Native Grasses & Sedges

Find native and ornamental grasses for your yard and garden.

Yellow Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) is a Maryland native plant with beautiful seed heads. It is an excellent alternative to Chinese silvergrass.

Wool Rush (Scirpus cyperinus) is a Maryland native grass-like plant ideal for moist to wet soils of any texture.

Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) is a Maryland native plant ideal for meadows, erosion control, or an ornamental specimen plant.

Blue Sedge (Carex glaucodea) is an evergreen, low-growing Maryland native plant.

Basic guidelines for making a native meadow in a residential landscape.