Ornamental Grasses Zone 8

An orange-blossom fragrance arrives during its blooming season, fall to spring, although we often find it blooming sporadically in the summer. It loves it cool and evenly moist with little to no fertilizer.

Clematis ‘Diamond Ball' is a vigorous grower and disease resistant. The vine only grows 5-6' long so it's ideal for a trellis where it can climb and show off its spectacular beauty.

Little Miss has green, lush, graceful foliage that emerges in early spring. They simply take up too much space. In autumn red flowers give way to buff-colored seed heads that hold through the winter.

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Try one today! * Colorful foliage * Adaptable to a variety of soils * Drought & salt tolerant * Thrives in full sun Delightful, blue-tinted foliage quickly bursts into bright shades of eye-catching red with this remarkably colorful switch grass variety.

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* Enormous Purple Plumes All Summer * Golden Foliage in Autumn * Deer Resistant * Great as foundation plantings The bushy plumes are great as cut flowers if they are cut soon after they emerge.

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Single specimens are dramatic; masses may be overwhelming. The yellow seems to glow in partial shade. Commonly called tufted sedge. Carex Bowles Golden is easily grown in medium to wet soil in full sun to part shade.

Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump shape. It typically grows in a clump to 3-4' tall. Prefers moist soils. It achieves a thick, full clump of billowing, arched foliage quickly, and silver flowers in August.

Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Typically forms an upright, rounded clump of foliage growing 4-6′ tall. Less vigorous with decreased flowering and tendency to flop in too much shade.

Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear. Tiny pink-tinged flowers appear in tassel-like inflorescences above the foliage in late summer, gradually turning into creamy white plumes by fall as the seeds mature.

It is not totally evergreen in the St. Louis area, although some foliage color will persist through mild winters. Add texture to your landscape with this lovely mounding grass. Plants tend to languish in full shade.

Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for the crowns.

Miscanthus gracillimus is easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. The foliage dries and turns tan-bronze for the winter. Prefers moist soils. This grass also loves our summer heat and humidity.

It tolerates a wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or clay soils. Tolerates all types of soil. Native to north America this grass is a perfect addition to any garden.

In summer narrow panicles of creamy long awned spikelets appear. Blooming plants are about 1-2' tall and 1' wide. This species thrives in coastal sites with excessive wind but is intolerant of sites with poorly drained soils.

Features metallic-blue leaves which turn yellow in autumn, fading to tan-beige in winter. Easily grown in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring.

Also, plants with insufficient amounts of Phosphorus may have poorer root systems. In the fall, the foliage turns a lovely golden color. Water at the base of the plant near the soil line only.

Lavandins grow well in zone 8 climates. In zone 8, English lavender can struggle with the heat. This article will specifically discuss lavender plants for zone 8.For thousands of years, lavender has been a valued for its medicinal, culinary, aromatic...

This is simply more than is realistic in a zone 8 climate. This does allow apple cultivation in much warmer climates, but there is something of a tradeoff.Because these trees need so few chill hours, they are ready to blossom much earlier in the spring...

Place your transplants at even spaces, as recommended by your nursery, and do so on only after the last frost.Watering is important for annuals. Varieties of ornamental peppers make great annuals that produce bright, small peppers.

The flowers grow in light green, turn cream-colored, then mature to deep rose by mid-summer. Most of those ranges include zone 8. “Annabelle” is a popular cultivar.Oakleaf hydrangeas have leaves that are lobed like oak leaves.

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You'll have quite a few choices. If you live in zone 8, you may be looking for zone 8 shrubs for hedges. These grow to 10 feet (3 m.) tall and offer crimson or white flowers in spring.) is even taller than quince, maturing over the years to 20 feet (6...

Deer also like to feed near waterways. If you live in zone 8 and would like to prevent your landscape from becoming the favorite restaurant of local deer, continue reading to learn more about deer resistant plants in zone 8.There are no plants that are...