List of ornamental grasses suitable for the Calgary climate:
· Andropogon gerardii
· Bouteloua curtipendula
· Bouteloua gracilis
· Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’, 'Overdam', 'Avalanche'
· Calamagrostis epigejos
· Carex grayi
· Carex muskingumensis
· Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Pixie Fountains’, ‘Goldschleier’, ‘Goldtau’
· Elymus cinereus
· Festuca idahoensis 'Siskiyou Blue'
· Helictotrichon sempervirens
· Koeleria pyramidata
· Luzula sylvatica
· Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens
· Panicum virgatum
· Panicum virgatum ‘Rotstrahlbusch’, ‘Squaw’
· Phalaris arundinacea ‘Feesey’
· Schizachyrium scoparium
· Sorghastrum nutans
List of grasses that may succeed with extra protection in Calgary’s climate:
· Alopecurus pratensis ‘Aureovariegatus’
· Carex flacca
· Carex muskingumensis ‘Oehme’
· Carex pendula
· Festuca glauca ‘Select’, ‘Elijah Blue’
· Luzula nivea
· Miscanthus ‘Giganteus’
· Miscanthus sinensis ‘Blutenwunder’, ‘Gracillimus’, ‘Malepartus’, ‘Silberfeder’, ‘Strictus’, ‘Yaku Jima’
· Molinia arundinacea
· Molinia caerulea
· Molinia caerulea ‘Variegata’
· Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’, ‘Prairie Sky’, ‘Shenandoah’
· Sesleria caerulea
· Sesleria heufleriana
· Sporobolus heterolepis
· Stipa brachytricha
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