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Little Miss Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 27.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

* Very easy care * Great for containers and small gardens * Bird friendly, deer resistant * Fast growing If you have to garden small, be sure to go big! Order your own Little Miss Maiden Grass today.
  • Mature Height: 2 - 3 feet
  • Fall Color: Red, Burgundy / Purple
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Mature Spread: 1 - 4 feet
  • Flower Color: Red
  • Moisture: Moderate
Nebraska
Omaha
Fireworks Grass
Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

If you live near the coast, ‘Fireworks' will grow without need to coddle it. If you're looking for something other than the “same old, same old” in your garden this year, order a few Pennisetum Fireworks from us today! * Outstanding variegated foliage...
  • Mature Spread: 24 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
  • Botanical Name: Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks'
  • Foliage: Variegated Purple
  • Growth Rate: Medium
Nebraska
Omaha
Hot Rod Switch Grass
Prices start at : 35.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Hot Rod Switch Grass is a must-have for those spots in your yard where you'd like some year-round interest. Try one today! * Colorful foliage * Adaptable to a variety of soils * Drought & salt tolerant * Thrives in full sun
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Mature Height: 36 - 48 inches
  • Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum 'Hot Rod'
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Flower Color: Red Panicles
Nebraska
Omaha
EverColor Everlite Variegated Sedge Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

You know that you need this beauty in your garden this year. 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.
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Mature Spread: 8 - 10 inches
  • Mature Height: 10 - 15 inches
  • Soil Type: Well-Drained
  • Moisture: Water carefully to establish, and as needed during drier periods
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
Nebraska
Omaha
Redhead Fountain Grass
Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

This plant has no serious insect or disease problems and is not usually appealing to deer. In the fall the leaves turn gold in color. 'Red Head' begins to show its enormous bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer.
  • Mature Spread: 12 - 24 inches
  • Foliage: Green
  • Mature Height: 2 - 3 feet
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Growth Rate: Medium
Nebraska
Omaha
EverColor Everlime Variegated Sedge Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

It works equally well in sun or shade and is drought and deer resistant once it is established. If you want easy to grow and low-maintenance, then you can't beat Everlime. Once you try it you will agree that it is such a great and adaptable plant.
  • Foliage Color: Green with lime colored margins
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Full Shade, Partial Sun
  • Flower Color: Brown
  • Mature Spread: 1 - 4 feet
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Foliage: Perennial
Nebraska
Omaha
Carex Bowles Golden
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Does well in some shade, but tends to flop in too much shade. Can also be grown in average garden soil, albeit less vigorously, but soil must not be allowed to dry out. It is also interesting as a specimen or accent plant, brightening shady areas.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Yaku Jima
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 3 GAL

Panicles fade to silver in fall, but remain showy throughout winter. Prefers moist soils. It provides the strong narrow green leaves of Maiden Grass, but in a 3–4′ version. It typically grows in a clump to 3-4' tall.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Morning Light Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for the crowns. Typically forms an upright, rounded clump of foliage growing 4-6′ tall.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Adagio Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 3 GAL

Accent, specimen, grouping or mass. 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.
Maryland
Bowie
Carex Evergold
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 Gal

Carex Evergold is a popular variegated cultivar that is ornamentally grown in part shade areas for its arching, ornamentally attractive foliage. It can also be grown in low spots or along ponds or streams but is equally at home in the rock garden or spilling...
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Little Zebra (Dwarf Maiden Grass)
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 GAL

Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear. Bright green foliage with yellow banding throughout summer. Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump shape.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Gracillimus (Maiden Grass)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

Best in full sun. This is by far the most popular of all Miscanthus varieties. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area.
Maryland
Bowie
Panicum Shenandoah (Red Switchgrass)
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Will grow in part shade, but begins to lose its columnar form in too much shade, growing more openly and possibly falling over. Late fall's stunning red color is enhanced by delicate, small red flower plumes that float above the foliage.
Maryland
Bowie
Mexican Feather Grass (Stipa, Nasella)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 GAL

Foliage is less than 1/8” wide and up to 12” long. Its bright green foliage resembles delicate filaments that arise in elegant, vase-like clumps and spill outward like a soft fountain.
Maryland
Bowie
Panicum Heavy Metal
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 3 GAL

Generally best in full sun. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. It is useful for erosion control, rain gardens and areas with salt spray. Easily grown in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade.
Maryland
Bowie
Pennisetum Hameln
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

Also, plants with insufficient amounts of Phosphorus may have poorer root systems. If you choose to use chemical fertilizers on your Pennisetum Hameln, applying a balanced fertilizer such as once a year in the spring is probably the simplest solution.
Maryland
Bowie
Red October Big Bluestem Grass
Prices start at : 23.98 USD / Plant

Growing to be about 6 feet, this variety makes a striking statement planted in the back of a perennial garden. Beginning as a gray-blue in spring, deepening to blue-green in summer, and then dramatically turning a brilliant scarlet-red come fall, this...
  • Patent Number: PP#26283
  • Full Sun: Yes
  • Mature Plant Size: 48-96" tall (4-8 feet), 24-36" wide
  • Light Requirements: Full Sun
  • Estimated Mature Spread: 24-36" wide
  • Growth Rate: Medium
Vermont
Shelburne
Pink Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris)
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Its delicate pink plume seed heads appear in late summer and completely envelop the foliage. Best in full sun. It is native to prairies, pine barrens, and open woodlands from Massachusetts to Kansas south to Florida and Texas.
Maryland
Bowie
Golden Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa m. ‘Aureola\')
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 Gal

In St. Louis, the variegated striping appears gold in part shade. Species plants reportedly have better winter hardiness and perform better in full sun exposures than ‘Areola'. Plant this grass where it will cascade down slopes, drape over rocks, spill...
Maryland
Bowie
Dwarf Pampas Grass (Cortaderia)
Prices start at : 35.95 USD / 3 GAL

Dwarf Pampas grass is Winter hardy to USDA Zones 7-11 where it is best grown in dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. It thrives in hot, full sun exposures and is especially useful as a specimen grass.This variety is very drought resistant...
Maryland
Bowie
Juncus effusus (Soft Rush)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

Juncus effususcommonly called soft rush, common rush, bog rush or mat rush, is a grass-like, rhizomatous perennial that features cylindrical upright green stems in spreading basal clumps to 20-40” tall.
Maryland
Bowie
Carex Blue Zinger
Prices start at : 14.95 USD / 1 GAL

Its foliage is evergreen or semi-evergreen with fine texture and a lovely steely blue color. We suggest when planting your newly purchased Carex Blue Zinger plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper.
Maryland
Bowie
Sensational Borders With Ornamental Grass
Nothing says color better than the myriad of color variations found in ornamental grasses. The shorter, low-growing ornamental grasses are most often used as edging. Because of its small size, it is most often used as edging or planted in masses as a...
Ohio
Willoughby
Preventing Flopping Grass: Causes Of Ornamental Grasses Falling Over
Give these plants one application offirst thing in the spring just as the grass blades begin to sprout. These plants benefit from being divided every three or four years. If the damage has been done and your ornamental grass has fallen over, you can give...
Ohio
Willoughby
Propagating Decorative Grasses: How To Propagate Ornamental Grass
In all cases, keep competitive weeds from around the root zone and add a layer of organic mulch to protect roots and rhizomes in cold temperatures and conserve moisture.Divided plants may grow in containers or in ground.
Ohio
Willoughby
Rose Fountain Grass
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / each

Deer resistant. Rose Fountain Grass is an exciting addition to any landscape. Can be used in rain gardens. Beautiful rose-copper flower plumes begin their entrance in July with new seed heads appearing all the way into September! Rose Fountain Grass is...
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Spread: 1-2'
  • Max Height (feet): 2
  • Zones: 5-9
  • Genus: Pennisetum alopecuroides
Illinois
Bloomington