Ornamental grasses for zone 9
These 378 ornamental grasses grow in USDA zone 9. Zone 9 winters reach 20 to 30°F (-7 to -1°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- 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"
- Sparkler sedgeCarex phyllocephala 'Sparkler'Zones 7 to 10 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- 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
- Prairie Fire orange new zealand sedgeCarex testacea 'Prairie Fire'Zones 7 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- 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
- red tussock grassChionochloa rubraZones 7 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Ibiza eulaliaMiscanthus sinensis 'Ibiza'Zones 5 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Seascape mat rushLomandra confertifolia 'Seascape'Zones 8 to 11 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- wood melickMelica unifloraZones 7 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Lemony Snicket lemongrassCymbopogon citratus 'Lemony Snicket'Zones 8 to 11 · Full sun
- 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
- 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
- Red Riding Hood oriental fountain grassCenchrus orientalis 'Red Riding Hood'Zones 9 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Red Rooster fox red curly sedgeCarex buchananii 'Red Rooster'Zones 6 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Sky Rocket oriental fountain grassCenchrus orientalis 'Sky Rocket'Zones 9 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Leather Leaf Sedge fox red curly sedgeCarex buchananii 'Leather Leaf Sedge'Zones 6 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- california melic grassMelica californicaZones 6 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 4 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
- seashore dropseedSporobolus virginicusZones 8 to 11 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- southern waxy sedgeCarex glaucescensZones 6 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- split bluestemAnatherum ternariumZones 6 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- finestem needlegrassNassella tenuissimaZones 7 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 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
- Morning Light eulaliaMiscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Strictus eulaliaMiscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 9 ft
- Flamingo eulaliaMiscanthus sinensis 'Flamingo'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 6 ft
- Zebrinus eulaliaMiscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 8 ft
- Savannah Grass ornamental grassMelinis nerviglumis 'Savannah Grass'Zones 9 to 10 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- Nanus papyrusCyperus papyrus 'Nanus'Zones 9 to 10 · Sun to part shade
- Prairie Winds October Sky switchgrassPanicum virgatum 'Prairie Winds October Sky'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Ogon grassy-leaved sweet flagAcorus gramineus 'Ogon'Zones 5 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- awlfruit sedgeCarex stipataZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 4 ft
- composite dropseedSporobolus compositusZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 5 ft
- inland rushJuncus interiorZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 ft