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Narrowed By:Type: Grasses+ Zone: 8+ Tolerance: Frost Tolerant+ Flower Color: Orange/Salmon, Purple/Lavender+ Botanical Name: S - U
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Saccharum ravennae Saccharum ravennae
(Ravenna grass) Be the first to rate this plant
Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

This large, clump-forming grass has linear leaves with central white stripes. In late summer it bears huge, purplish-bronze flower clusters, which eventually fade to silver. It resents high fertility and shows considerable drought tolerance.
no image available Stipa arundinacea
(New Zealand wind grass, Pheasant's tail grass) Be the first to rate this plant
Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

This evergreen species makes a handsome specimen with narrow, arching foliage that is streaked orange in summer and becomes orange-brown in winter. Its fine, pendent flower inflorescences open purplish-green in midsummer and have a misty quality.

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