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HAVE: ornamental grasses

9 years ago

Have a lot of interesting ornamental grasses. They don't have a high germination rate (about 10%), but most of mine were grown from seed. You just have to plant 10 times the number you want.
Arundo donax
Autumn Light
big blue stem
blood grass Japanese Rubra Red Baron
blue eyed grass
blue fescue Elijah Blue
Carex Amazone
carex Ice Dance
fiber Optic
fiber optic circle 09
fountain red
fountain Kleine Fountaiane
fountain low light seed heads
fountain Moudry black
fountain variegated weeping about 5 ft tall
Indian Rice Grass Achnatherum hymenoides
low black fountain
millet Purple Majesty
northern dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
oats for cat (C)
Ravenna
ribbon grass Dwarf Garters
river oats Chasmanthemen latifolium
vertical green with tan seed head
zebra grass
check my trade list for flowers, herbs, veggies, shrubs/trees

mail thru this site is not working reliably.
please go to
http://reading.craigslist.org/wan/4688413127.html
and send a reply there

Here is a link that might be useful: My Trade Page

Comments (2)

mamabear
9 years ago
Can't reply on Craig's list Either. But I wrote to you last week and just thought you weren't interested in trading Anymore with me. But you wrote on a post of mine Saying you wanted:
Nannyberry' Viburnium lentago zone 2-8
'Zig-Zag Spiderwort' Tradescantia Subaspera zone 4-9
'Little Doll Spiderwort' - Tradescantia andersoniana zone 4-9
Flowering Olive - Elaeagnus umbellata zone 3-8
Lathyrus latifolus 'Perennial Sweet Pea' (Pink) zone 4-9
And I did reply to you I have no Ideal what I said but two or Three grasses of yours were on my Want list. We'll figure this out. LOL
Grasses: (Hardy in Zone 5)
Hakone Grass, Japanese Silvergrass, Blood Grass, Switchgrass, Blue Oat Grass
woodsidetrader
Original Author
9 years ago
Here are the botanical names for all the grasses.
Acorus gramineus 'Tanimanoyuki'
Arundo donax giant reed grass
Calamagrostis arundinacea 'Karl Foerster' feather reed
Carex morrowii Ã¢ÂÂIce DanceÃ¢ÂÂ
Eragrostis spectabis purple lovegrass
Erianthus ravennae
Festuca cinerea 'Glauca' blue fescue
Imperata cylindrica 'Rubra Red Baron' Japanese Blood
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' maiden
Miscanthus sinensis 'Grosse Fountaine'
Miscanthus sinensis 'Kleine Fountaine' Japanese Silver
Miscanthus sinensis 'Purpurascens' flame
Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus' zebra
Panicum Virgatum grass switch
Panicum Virgatum 'Heavy Metal'
Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'
Pennisetum alopecuroides fountain
Pennisetum alopecuroides ribbon
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry' Black Fountain
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' red fountain
Sisyrinchium angustifolium blue eyed grass
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