There are few pest problems, and most are fairly drought tolerant, although a few flourish in wet environments. While most of us are adding grasses to the landscape that are perennials, there are also some annual members of the family to look to for color and interest. If you are looking for small grasses in the landscape consider bulbous oat grass, a white and green variegated plant growing 12 to 18 inches in heigh. Side oats grama, is a 2 foot tall plant with an arching growth habit, that is very drought tolerant. Leatherleaf sedge has coppery brown foliage year-round and is a great border plant.
Japanese sedge has some interesting plant variegation and makes an attractive arching mound.
Another neat plant is the dwarf blue fescue, Festuca ovina Glauca . It forms dense tufts of blueish green plants, that makes an interesting ground cover or low border to the garden. Bearskin feskue looks like a little green porcupine in the garden, with golden spikes forming in the center. The Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service offers its programs to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status, and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The mention of any commercial product in this web site does not imply its endorsement by the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service over other products not named, nor does the omission imply that they are not satisfactory.