Ornamental Grass Collection
The ornamental grasses are a collection of 8 beds of grasses for Minnesota gardens.  The collection emanated from the doctoral work of Prof. Mary Meyer and renamed to become the Arboretum’s ornamental grass collection.  The main genera are Miscanthus, Molinia and Panicum. They are best viewed in late summer and early fall when most of the grasses  bloom.  They range in size from 5-6 inches (Festuca glauca) to 15 feet (Miscanthus x giganteus), and colors of blue, yellow, striped and green with a wide variety of textures.