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Flowering Plant Video Library - Dividing Clumping Grasses

November 1, 2012 6:07 PM

Karl Foord - Extension Educator, Horticulture

Click on the link to see the video with host Dr. Mary Meyer, Professor of Horticulture

Flowering Plant Video Library Dividing Dwarf Blue Fescue (Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'




Karl Foord


Photo 1: Dividing Elijah Blue Fescue (Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue')


Karl Foord

Photo 2: Dividing Elijah Blue Fescue (Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue')

Karl Foord

Photo 3: Dividing Elijah Blue Fescue (Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue')




Karl Foord


Photo 4: Dividing Variegated Feather Reed Grass (Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Avalanche')





Karl Foord


Photo 5: Dividing Variegated Feather Reed Grass (Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Avalanche')


Karl Foord

Photo 6: Dividing Variegated Feather Reed Grass (Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Avalanche')

Flowering Plant Video Library Dividing Variegated Feather Reed Grass (Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Avalanche')

Flowering Plant Video Library - Miscellaneous Grasses III

September 3, 2012 2:13 PM

Karl Foord - Extension Educator, Horticulture

Click on the link to see the video with host Dr. Mary Meyer, Professor of Horticulture


Prairie Cordgrass, Sloughgrass (Spartina pectinata)




Karl Foord


Photo 1: Prairie Cordgrass, Sloughgrass (Spartina pectinata)


Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass (Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster')

Karl Foord

Photo 2: Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass (Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster')


Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)




Karl Foord


Photo 3: Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)



Dwarf Forms of Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis 'Tara' and Morning Mist')

Karl Foord

Photo 4: Dwarf Prairie Bluestem: 'Tara' left, 'Morning Mist' right (Sporobolus heterolepis)


Prairie Blues and Carousel Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)




Karl Foord


Photo 5: Prairie Blues Little Bluestem ( Schizachyrium scoparium 'Prairie Blues')





Karl Foord


Photo 6: Carousel Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium 'Carousel')


Flowering Plant Video Library - Miscellaneous Grasses II

September 3, 2012 1:09 PM

Karl Foord - Extension Educator, Horticulture

Click on the link to see the video with host Dr. Mary Meyer, Professor of Horticulture

Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix)




Karl Foord


Photo 1: Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix)


River Oats Wood Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)

Karl Foord

Photo 2: River Oats, Wood Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)


Elijah Blue Fescue Grass (Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue')




Karl Foord


Photo 3: Elijah Blue Fescue (Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue')



Silver Spike Grass (Achnatherum calamagrostis)




Karl Foord


Photo 4: Silver Spike Grass (Achnatherum calamagrostis)



Tufted Hair Grass (Deschampsia cespitosa)




Karl Foord


Photo 5: Tufted Hair Grass (Deschampsia cespitosa)


Flowering Plant Video Library - Miscellaneous Grasses I

September 3, 2012 12:40 PM

Karl Foord - Extension Educator, Horticulture

Click on the link to see the video with host Dr. Mary Meyer, Professor of Horticulture


Fireworks Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks')

Karl Foord

Photo 1: Fireworks Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks')

Blue Grama Grass (Bouteloua gracilis)




Karl Foord


Photo 2: Blue Grama Grass - early flowering (Bouteloua gracilis)





Karl Foord


Photo 3: Blue Grama Grass - mature seed heads (Bouteloua gracilis)



Blue Lyme Grass (Elymus arenarius)




Karl Foord


Photo 4: Blue Lyme Grass (Elymus arenarius)



Heat Damage to Blue Lyme Grass (Elymus arenarius)




Karl Foord


Photo 5: Heat damage to Blue Lyme Grass (Elymus arenarius)


Flowering Plant Video Library - Sedges

September 3, 2012 11:34 AM

Karl Foord - Extension Educator, Horticulture

Click on the link to see the video with host Dr. Mary Meyer, Professor of Horticulture


Creeping Broadleaf Sedge (Carex siderosticha 'Variegata')




Karl Foord


Photo 1: Creeping Broadleaf Sedge (Carex siderosticha 'Variegata')



Variegated Muskingum Sedge (Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme')




Karl Foord


Photo 2: Variegated Muskingum Sedge (Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme')



Bunny Blue and Silver Sceptre Sedges




Karl Foord


Photo 3: Bunny Blue Spreading Sedge (Carex laxiculmis 'Bunny Blue')


Karl Foord

Photo 4: Silver Sceptre Sedge (Carex morrowii 'Silver Sceptre')

Ice Dance Variegated Sedge (Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance')




Karl Foord


Photo 5: Ice Dance Variegated Sedge (Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance')



Palm Sedge (Carex muskingumensis)

Karl Foord

Photo 6: Native Palm Sedge (Carex muskingumensis)


Rhizomatous vs. Bunching Sedges

Flowering Plant Video Library - Switch Grasses

September 3, 2012 10:47 AM

Karl Foord - Extension Educator, Horticulture

Click on the link to see the video with host Dr. Mary Meyer, Professor of Horticulture


Ruby Ribbons Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum 'Ruby Ribbons')




Karl Foord


Photo 1: Ruby Ribbons Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum 'Ruby Ribbons')



Cloud Nine Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum 'Cloud Nine')




Karl Foord


Photo 2: Cloud Nine Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum 'Cloud Nine')



Panicum Frosted Explosion (Panicum elegans 'Frosted Explosion')

Karl Foord

Photo 3: Panicum Frosted Explosion (Panicum elegans 'Frosted Explosion')


Huron Solstice and North Wind Switch Grass

Karl Foord

Photo 4: North Wind Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum 'North Wind')




Karl Foord


Photo 5: Huron Solstice Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum 'Huron Solstice')


Flowering Plant Video Library - Miscanthus

September 3, 2012 9:39 AM

Karl Foord - Extension Educator, Horticulture

Click on the link to see the video with host Dr. Mary Meyer, Professor of Horticulture


Little Fountain Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis 'Kleine Fontaine (Little Fountain)'

Karl Foord

Photo 1: Little Fountain Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis 'Klein Fontaine (Little Fountain)'


Zebra-banded Miscanthus




Karl Foord


Photo 2: Zebra-banded Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus')



Giant Miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus)




Karl Foord


Photo 3: Giant Miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus)


Cautions about the Invasive Character of Miscanthus

Karl Foord

Photo 4: Invasive Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus')


Distinguishing Types of Zebra Banded Miscanthus




Karl Foord


Photo 5: Zebra Banded Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus')


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