(Botanical Listing)

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Botanical Name
Description
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Leymus (Elymus) 
Wild Rye
(spring or fall planting) sun, groups, Zone 4-9
Leymus arenarius (L. glaucus)
Blue Wild Rye
(spring or fall planting) sun, groups, 2-3 ft., ground covering, Zone 4-9
Leymus racemosus (L. giganteus)
Giant Blue Wild Rye Grass
(spring or fall planting) sun, groups, 3-4 ft., massing, metallic blue-gray, blooms in Summer, Zone 4-9
Leymus racemosus (L. giganteus
Luzula 'Marginata’
Greater Wood Rush
(spring or fall planting) 1 ft., glossy light green foilage with creamy white margins, Zone 4-9
Luzula 'Marginata’
Luzula nivea 
Snowy Wood Rush
(spring or fall planting) 2 ft., full-part shade, wide green foilage with hair, Zone 4-9
Luzula nivea 
Luzula sylvatica 
Greater Wood Rush
(spring or fall planting) 1 ft., groups, glossy dark-green foilage with hair, evergreen, blooms in Spring, ideal for under trees and shrubs, Zone 6
Luzula sylvatica 'Hohe Tatra' (spring or fall planting) 1 ft., evergreen ground cover, green foilage with hair, dry, shade, Zone 4-9
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