Dawn Gardens has many different ornamental grasses that are used for their drought and poor soil tolerance:

Alkali Sacaton (Sporobolus airiodes)
Shenadoah Switch Grass (Panicum ‘Shenadoah’)

Giant Feather Grass (Stipa gigantea)
Japanese Silver Grass (Miscanthus sinensis)


Evergreen Miscanthus (Miscanthus transmorrisonensis)


Pennisetum orientale ‘Karley Rose’
Pennisetum orientale ‘Tall Tails’
Pennisetum ‘White Lancer’

Love Grass (Eragrostis sp. )
Deer Grass (Muhlenbergia rigens)

Soft Blue Mexican Muhly (Muhlenbergia pubescens)
White Muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris ‘White Cloud’)


Pink Muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris)

Muhlenbergia lindheimeri ‘Autumn Glow’

Muhlenbergia dumosa



Feather Reed Grass (Calamagrostis acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’) Top 2 photos are younger flower heads and the bottom is older flowers and seed heads.
Mary’s Fescue (Festuca mairei)
Fall Blooming Reed Grass (Calamagrostis brachytricha)
Bunny Ears Grass (Pennisetum)
Lomandra longifolia ‘Platinum Beauty’
Lomandra longifolia ‘Breeze’
Calamagrostis ‘Avalanche’
Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’)
Rattlesnake Grass (Brizia maxima)
Andropogon gerardii ‘Blackhawks’

Pampas grass stump will grow fast – 1 month to 6 months.
Pink Muhly after being cut back