Tall fescue festuca arundinacea grows best in clay soil.
Grasses for clay soil and shade.
A cool season grass it does well when planted in either full sun or partial shade.
Mondo grasses are delicate little plants that make excellent borders or mass plantings and can be used as ground cover in shade locations.
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Tall fescue serves as an ideal turf grass selection for well drained clay soils in the transition zone between northern and southern regions of the united states.
Silky green flower panicles in spring.
Variegated river oats has arching foliage with appealing striping.
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Others turn shades of red and maroon in autumn.
It offers wispy seedheads that sway gracefully in the breeze.
Some of the sedges are hardy to zone 3 and the hakone grass will survive zone 4 through 9.
Silky green may june maturing to yellow gold bronze.
Similarly hakone grass which produces blades in a soft gentle yellow will brighten dark corners.
Experts agree that some ornamental grasses don t mind heavy clay soil but they will do better in a part sun location.
Yellow to bronze fall color.
Among the most versatile of ornamental grasses switchgrass thrives in moist dry or clay soil and even in part shade.
Best in moist partial shade.
Dark green clump forming grass.
Cardinal flower tolerates full shade but prefers some sun indian pink full shade planting ornamental grass shade plants in clay soil.
The ornamental and native sedges carex and hakone grass hakonechloa macra can be a little more challenging but most do well in shady locations.
Scotts turf builder grass seed sun and shade mix the scotts turf builder seed is undoubtedly one of the best if not the very best grass seed for clay soil for all the right reasons.
It is a coarse textured grass but new varieties such.
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Partial shade tolerant clay plants include these grasses.
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