Blue Oat Grass
Scientific Name: Helictotrichon sempervirens (Vill.) Pilg.
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Family: Poaceae ...
Blue oat grass is an evergreen, cool season grass that thrives in our cool, maritime climate of the Pacific Northwest. A native to the western Mediterranean, this plant is very drought tolerant. The roots will rot if drainage is poor.
- Bulbous oat grass, False oat grass, French rye
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Variegated Tuber Oat Grass
Although grown as a meadow grass in northern United States regions, Oat Grass is extremely invasive and is naturalized throughout North America. The less invasive variegated type is most commonly grown.
Blue oat grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens)
Fabulous clumping plant with brilliant blue colour (60 to 90 cm x 60 cm; s; average, well-drained soil; Zone 3).
Blue Oat Grass is an easily maintained and durable, clump forming plant with coarse, silver blue foliage
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Blue Sedge ...
Avena grass, blue oat grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens, Avena candida)
Bahia grass (Paspalum notatum)
Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
Buffalo grass (Buchloe dactyloides)
Canary grass (Phalaris canariensis) ...
Most ornamental grasses need full sun. Some exceptions are northern oat grass, Japanese forest grass, and sedges. Many cool season grasses which require full sun farther north, will prefer some shade during the hottest part of the day in the South.
Helictotrichon sempervirens
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Helictotrichon sempervirens (Blue Oat grass)
Pennisetum setaceum var. rubrum (Red Fountain Grass)
Cortaderia selloana (Pampas Grass)
Miscanthus sinensis
Carex pansa (Dune sedge)
Carex pendula (Weeping sedge)
Carex praegracilis (Field sedge) ...
Another grass that has never caught on is the dwarf striped tuber oat grass (Arrhenatherum elatius bulbosum Variegatum).
Example: Blue oat grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens). UPRIGHT ARCHING Foliage ascends vertically then becomes fountain like at the top. Example: Silver feather maiden grass (Miscanthus sinensis 'Silberfeder').
Combine it with other blue-flowered plants such as Russian sage (Perovskia atriciplicifolia), plants with contrasting-colored flowers such as pink or red bee balm (Monarda), or finer-textured ornamental grasses such as blue oat grass (Helictotrichon ...
 See also: Grass, Helictotrichon sempervirens, Green, Sedge, Pink
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