Menards Ornamental Grasses

The inside foliage, near the center stays green which gives a neat two-tone effect. If you have to garden small, be sure to go big! Order your own Little Miss Maiden Grass today. Wait until you see it backlit by the sun.

This is a tough perennial grass that is easy to care for. If you live near the coast, ‘Fireworks' will grow without need to coddle it. Use fountain grass to add texture and dimension to your perennial beds and borders.

Hot Rod Switch Grass stays true to its name as the “hot rod” of the grasses—ablaze in color from summer through fall. Hot Rod Switch Grass is a must-have for those spots in your yard where you'd like some year-round interest.

Enjoy Big Excitement From a Little Plant! It's time to add some energy and excitement to your tired garden and we have just the thing for you! EverColor Everlite Variegated Sedge Grass (Carex oshimensis ‘Everlite') is the newest introduction in the...

This plant has no serious insect or disease problems and is not usually appealing to deer. 'Red Head' begins to show its enormous bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer. In late fall or early spring cut the foliage back almost to the ground before growth...

It works equally well in sun or shade and is drought and deer resistant once it is established. It makes a magnificent ground cover or try it in your favorite container. They are super easy to care for, they fit into just about any garden style and there...

Cut to ground in winter. Commonly called tufted sedge. Is a dense, clump-forming sedge rising 1-2.5′ tall which is grown for its foliage effect. Insignificant flowers appear in May on inflorescences of staminate and pistulate spikes which are not showy...

Prefers moist soils. It achieves a thick, full clump of billowing, arched foliage quickly, and silver flowers in August. Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for the crowns.

Flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest. Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear. Blooms later than most cultivars. Foliage has an overall silvery appearance.

Prefers moist soils. Borders, meadows, wild gardens, cottage gardens, naturalized areas or pond/water garden peripheries. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays.

Each leaf features a broad, creamy, yellowish-white center stripe bordered on each side by thin narrow dark green margins. Plants tend to languish in full shade. Carex Evergold is easily grown in medium to wet soils in part shade.

Leaf blades feature, at irregular intervals, distinctive horizontal yellow bands (to 1” in height) that retain good coloration throughout the growing season. Plant Patent PP13,008 issued September 24, 2002.

Substantial clumps tend to flop (or totally collapse when subjected to heavy winter snows), and will often benefit from some support. Miscanthus Gracillimus' is an old and very popular cultivar.

Shenandoah's fantastic steel blue upright foliage slowly adds a dose of burgundy that increases as the season progresses. It tolerates a wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or clay soils.

No other grass exhibits quite the refinement of texture as this species. In summer narrow panicles of creamy long awned spikelets appear. Blooming plants are about 1-2' tall and 1' wide.

Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. Looks great combined with Black-eyed Susan. Foliage clump is topped in mid-summer by finely-textured, pink-tinged, branched flower panicles which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud.

Sometimes, the growth is taller and longer with less than desirable branching when Nitrogen is deficient. Fertilizing at this time may stimulate a flush of tender new growth that will be too soft to withstand the winter.

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.

This grass is made for partial shade. In St. Louis, the variegated striping appears gold in part shade. Leaves have a papery texture resembling the leaves of some types of bamboo. Best growth occurs in climates with cool summer temperatures.

Tolerates light shade. Clumps may be divided in late winter to early spring. Tolerates drought once established. This grass is technically gynodioecious, but usually appears dioecious.

Is commonly found in central and southern Missouri in stream margins, sloughs, ponds, wet depressions in fields, pastures and prairies and in roadside ditches (Steyermark). When dry, the pith could be lit at one end (sometimes both ends) and burned like...

Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers. Is a low clumping European sedge.

Their wispy, graceful foliage adds interesting form and texture to borders. 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...

If you have a habit of fertilizing your ornamental plants on a regular basis, you'll be causing the problem you're trying to avoid. Whether you want to make a subtle statement or a big impact,can be just the right design detail for your landscaping.

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.