Dwarf Ornamental Grasses

Mix them into your perennial borders. You will be thrilled by simple beauty they add. 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.

But now we have a striking beauty – the Little Miss Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Little Miss') – that has all of the great traits of the well-loved miscanthus grasses and puts them in a small but mighty package.

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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.

This plant has no serious insect or disease problems and is not usually appealing to deer. * Enormous Purple Plumes All Summer * Golden Foliage in Autumn * Deer Resistant * Great as foundation plantings

Everlime can also stabilize and beautify that hard-to-maintain slope, if you need it to. Evercolor Everlime keeps its shape and color all year, being cold hardy up to zone 5. One of the very best is Evercolor Everlime Carex (Carex oshimensis ‘Everlime').

Single specimens are dramatic; masses may be overwhelming. Mass in moist, lightly shaded areas near ponds or streams. Grass-like, sharply keeled, dark green leaves are up to 30″ long.

Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump shape. Miscanthus Yaku Jima. Leaf blades (to 3/8” wide) are green and arch gracefully downward. It typically grows in a clump to 3-4' tall.

‘Morning Light' tends to keep its upright shape better than some other cultivars and rarely flops. Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Not much fall color, with blades eventually turning straw-beige by winter.

Dwarf size facilitates use as a tall ground cover. Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear. Foliage and flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest.

It is not totally evergreen in the St. Louis area, although some foliage color will persist through mild winters. It is native to dry woods and rocky slopes throughout Honshu Island, Japan.

Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Foliage fades to tan after frost. Tiny flowers emerge gray-purple with the plumes having an overall wine-purple coloration.

The foliage dries and turns tan-bronze for the winter. Tiny reddish-copper flowers appear in tassel-like inflorescences above the foliage in late September, gradually turning into silvery white plumes as the seeds mature.

Prefers Full sun to bring out the best red color. 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,...

This species performs as a perennial through zone 7 but is usually a reseeding annual in areas with colder winters. Panicles are composed of 60-480 pale yellow or silvery whiskered spikelets.

Features metallic-blue leaves which turn yellow in autumn, fading to tan-beige in winter. Switch grasses are an important wildlife cover in native, natural areas. Panicum Heavy Metal tolerates wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist,...

These grasses may require more frequent division to keep them healthy looking and vigorous. If over-fertilization is severe, and no action taken to remedy the problem the plant may just wilt and die.

It can grow in nearly any type of soil, for example, from sand to clay. In its natural habitats, the dwarf palm will grow in marshy areas, on drier mountain slopes, and everywhere in between.A dwarf palm does prefer soil that is rich in certain minerals,...

Who doesn't love the ever-changing colors and texture that Ornamental Grasses bring to the garden? Growing to be about 6 feet, this variety makes a striking statement planted in the back of a perennial garden.

Genus name honors Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg (1753-1815), Lutheran pastor in Pennsylvania, U.S.A., distinguished amateur botanist. Tan seed plumes remain attractive in winter.

Trim foliage to the ground in late winter to early spring before the new shoots emerge. Species plants reportedly have better winter hardiness and perform better in full sun exposures than ‘Areola'.

Easily grown in moist to wet soils, including standing water to 4” deep, in full sun locations. Foliage turns yellow in fall before browning up for winter. The plant leaves are reduced to bladeless sheathing at the stem bases.

A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole. The drifts of steel blue clumps make a spectacular groundcover in the shade.

The fine textured grasses, for example, can create dramatic contrast within borders when placed next to other broad-shaped foliage plants and flowers.There are practical reasons for adding ornamental grasses to borders.wait until the weather starts warming...

One of the few problems you may have with an ornamental grass plant, however, is the stems falling over, otherwise known as lodging of ornamental grasses.Preventing flopping grass in the garden is easier once you understand why ornamental grass falls...

Actual care will depend upon the species, as some prefer dry conditions and others need consistent moisture.Follow the same cultural care required by the parent plant. Variegated ornamental grass propagation will result in plain leaves, unlike the parent...