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Ornamental Grasses Bring Fiery Fall Color and Soothing Textures to Your Garden – We've Found 16 of the Best

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Ornamental grasses are valuable in the garden year-round, but it's in fall when they truly have their moment. Turning fall colors of auburn and bronze, they can transform an otherwise faded summer border into a celebration of the changing seasons.

Many ornamental grasses for fall also bloom during the cooler months, with the likes of white fountain grass (which is available on Amazon) producing white plumes from mid-late summer through fall and pink muhly grass (which you can order from Nature Hills) brightening up the fall garden with a striking hue of purple-pink blooms. With tall flower spikes and bushy growth, there are several ornamental grasses for privacy in fall, too. This is especially useful when everything else has faded away and left your garden a little sparse.

They're the perfect plant to fill gaps in borders, or you can use compact ornamental grasses to line garden paths, like this variegated liriope from Plant Addicts. Clump-forming ornamental grasses are also a great pick for a container garden. The soft movement and texture of the grasses in the fall breeze can bring interest to your patio, enjoyed from the warmth of your kitchen window.

No matter which spot you're looking to fill, there's certainly an ornamental grass for fall to use. Here, we've compiled 16 stunning seasonal picks.


Variegated Liriope

Variegated Liriope



Firefox sedge grass from Amazon

Firefox Sedge



White Cloud Muhly Grass

White Cloud Muhly Grass



Twilight Zone Little Bluestem Grass

Twilight Zone Little Bluestem Grass



Amazon white fountain grass

White Fountain Grass



3 Big Bluestem Grass Live Plugs | Native Ornamental Grass Starter Plants

Big Bluestem Grass



Prairie Winds® Desert Plains Fountain Grass

Prairie Winds Desert Plains Fountain Grass



Walmart Smoking Gun Switchgrass

Smoking Gun Switchgrass



Fire Dragon Maiden Grass

Fire Dragon Maiden Grass



Redhead Fountain Grass

Redhead Fountain Grass



Chameleon Little Bluestem Grass

Chameleon Little Bluestem Grass



Redcrocus - All Gold Japanese Forest Grass Hakonechloa Macra 'all Gold'- Vibrant Foliage, Shade-Loving Ornamental Grass, Container & Garden Use, Deer Resistant, Non-Toxic 1 Gallon

RedCrocus
All Gold Japanese Forest Grass



Karl Foerster Grass

Karl Foerster Grass



Walmart Niagara Falls Switchgrass

Niagara Falls Switchgrass



3 Pink Muhly Grass Plants Live, Well-Rooted Grass Plant, 4-7 Inch Tall

Pink Muhly Grass



Plant Addicts Red Leaved Miscanthus Grass

Red Leaved Miscanthus Grass



After enjoying the beautiful fiery colors and blooms of these ornamental grasses in fall and winter, turn your attention to cutting back ornamental grasses. Doing so in spring (with these hedge shears from Amazon) will make way for new growth and set your grass up for next fall.

Our guide to landscaping with ornamental grasses also has more inspiration for how to incorporate these fall staples into your garden. This includes how to use some ornamental grasses for winter interest, which can help extend your garden display even further.

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