Plant Growing Guides

Japanese Sweet Flag

Acorus gramineus

Giant Reed

Arundo donax

Chatham Island Astelia

Astelia chathamica

Silver Spear

Astelia chathamica 'Silver Spear'

Grand Astelia

Astelia grandis

Australian Native Grasses

Various species (Eragrostis, Chrysopogon, Austrostipa, Panicum, etc.)

Common Bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris

Striped Giant Bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris 'Striata'

Variegated Giant Bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris var. vittata

Golden Stripe Bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris 'Vittata'

Dwarf Buddha Belly Bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin'

Clover (Cover Crop Mix)

Trifolium spp., Medicago sativa, and related legumes

Golden Bamboo (Gravesii)

Bambusa vulgaris 'Gravesii'

Common Cordgrass

Spartina alterniflora

Variegated Umbrella Plant

Cyperus alternifolius 'Variegatus'

Dasypogon

Dasypogon bromeliifolius

Decorative Ornamental Grasses

Various species (Miscanthus, Panicum, Festuca, Stipa, Calamagrostis, Pennisetum, etc.)

Silver Stripe Flax Lily

Dianella caerulea 'Silver Stripe'

Variegated Flax Lily

Dianella caerulea 'Variegata'

Tasman Flax-lily

Dianella tasmanica

Variegated Flax Lily

Dianella caerulea 'Variegata'

Dichondra, Kidney Weed

Dichondra repens

Dwarf Hairgrass

Eleocharis acicularis

Dwarf Papyrus

Cyperus papyrus 'Nanus'

Spike Rush

Eleocharis species

Dwarf Spike Rush

Eleocharis montevidensis

Exotic Mosses and Ferns

Bryophyta (mosses) and Pteridophyta (ferns) — various genera

Fairy Moss

Azolla filiculoides

Giant Reed

Arundo donax

Grasses

Poaceae (family)

Fodder Grasses (Brachiaria and Panicum species)

Brachiaria spp. and Panicum spp.

Hawaiian native sedges

Carex spp., Machaerina spp., and other Cyperaceae family members native to Hawaii

Honohono grass

Commelina diffusa

Indigenous Savanna Grasses

Various species (e.g., Themeda triandra, Heterachne grandiglumis, Chrysopogon serrulatus)

Jujube Sugar Cane

Saccharum officinarum (Jujube variety)

Liiriope

Liriope muscari

Big Blue Lilyturf

Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'

Variegated Lilyturf

Liriope muscari 'Variegata'

Drooping Lomandra

Lomandra leucantha

Spiky Beard-Grass

Lomandra longifolia

Lomandra Serenity

Lomandra longifolia 'Serenity'

Selaginella (Spikemoss)

Selaginella species

Marsilea

Marsilea quadrifolia

Moss

Bryophyta (Division)

Mosses and Liverworts

Bryophyta (mosses) and Marchantiophyta (liverworts)

Native Australian Grasses

Various species (Poaceae family)

Native Florida Ferns

Various species (Pteridophyta)

Native Grasses and Groundcovers

Various species (regional)