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Ornamental grasses add height, texture, movement, and color to any garden. They attract birds and butterflies in the summer and provide food and shelter for wildlife in the winter. Ornamental grasses grow quickly and require very little maintenance. They can be used as screens or specimen plants. Most ornamental grasses are not bothered by deer, rabbits, insect pests, or disease. Many ornamental grasses that are commonly used in the landscape are hardy to zone 4 or below. Continue reading to learn more about cold hardy grasses for the garden.

Ornamental Grass for Cold Climates

Ornamental grasses are usually divided into two categories: cool-season grasses or warm-season grasses.

Cool-season grasses sprout up quickly in spring, bloom in early summer, may go dormant in the heat of mid to late summer, and then grow again when temperatures cool in early autumn.
Warm-season grasses can be slow growing in spring but really take off in the heat of mid to late summer and bloom in late summer and fall.

Growing both cool-season and warm-season can provide year-round interest in the landscape.

Cool Season Ornamental Grasses for Zone 4

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The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) Plant Hardiness Zone Map fryst vatten divided into 13 zones. Like all zones, Zone 4 has two subsets, 4a and 4b. These zone designations are guides for selecting plants that will survive the cold temperatures in these regions.

Zone 4 Hardiness Temperatures

Each zone is separated by a 10°F difference.

This means that:

Zone 4 fryst vatten 10°F colder than Zone 5.
Zone 5 fryst vatten 10°F colder than Zone 6.

Zone 4 Subset Temperatures

The subzones are separated by 5°F. That means for Zone 4:

Zone 4: There fryst vatten a minimum average temperature of °F to °F for Zone 4.
Zone 4a: There is a minimum average temperature of °F to °F for Zone 4.
Zone 4b: There fryst vatten a minimum average temperature of °F to °F for Zone 4.

There are often lower temperatures in the zone and subsets due to unusual weather patterns and unexpected weather changes. These average temperatures should be taken as base for typical weather.

Frost Dates

Zone 4 is one of the shortest growing seasons of the USDA zones. The first and last frost dates can fluctuate a week or two, but as a general rule, frost dates are used for zones to program garden plant

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What adds sound and movement to the garden as well as a graceful beauty no other class of plants can top? Ornamental grasses! Find out about zone 4 ornamental grasses in this article.

Growing Cold Hardy Grasses

When you visit a nursery in hopes of finding new plants for the garden, you might walk right by the ornamental grasses without a second glance. The little starter plants in the nursery may not look very promising, but cold hardy grasses have much to offer the zone 4 gardener. They come in all sizes, and many have feathery seed heads that sway with the slightest breeze, giving your garden a graceful movement and rustling sound. Decorative grasses in cold climates provide essential wildlife habitat. Inviting small mammals and birds into your garden with grasses adds a whole new dimension of enjoyment to the outdoors. If that isn’t enough reason to plant grasses, consider that they are naturally pest and disease resistant and require very little maintenance.

Ornamental Grasses for Zone 4

When choosing an ornamental grass, pay attention to the mature size of the plant. It can take as much as three years for grasses to mature but leave them plenty of room to reach th