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.
- Dewey Blue bitter switchgrassPanicum amarum 'Dewey Blue'Zones 2 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Aurea tufted sedgeCarex elata 'Aurea'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Blue Dune blue lyme grassLeymus arenarius 'Blue Dune'Zones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Variegata Japanese grass sedgeCarex morrowii 'Variegata'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"
- Graceful Grasses Blue Mohawk European meadow rushJuncus inflexus 'Graceful Grasses Blue Mohawk'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Graceful Grasses Curly Wurly lamp rushJuncus effusus 'Graceful Grasses Curly Wurly'Zones 1 to 11 · Full sun
- Monstrosa uruguayan pampas grassCortaderia selloana 'Monstrosa'Zones 8 to 10 · Sun to part shade
- Pink Flamingo annual muhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris 'Pink Flamingo'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Sapphire alpine oatgrassHelictotrichon sempervirens 'Sapphire'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- alpine hair grassDeschampsia cespitosaZones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- dwarf fern-leaf bambooPleioblastus viridistriatusZones 6 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6 ft
- Goldschleier alpine hair grassDeschampsia cespitosa 'Goldschleier'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Goldtau alpine hair grassDeschampsia cespitosa 'Goldtau'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- leavenworth's sedgeCarex leavenworthiiZones 6 to 9 · Sun to shade · 12"
- bitter switchgrassPanicum amarumZones 2 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- broadwing sedgeCarex alataZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- bush's sedgeCarex bushiiZones 5 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- davis's sedgeCarex davisiiZones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- hayden's sedgeCarex haydeniiZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 12 to 18"