Different Ornamental Grasses

Wait until you see it backlit by the sun. With so many people moving from the suburbs back into urban spaces, there is a trend of finding beautiful small – even dwarf – plants to fit the smaller gardens.

Fireworks brings deep beautiful color wherever you plant it, even in containers! It grows 24” to 36” tall and holds its color all season long, even deep onto the fall. If you're looking for something other than the “same old, same old” in your...

It has an upright habit, with a gentle cascading effect (to the outside foliage), lending a touch of additional elegance to its form. Try one today! * Colorful foliage * Adaptable to a variety of soils * Drought & salt tolerant * Thrives in full sun

It looks stunning with dark-colored evergreens or the bright flowers of a perennial border. With a max height of 10 to 15 inches and a max width of 8 to 10 inches this little guy fits anywhere, sun or shade.

Smoky Rose Color Plumes That Last Months! The Ornamental Fountain Grass 'Redhead Fountain Grass', 'Pennisetum 'Redhead', produces very soft plumes that are smoky rose in color, all season long.

It forms a neat and easily controlled mound that looks fantastic in a row along the edge of a planter or in masses, filling in large beds under trees. Everlime can also stabilize and beautify that hard-to-maintain slope, if you need it to.

Carex Bowles Golden has shimmering yellow leaves with dark green margins. This beautiful sedge's vivid foliage adds bright color to the garden. Mass in moist, lightly shaded areas near ponds or streams.

Leaf blades (to 3/8” wide) are green and arch gracefully downward. Foliage turns reddish-brown in fall fading to tan over winter. ‘Yaku Jima' is sometimes described in commerce as being a dwarf form of Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained...

Flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest. Foliage has an overall silvery appearance. Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but usually retain tight clump shape.

Prefers moist soils. Cultivars available in commerce today, typically growing 3 to 4 feet tall (5 feet in bloom.) It is an upright, warm season, clump-forming ornamental grass which features extremely narrow, silver-gray blades which turn yellow in fall.

Plants spread slowly by short rhizomes. Brightly variegated foliage in yellow and green of Carex Evergold features a tight fountain-like habit, even in the shade. It is native to dry woods and rocky slopes throughout Honshu Island, Japan.

As seeds begin to form, the flower/seed plumes fade to creamy tan, often providing some winter interest. Leaf blades feature, at irregular intervals, distinctive horizontal yellow bands (to 1” in height) that retain good coloration throughout the growing...

Blooms later than most cultivars. Foliage turns yellowish after frost, but quickly fades to straw-beige by winter. Substantial clumps tend to flop (or totally collapse when subjected to heavy winter snows), and will often benefit from some support.

Native to north America this grass is a perfect addition to any garden. It tolerates a wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or clay soils. Foliage emerges bluish-green but rapidly turns burgundy-red (by late June) to form...

This species thrives in coastal sites with excessive wind but is intolerant of sites with poorly drained soils. In summer narrow panicles of creamy long awned spikelets appear. Narrow upright 4-12” flower panicles appear in summer.

Panicum Heavy Metal tolerates wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or clay soils. Will grow in part shade, but begins to lose its columnar form in too much shade, growing more openly and possibly falling over.

Always, read the label on your fertilizer bag, and follow the instructions. Water at the base of the plant near the soil line only. Commercial manure or compost can be applied once yearly in the spring around the base of the Pennisetums.

Who doesn't love the ever-changing colors and texture that Ornamental Grasses bring to the garden? Red October is no exception, creating a fiery red statement with its fall foliage colors.

, commonly called pink muhly grass or pink hair grass, is a clump-forming, warm season, perennial grass that is noted for its attractive summer foliage and spectacular clouds of fall flowers.

In St. Louis, the variegated striping appears gold in part shade. Plants will grow well in deeper shade (particularly in hot summer climates), but the gold variegation changes to lime green.

Its common name is in obvious reference to the Argentine grasslands (the pampas) where it grows. Dwarf Pampas Grass is one of the most hardy and showy forms of pampas grass featuring silvery-cream, silky plumes on a short, compact habit.

Soft rush is commercially grown in Japan for making tatami (woven mats for homes). Insignificant, tiny, yellowish-green to pale brown flowers appear in clusters (many flowered cymes) that emerge on the side of the stems slightly below the stem tips in...

Is a low clumping European sedge. Remove the old flowers of Carex Blue Zinger as they become brown and unattractive but this is not necessary as the berried covered stems provide added interest in the landscape.

On the other hand, if you're looking for vibrant color in the border,has upright, green foliage flushed with dark red. Many late-season grasses develop seed heads after their flowers have faded, and both the seed heads and plumes can add interest throughout...

Whether you want to make a subtle statement or a big impact,can be just the right design detail for your landscaping. Most of these grasses need very little care and thrive on neglect, so they're perfect for even novice gardeners to grow.

Water until the container is evenly moist and then place in a plastic bag or top with a plastic dome.Germination differs by species, but once you have seedlings with two sets of true leaves, transplant them to larger pots to grow on.Seed is not the only...

Beautiful rose-copper flower plumes begin their entrance in July with new seed heads appearing all the way into September! Rose Fountain Grass is a very easy plant to grow and is known for its vigorous performance.