- Hameln fountain grassCenchrus alopecuroides 'Hameln'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Shenandoah switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 ft
- Red Head fountain grassCenchrus alopecuroides 'Red Head'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- autumn moor grassSesleria autumnalisZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- black bambooPhyllostachys nigraZones 7 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 15 to 25 ft
- umbrella bambooFargesia murielaeZones 5 to 9 · Part shade · 10 to 15 ft
- All Gold Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra 'All Gold'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Heavy Metal switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- 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
- deergrassMuhlenbergia rigensZones 6 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 6 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
- umbrella bambooFargesia robustaZones 5 to 8 · Part shade · 10 to 15 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"
- Little Bunny fountain grassCenchrus alopecuroides 'Little Bunny'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 18"
- 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
- california fescueFestuca californicaZones 7 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 4 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
- 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
- fox sedgeCarex vulpinoideaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- moso bambooPhyllostachys edulisZones 7 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 25 to 60 ft
- panic grassZuloagaea bulbosaZones 6 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 4 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