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Dwarf Mondo Grass
Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

In the summer tiny blue flowers form, resembling little balls, adding a bit of additional decorative appeal. It's drought resistant, so no need to water. Even pests seem to avoid it, eliminating the need for costly pesticides.
  • Mature Spread: 6 - 12 inches
  • Flower Color: White
  • Mature Height: 3 - 4 feet
  • Fall Color: Evergreen
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Growth Rate: Fast
Nebraska
Omaha
Gold Dew Tufted Hair Grass
Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Join the revolution. Long a staple of riotous English cottage borders and calm Japanese tea gardens alike, US gardeners are finally catching up to the ease and carefree beauty of well-chosen grasses in their own spaces.
  • Flower Color: Golden Yellow
  • Fall Color: Yellow
  • Mature Height: 12 - 24 inches
  • Mature Spread: 24 - 30 inches
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Nebraska
Omaha
Adagio Grass
Prices start at : 27.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Just one will elevate your garden to designer status! Adagio swings on the scene in early spring with loads of silvery green foliage arching out like a fountain. Once you see Adagio Maiden Grass backlit by the sun on a crisp fall evening, though, you...
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'
  • Mature Spread: 2 - 3 feet
  • Flower Color: White
Nebraska
Omaha
Little Miss Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 27.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Wait until you see it backlit by the sun. Big drama for small urban spaces! There is a revolution happening right now in home gardening. They simply take up too much space. Not a big revolution.
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • Moisture: Moderate
  • Soil Type: Well Drained
  • Fall Color: Red, Burgundy / Purple
  • Foliage Color: Purple
Nebraska
Omaha
Fireworks Grass
Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

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. ‘Fireworks' breaks color barriers with a deep maroon-purple center vein flanked...
  • Flower Color: Purple Red
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
  • Mature Spread: 24 inches
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Botanical Name: Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks'
Nebraska
Omaha
Hot Rod Switch Grass
Prices start at : 35.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

It has an upright habit, with a gentle cascading effect (to the outside foliage), lending a touch of additional elegance to its form. Delightful, blue-tinted foliage quickly bursts into bright shades of eye-catching red with this remarkably colorful switch...
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum 'Hot Rod'
  • Mature Height: 36 - 48 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Fall Color: Red
  • Mature Spread: 30 - 36 inches
Nebraska
Omaha
Pheasant Grass, Gossamer Grass, New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant\'s Tail Grass Anemanthele lessoniana     - Agrostis lessoniana    , Stipa lessoniana    , Stipa arundinacea
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* It has green arching foliage to 3 feet in USDA 8, with highlights of orange, copper, and gold, especially in drier soils. * It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen.
  • Height: 3 feet
  • Common Name: Pheasant Grass, Gossamer Grass, New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant's Tail Grass
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Purity: 98%
  • Quantity: 0.09 lb
  • Botanical Name: Anemanthele lessoniana
New York
Locke
EverColor Everlite Variegated Sedge Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

This is the most compact of all the Evercolor sedges and is perfect for edging a border, softening a hardscape, spilling out of a container or filling out a garden bed. Don't wait until we're sold out of Evercolor Everlite! They will go fast.
  • Moisture: Water carefully to establish, and as needed during drier periods
  • Botanical Name: Carex oshimensis ‘Everlite'
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
  • Foliage Color: White with Green
  • Foliage: Ornamental grass, evergreen
  • Mature Height: 10 - 15 inches
Nebraska
Omaha
Redhead Fountain Grass
Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

* Enormous Purple Plumes All Summer * Golden Foliage in Autumn * Deer Resistant * Great as foundation plantings 'Red Head' begins to show its enormous bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer.
  • Flower Color: Mahogany, Red Seed Head
  • Botanical Name: Pennisetum 'Redhead'
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
Nebraska
Omaha
EverColor Everlime Variegated Sedge Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

If you want easy to grow and low-maintenance, then you can't beat Everlime. It stands out from other carex with eye-catching spring-green blades with a lime-green edge. Evercolor Everlime keeps its shape and color all year, being cold hardy up to zone...
  • Foliage Color: Green with lime colored margins
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Botanical Name: Carex oshimensis 'Everlime'
  • Mature Height: 12 - 15 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Full Shade, Partial Sun
  • Mature Spread: 1 - 4 feet
Nebraska
Omaha
Pheasant Grass, Gossamer Grass, New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant\'s Tail Grass Anemanthele lessoniana     - Agrostis lessoniana    , Stipa lessoniana    , Stipa arundinacea
Prices start at : 11.95 USD / 1 packet

* It has green arching foliage to 3 feet in USDA 8, with highlights of orange, copper, and gold, especially in drier soils. * It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen.
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
  • Quantity: 0.09 lb
  • Germination: 50%
  • Purity: 98%
  • Common Name: Pheasant Grass, Gossamer Grass, New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant's Tail Grass
New York
Locke
Carex Bowles Golden
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

The yellow seems to glow in partial shade. Single specimens are dramatic; masses may be overwhelming. Cultivars of this species are superior garden plants to the species. Genus name from Latin means cutter in reference to the sharp leaves and stem edges...
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Yaku Jima
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 3 GAL

Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear. Miscanthus Yaku Jima. It achieves a thick, full clump of billowing, arched foliage quickly, and silver flowers in August.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Morning Light Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Typically forms an upright, rounded clump of foliage growing 4-6′ tall. Flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest. Miscanthus Morning Light is a grass cultivar that is noted for its very narrow green leaves with white variegation...
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Adagio Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 3 GAL

Tiny pink-tinged flowers appear in tassel-like inflorescences above the foliage in late summer, gradually turning into creamy white plumes by fall as the seeds mature. Prefers moist soils.
Maryland
Bowie
Carex Evergold
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 Gal

Add texture to your landscape with this lovely mounding grass. It is not totally evergreen in the St. Louis area, although some foliage color will persist through mild winters. Plants are evergreen throughout most of their growing range.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Little Zebra (Dwarf Maiden Grass)
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 GAL

It typically grows in a substantial clump to 4-6' tall, but sends up flower stalks to 2' above the foliage, thus bringing the total height of the grass to 6-8' tall when in flower.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Gracillimus (Maiden Grass)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Substantial clumps tend to flop (or totally collapse when subjected to heavy winter snows), and will often benefit from some support. Tiny reddish-copper flowers appear in tassel-like inflorescences above the foliage...
Maryland
Bowie
American Beautyberry Callicarpa americana
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards . * Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 343,939
  • Common Name: American Beautyberry
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Quantity: 0.74 lb
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
New York
Locke
American Beautyberry Callicarpa americana
Prices start at : 7.95 USD / 1 packet

* American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards . * Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late...
  • Seeds Per Pound: 343,939
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 289
  • Collection Locale: LA
  • Genus: Callicarpa
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Height: 6-8 feet
New York
Locke
Panicum Shenandoah (Red Switchgrass)
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Panicles turn beige as the seeds mature in fall with the seed plumes persisting well into winter. Foliage emerges bluish-green but rapidly turns burgundy-red (by late June) to form a compact, narrow, erect, 3′ tall clump of foliage which is topped in...
Maryland
Bowie
Orange Sedge, Speckled Sedge, Red Switch Grass Carex testacea
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is native to New Zealand where it grows on sand dunes proving its drought and salt tolerance. Grown mostly for its warm orange color and dense clump forming habit. * Works well in a perennial border or container in either full sun or partial shade.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 6
  • Collection Locale: New Zealand
  • Family: Cyperaceae
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Common Name: Orange Sedge, Speckled Sedge, Red Switch Grass
  • Species: testacea
New York
Locke
Orange Sedge, Speckled Sedge, Red Switch Grass Carex testacea
Prices start at : 9.95 USD / 1 packet

* It is native to New Zealand where it grows on sand dunes proving its drought and salt tolerance. Grown mostly for its warm orange color and dense clump forming habit. * Works well in a perennial border or container in either full sun or partial shade.
  • Collection Locale: New Zealand
  • Common Name: Orange Sedge, Speckled Sedge, Red Switch Grass
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 36
  • Species: testacea
  • Height: 2-4 feet
  • Germination Test Type: estimate
New York
Locke
Mexican Feather Grass (Stipa, Nasella)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 GAL

Panicles are composed of 60-480 pale yellow or silvery whiskered spikelets. Narrow upright 4-12” flower panicles appear in summer. Foliage is less than 1/8” wide and up to 12” long.
Maryland
Bowie
Panicum Heavy Metal
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 3 GAL

Panicles turn straw-yellow as the seeds mature fading to beige in winter. Switch grasses are an important wildlife cover in native, natural areas. Looks great combined with Black-eyed Susan.
Maryland
Bowie
Pennisetum Hameln
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

For the ones that remain semi-evergreen, you should only cut off the brown or winter injured foliage in the spring. If you do choose to leave your ornamental grasses standing through winter, you will want to cut them back by early spring, before the new...
Maryland
Bowie
Beard Grass, Little Bluestem, Little Bluestem Broomsedge Schizachyrium scoparium     - Andropogon scoparius
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

* A perennial grass with clustered erect green or purplish stems, branching at the top; turns an attractive pale browny-red in fall; needs full sun; produces silvery 2 1/2" seed heads in late summer; native from Quebec to Alberta, south to Florida and...
  • Genus: Schizachyrium
  • Quantity: 13.75 lb
  • Family: Poaceae
  • Common Name: Beard Grass, Little Bluestem, Little Bluestem Broomsedge
  • Collection Locale: NE
  • Botanical Name: Schizachyrium scoparium
New York
Locke