They provide all season interest in your garden with very little attention. In the winter months, when things are dormant, the stalks of ornamental grasses sway in the breeze and provide soft beige color that gives a feeling of warmth and vitality to the winter garden. In the summer, grasses provide height and texture and in the fall they send up thier seedheads. Some grasses are no more than 2 feet HIGH, others reach a height of 15 feet.
Textures range from very fine to very coarse.
Ravenna grass is an interesting grass. The botanical name is Erianthus ravenna. The foliage is about five feet tall, somewhat coarse, with a fountain like growth habit, and the seedheads will reach a good 12-15 feet. There are lots of different varieties of grasses that go by the botanical name Miscanthis sinesis. They range in height and texture from very tall and coarse to short and fine.