Ornamental Fountain Grass

Plants that are grown in hot climates benefit from protection from midday sun. A fountain grass turning white is the plant's response to the cool temperatures as it readies itself to slumber until warm season temperatures return.Any of the other varieties...

Fountain grass feeding is a rare chore because ornamental grasses like these thrive in low fertility areas. However, let the appearance of the plant be your cue and fertilize only when color and leaf health are indicative of nutritional scarcity.Most...

Are a reliable and pretty addition to the home landscape, adding drama and height, but their nature is to die back to the ground, which causes confusion for many gardeners. If you try to cut back fountain grass in the fall, you may cause it to go into...

Division can be performed in early spring prior to new growth or after the growing season in the late summer or fall.Taking care of fountain grass is a rewarding undertaking for a gardener.

In fact, in cooler regions the plant is normally treated as an annual instead.However, it is still possible to enjoy this plant year after year whengrown in a container and brought indoors for overwintering.

Press the soil in firmly and water well.Taking care of fountain grass indoors is not difficult, but you need to be careful not to overwater the plant. Dig down and pop out the whole plant.

Dwarf Mondo Grass is a low growing grass that grows to about 4 inches, so if you use it as a lawn substitute keeping it short won't be a problem, and you won't spend all your weekends mowing it.

A compact grass with a big impact! Grasses are finally getting their day in the sun in American home gardens. Or try them around roses for a modern take on the classic lavender/rose combo.

Cut them down in late winter and they will spring back up fresh every year. Sunlit drama for your garden! You probably don't realize that your garden is incomplete. Adagio Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio') adds graceful motion and rich texture...

* Very easy care * Great for containers and small gardens * Bird friendly, deer resistant * Fast growing Not a big revolution. Something these small gardens often lack is the motion and grandeur of grass, since so many of the American prairie grasses...

Even deer tend to leave it alone! Hot Rod is spectacular when planted en masse or used as a border. It has an upright habit, with a gentle cascading effect (to the outside foliage), lending a touch of additional elegance to its form.

You know that you need this beauty in your garden this year. Don't wait until we're sold out of Evercolor Everlite! They will go fast. (It makes a BIG impact in a SMALL garden! Even if you only have a tiny spot like a pot on a balcony, you will love the...

It will bring light and texture to any garden combo. Order yours today! * Cold-hardy to zone 5 * Distinctive lime-striped foliage * Super-easy care * Deer resistant Once you try it you will agree that it is such a great and adaptable plant.

It is also interesting as a specimen or accent plant, brightening shady areas. The golden color of this cultivar casts a reflection on ponds and streams and will reflect light. A good plant for the water garden or low spot.

Less vigorous with decreased flowering and tendency to flop in too much shade. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area.

Elegant, arching white and green variegated leaves, this elegant ornamental grass is noted for its very narrow green leaves with white variegation on the margins, giving off an internal ‘light' affect.

Use this grass a a specimen, in borders, meadow or wild gardens and naturalized areas. Fast-growing, graceful, foliage. Foliage and flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest.

Plants are similar in appearance to Genus name from Latin means cutter in reference to the sharp leaves and stem edges (rushes are round but sedges have edges) found on most species' plants.

Miscanthus Little Zebra makes a tidy, compact mound of green foliage with prominent, yellow horizontal banding that holds well through the summer. Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for...

A blaqze of coppery-pink plumes is the perfect addition to any fall garden. Prefers moist soils. Less vigorous with decreased flowering and tendency to flop in too much shade. Miscanthus Gracillimus' is an old and very popular cultivar.

Tolerates all types of soil. Foliage also turns beige in fall and provides good winter interest. 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...

Blooming plants are about 1-2' tall and 1' wide. Plants adapt to a wide range of conditions – moderate salinity, drought, slightly acid or alkaline pH and heavy clay or sandy soil.

It is a clump-forming, warm season grass which typically grows in an upright, vertical clump to 3′ tall (to 5′ when in flower). Also may self-seed in optimum growing conditions, however, Panicum Heavy Metal' does not come true from seed and self-seeded...

Potassium is the element represented by the third number on the fertilizer bag. When you have selected your fertilizer and are ready to apply it, be sure to rake your mulch back to the drip line of each plant.

(Andropogon gerardii) Beginning as a gray-blue in spring, deepening to blue-green in summer, and then dramatically turning a brilliant scarlet-red come fall, this grass brings some serious drama! The perfect ornamental grass to add winter interest, 'Red...

Borders, cottage gardens or native plant areas. Mass for cover of areas with poor soils. Tolerant of heat, humidity and drought, but generally grows taller with consistent moisture.

Leaves have a papery texture resembling the leaves of some types of bamboo. This grass is made for partial shade. Species plants reportedly have better winter hardiness and perform better in full sun exposures than ‘Areola'.