Ornamental Grass Garden Designs

One Adagio Maiden Grass is a stunning centerpiece and standout specimen in your garden, but multiples are breathtakingly spectacular in masses. Once you see Adagio Maiden Grass backlit by the sun on a crisp fall evening, though, you will know what's been...

Not a big revolution. They simply take up too much space. * Very easy care * Great for containers and small gardens * Bird friendly, deer resistant * Fast growing In autumn red flowers give way to buff-colored seed heads that hold through the winter.

Short grasses can also be used in small groups for a massing effect or in large groups as ground cover. The fine textured grasses, for example, can create dramatic contrast within borders when placed next to other broad-shaped foliage plants and flowers.There...

Tie the twine loosely enough so that the grass can move naturally, but tightly enough so that the strands all stand up in one vertical clump. Once they grow to an overly large size, the sheer weight of the mass of grass blades can cause the entire plant...

It is often obvious when this needs to be done, as the grass may have a dead patch in the center or simply fail to produce a thick crown of leaves.Propagation of ornamental grasses is through this division or from volunteer plants that have come from...

Today's garden centers have a wide variety of low growing or tall, statuesque specimens that thrive in low light. Other ornamental grass that grows in shade areas are: Is the area dry, boggy, heavy clay, rocky?

In late summer it will shoot up soft, fluffy ‘foxtails' blooms that will add even greater interest. Use fountain grass to add texture and dimension to your perennial beds and borders.

Many of these grasses can become invasive, as they spread by rhizomes but are well contained in garden pots. These vertical growers are easy to care for and need little supplemental maintenance.Caring for potted grasses is an excellent project for even...

The plume is the plant's version of a flower and produces seed. Most varieties are easy to care for and have few problems or pests. Ornamental grass plumes remain on the plant long into the cool season and make wonderful additions to cut or everlasting...

Let's learn a little more about short ornamental grasses.Full-size ornamental grass can tower 10 to 20 feet (3-6 m.) over the landscape, but compact ornamental grass generally tops out at 2 to 3 feet (60-91 cm.), making some of these smaller types of...

It's drought tolerant and generally carefree. The long, slender blades of Hot Rod reach up tall and straight, with an additional 6 inches added once it's whimsical, airy seeds make an appearance.

Each blade has a soft creamy interior that glows against a rich deep-green edge. 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...

* Enormous Purple Plumes All Summer * Golden Foliage in Autumn * Deer Resistant * Great as foundation plantings 'Red Head' looks great in late-season containers. 'Red Head' begins to show its enormous bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer.

It makes a magnificent ground cover or try it in your favorite container. It stands out from other carex with eye-catching spring-green blades with a lime-green edge. It will bring light and texture to any garden combo.

Carex Bowles Golden has shimmering yellow leaves with dark green margins. This species thrives in shallow water (2-3 “). Foliage promptly turns yellow after frost. Cut to ground in winter.

Miscanthus Yaku Jima. Foliage turns reddish-brown in fall fading to tan over winter. Miscanthus Yaku Jima' is a clump-forming grass that is native to certain areas of Japan including the Island of Yaku Jima.

Typically forms an upright, rounded clump of foliage growing 4-6′ tall. Prefers moist soils. Foliage has an overall silvery appearance. Clumps have a sturdy, compact habit, well suited to the smaller garden.

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. Tolerant of summer heat and humidity.

Plants spread slowly by short rhizomes. It is not evergreen in the Maryland area, although some foliage color will persist through the winter.it looks great grouped in the woodland garden or border or when used to edge a woodland path.

‘Little Zebra', sometimes commonly called dwarf zebra grass, is a compact cultivar that typically grows in a clump to 3-4' tall and to 2-3' wide. Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for...

Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump shape. Prefers moist soils. A blaqze of coppery-pink plumes is the perfect addition to any fall garden.

I suspect that, as with other species, the solid green form is more vigorous than the variegated form of the plant. One-quart container. Because of its short statue, it is ideal for the foreground of the bed.

In both warm and cooler climates it is recommended to mow this grass down in early spring to clear out any dead foliage before new leaves begin to develop. It is considered evergreen in warmer climates, but will turn brown in cooler areas then come back...

Graceful Grasses Purple Fountain Grass from Proven Winners has bronze-purple foliage topped with graceful arches of burgundy-toned seed heads. This award-winning grass is heat tolerant and perfect in containers and the landscape, or as a cut or dried...

This grass gets large so make you plant it in a spacious area. Pampas Grass makes for a large display of long blades of green grass and beautiful bloom plumes that can be over 10 ft.

Considered to be the best of the blue festucas, 'Elijah blue excels for it's sturdy, compact habit and beautiful 10 in. Well suited, too, for edging or in the rock garden or for growing under trees, where it's soft blue offers a pleasing color contrast.

In late summer it becomes 1 of the most stunning plants around. Pink Muhly Ornamental Grass forms neat clumps of narrow foliage in spring and summer. Extremely easy to maintain, Pink Muhly Ornamental Grass thrives despite heat, humidity, drought and even...