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Andropogon gerardii - Big Bluestem - Ornamental Grass Arundo donax - Giant Reed - Invasive Ornamental Grass Arundo donax 'Versicolor' - Variegated Giant Reed - Ornamental Grass Avena sativa - Oats - Edible Annual Bouteloua curtipendula - Side Oats Grama - Ornamental Grass Buchloe dactyloides - Buffalo Grass - Turf Chasmanthium latifolium - Inland Sea Oats - Ornamental Grass Cortaderia selloana - Pampas Grass - Ornamental Grass Cymbopogon citratus - Lemon Grass - Tender Perennial Herb Cymbopogon flexuosus - East Indian Lemon Grass - Tender Perennial Herb Cynodon dactylon - Bermuda Grass - Turf Hilaria belangeri - Curly Mesquite - Ornamental Grass Hordeum vulgare - Barley - Edible Annual Miscanthus 'Giganteus' - Giant Miscanthus - Ornamental Grass - Sometimes sold as Miscanthus floridulus. Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio' - 'Adagio' Maiden Grass - Ornamental Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' - 'Gracillimus' Maiden Grass - Ornamental Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Hinjo' - Compact Zebra Grass - Ornamental Grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' - 'Morning Light' Maiden Grass - Ornamental Grass Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cabaret' - 'Cabaret' Variegated Maiden Grass - Ornamental Grass Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cosmopolitan' - 'Cosmopolitan' Variegated Maiden Grass - Ornamental Grass Miscanthus transmorrisonensis - "Evergreen" Maiden Grass - Ornamental Grass Muhlenbergia capillaris - Gulf Muhly - Ornamental Grass Muhlenbergia capillaris var. filipes - Ruby Muhly - Ornamental Grass - This variety is larger than the species. Muhlenbergia dubia - Pine Muhly - Ornamental Grass Muhlenbergia dubioides - Weeping Muhly - Ornamental Grass Muhlenbergia dumosa - Desert Bamboo - Ornamental Grass Muhlenbergia dumosa var. minor - Compact Desert Bamboo - Ornamental Grass Muhlenbergia emersleyi - Bull Muhly - Ornamental Grass Muhlenbergia gigantea - Giant Muhly - Ornamental Grass Muhlenbergia lindheimeri - Lindheimer's Muhly - Ornamental Grass Muhlenbergia reverchonii - Seep Muhly - Ornamental Grass Muhlenbergia rigens - Deer Muhly - Ornamental Grass Oryza sativa - Rice - Edible Annual Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass - Ornamental Grass Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal' - Upright Switchgrass - Ornamental Grass Phalaris arundinacea 'Feesey' - Variegated Canary Grass - Ornamental Grass Phragmites australis (communis) - Common Reed - Ornamental Grass Poa annua - Annual Bluegrass - Winter Annual - A weed to some, it is a very common cool-season component of turf in this region. Saccharum arundinaceum - Hardy Sugar Cane - Ornamental Grass Saccharum officinarum 'Pele's Smoke' - Purple Sugar Cane - Tender Ornamental Grass Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem - Ornamental Grass Schizachyrium scoparium 'Kendall Red'™ - 'Kendall Red'™ Little Bluestem - Ornamental Grass Secale cereale - Rye - Edible Annual Setaria palmifolia - Indian Palm Grass - Tender Ornamental Grass Setaria palmifolia (variegated) - Variegated Indian Palm Grass - Tender Ornamental Grass Setaria poiretiana - Mexican Palm Grass - Half-Hardy Ornamental Grass - The selections grown from seed collected in high elevation, cloud forest habitats in central Mexico grow very well in San Antonio and Austin. Sorghastrum nutans - Indian Grass - Ornamental Grass Sorghum bicolor - Sorghum - Edible Annual Stenotaphrum secundatum - St. Augustine Grass - Turf Stipa tenuissima - Wire Grass - Ornamental Grass Tripsacum dactyloides - Eastern Gama Grass - Ornamental Grass Triticum aestivum - Wheat - Edible Annual Vetiveria zizanioides - Vetiver - Ornamental Grass Zea diploperennis - Wild Corn - Grown as an Annual Zea mays - Corn - Edible Annual Zizania texana - Texas Wild Rice - Ornamental Grass - A perennial at its type locality, this southern form of Zizania palustris, the Northern Wild Rice, grows as a prolific, almost weedy, reseeding annual in tubs or water gardens. It is spectacular in late summer and fall when its spikes reach 10 to 12 feet high, with 4 to 6 foot long leaves. This "species" differs from Z. palustris in having seeds being green to tan, not brown at maturity and not requiring a long, cold dormant period before germinating. Does best in 3 to 5 gallon pots of heavy, clay soil (with no organic matter) in 16" to 24" of water. Being a heavy feeder, it responds well to 3 to 5 of the 21-gram, 2-year fertilizer tablets in the pot. Further confusing its taxonomic status, I have seen it sold in two central Texas nurseries as, Zizania aquatica, the Southern Wild Rice. Zoysia spp. & hybrids
- Zoysia - Turf - The cultivar, 'El Toro', is outstanding, resistant to
foot-traffic and drought-tolerant.
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| BAMBOO
While I grow most of these bamboo species, beginners (and those concerned about invasive forms) should start with Bambusa multiplex and its many selections as well as the tree-like Bambusa textilis. |
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Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea - River Cane - Hardy Bamboo Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta - Switch Cane - Hardy Bamboo Bambusa beecheyana - Beechey Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Bambusa eutuldoides - Half-Hardy Bamboo Bambusa multiplex - Hedge Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Bambusa multiplex 'Alphonse Karr' - Hardy Bamboo Bambusa multiplex 'Fernleaf' - Fernleaf Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Bambusa multiplex 'Golden Goddess' - Hardy Bamboo Bambusa multiplex 'Midori Green' - Green Alphonse Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Bambusa multiplex 'Riviereorum' - Chinese Goddess Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Bambusa multiplex 'Silverstripe' - Hardy Bamboo Bambusa multiplex 'Stripestem Fernleaf' - Hardy Bamboo Bambusa multiplex 'Tiny Fern' - Hardy Bamboo Bambusa oldhamii - Giant
Timber Bamboo - Half-Hardy Bamboo
Bambusa textilis 'Kanapaha' - Royal Bamboo, Wong Chuk - Hardy Bamboo Bambusa tuldoides 'Clone X' - Hardy Bamboo Bambusa tuldoides 'Ventricosa' - Buddha's Belly Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Chimonobambusa marmorea - Marbled Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Chimonobambusa quadrangularis - Square-Stem Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda - Walking-Stick Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Hibanobambusa tranquillans - Hardy Bamboo Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima' - Hardy Bamboo Indocalamus latifolius - Hardy Bamboo Indocalamus tesselatus - Hardy Bamboo - Mine has been flowering sporadically since mid 2002. Otatea acuminata var. aztecorum - Mexican Weeping Bamboo - NOT RECOMMENDED Phyllostachys acuta - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys angusta - Stone Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys arcana - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys aurea - Golden Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys aurea 'Albovariegata' - Variegated Golden Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys aurea 'Flavescens' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys aurea 'Flavescens-Inversa' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys aurea 'Holochrysa' - Golden Golden Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys aurea 'Koi' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys aurea 'Takemurai' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys aureosulcata - Yellow Groove Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Harbin' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides - Giant Timber Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Allgold' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castillon' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castillon Inversa' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Kawadana' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Marliac' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Slender Crookstem' - Slender Crookstem Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Tanakae' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides 'White Crookstem' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys bissetii - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys dulcis - Sweetshoot Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys edulis - Moso Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys edulis 'Heterocycla' - Tortoise Shell Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys elegans - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys glauca - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys flexuosa - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys heteroclada 'Solidstem' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys iridescens - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys makinoi - Makino's Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys mannii 'Decora' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys meyeri - Meyer's Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys nidularia - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys nigra - Black Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys nigra 'Bory' - Bory Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys nigra 'Daikokuchiku' - Daikokuchiku Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys nigra 'Hale' - Hale Black Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon' - Henon Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys nigra 'Megurochiku' - Megurochiku Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys nigra 'Othello' - Othello Black Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys nuda - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys rubromarginata - Edible Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys violascens - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys viridis - Hardy Timber Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys viridis 'Houzeau' - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young' - Variegated Hardy Timber Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys vivax - Hardy Bamboo Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis' - Hardy Bamboo Pleioblastus chino 'Vaginatus Variegatus' - Hardy Bamboo Pleioblastus distichus - Hardy Bamboo Pleioblastus fortunei - Hardy Bamboo Pleioblastus pygmaeus - Hardy Bamboo Pleioblastus simonii - Medake - Hardy Bamboo Pseudosasa amabilis - Tonkin Cane - Hardy Bamboo Pseudosasa japonica - Arrow Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Pseudosasa japonica 'Tsutsumiana' - Onion Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Sasa palmata - Hardy Bamboo Sasa tsuboiana - Hardy Bamboo Sasa veitchii - Hardy Bamboo Sasaella masamuneana 'Albostriata' - Hardy Bamboo Semiarundiaria fastuosa - Temple Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Semiarundiaria fastuosa 'Viridis' - Green Temple Bamboo - Hardy Bamboo Semiarundiaria makinoi - Hardy Bamboo Semiarundinaria okuboi - Hardy Bamboo Semiarundinaria yashadake - Hardy Bamboo Sinobambusa gigantea - Hardy Bamboo Sinobambusa intermedia - Hardy Bamboo Sinobambusa tootsik - Hardy
Bamboo
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