Cold Hardy Tropicals

A dramatic, tropical-looking grass can make a great accent or mass planting in your garden.

• Arundo donax (Giant reed) : Zone 6-10
• Arundo donax ‘Variegata’ (Variegated giant reed) : Zone 6-10
• Carex muskingumensis (Palm sedge) : Zone 4-9
• Chasmanthium latifolium (Northern sea oats) : Zone 4-8
• Erianthus ravennae (Plume grass, Hardy pampas grass) : 5-9
• Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ (Japanese forest grass) : Zone 4-9
• Liriope spicata, Liriope muscari (Lilyturf) : Zone 4-10
• Miscanthus giganteus (Giant silver grass) : Zone 5-9
• Miscanthus sinensis (Silver grass / Maiden grass) : Zone 5-9
• Ophiopogon japonicus (Mondo grass) : Zone 6-10
• Pennisetum alopecuroides (Fountain grass) : Zone 5-9
• Saccharum arundinaceum (Hardy sugar cane) : Zone 6-10