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Hair Grass
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Hair Grass (Aira) - Graceful grasses, of which one of the prettiest is A. pulchella, with hair-like stems, growing in light tufts 6 inches high. It is useful for edgings, amongst plants in borders, or for pots for rooms.

 


Tufted hair grass
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Goldtau' (syn. Golden Dew)
Genus: Deschampsia
Species: cespitosa
Cultivar: 'Goldtau' (syn. Golden Dew) ...

Wavy Hair Grass
A delightful and elegant native, this diminutive grass thrives in dry shade.

Needle Spike-rush, Slender Spike Rush, Hair Grass
Next time you savor Chinese water chestnuts, give a nod to Eleocharis dulcis -- you are eating the crunchy tubers of a humble grass-like rush.

Deschampsia cespitosa 'Northern Lights' (Tufted hair grass, Tussock grass)
Photo/Illustration: Colleen Fitzpatrick
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angel hair grass, angel's hair, fine-stem needle grass, finestem needlegrass, finestem tussockgrass, Mexican feather grass, Mexican feathergrass, pony tails, Texas tussock grass, tussock grass, tussockgrass, white tussock
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Tufted Hair Grass is a semi evergreen plant that has a wide range of cultivars in colors from creamy white to green and bronze
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Umbrella Grass ...

Glaucous Hair Grass ( Koeleria glauca )
Glaucum Rabbits Foot Fern ( Polypodium aureum )
Gleam Series ( Tropaeolum majus ) ...

Hairgrass, Hair Grass, Rough Bent, Rough Bentgrass, Rough Hair Grass, Tickle Grass, Ticklegrass, Twin Bentgrass, Winter Bent Grass, Winter Bentgrass
Common Names in French:
Agrostide Scabre, Foin Fou ...

Hair grass (Eleocharis acicularis)
Hakone grass (Hakonechloa macra)
Hardy tamarix (Tamarix pentandra)
Hare's tail (Lagurus ovatus)
Hawaiian ti plant, ti tree, dragon tree (Cordyline terminalis)
Hawaiian wedding flower (Stephanotis floribunda) ...

Eleocharis montevidensis (Aquatic) (Sand Spikerush) - Hair grass or spike rush is related to Cyperus and bulrushes (tules) and also prefers to grow in shallow water environments in full sun.

These tall, solid grass forms can be set off by the softer, billowy form of the North American Panicum and hair grass (Deschampsia), fairy tale grasses that sparkle with dewdrops in the morning or after a summer rain. 'Prairie Sky' switch grass (P.

Try planting leadwort in combination with feather reed grass, tufted hair grass, asters, buff-red flowered sedums, purple coneflower, and yellow, red or lavender-pink mums.

Koeleria is also known as Blue Hair Grass. It grows well in sandy soil and can be used as a contrasting border for flower beds.

Acorus gramineus - Japanese Sweetflag
Carex species - Sedge
Chasmanthium latifolium - Northern Sea Oats
Deschampsia cespitosa - Tufted Hair Grass
Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola' - Japanese Forest Grass
Sasa veitchii - Veitch's Bamboo ...

See also: Grass, Green, Pink, Grasses, Evergreen

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