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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)

Something these small gardens often lack is the motion and grandeur of grass, since so many of the American prairie grasses are big and bold. If you have to garden small, be sure to go big! Order your own Little Miss Maiden Grass today.
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Soil Type: Well Drained
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Moisture: Moderate
  • Fall Color: Red, Burgundy / Purple
  • Flower Color: Red
Nebraska
Omaha
Fireworks Grass
Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Drought and disease don't bother it once it is established and salt air doesn't even phase it. The effect is shockingly bright color in your garden from a typically simple grass. In late summer it will shoot up soft, fluffy ‘foxtails' blooms that will...
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Mature Spread: 24 inches
  • Flower Color: Purple Red
  • Botanical Name: Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks'
  • Mature Height: 2 - 3 feet
Nebraska
Omaha
Hot Rod Switch Grass
Prices start at : 35.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Even when in decline Hot Rod adds decorative interest to the winter landscape. By the time autumn arrives, your picturesque grass adopts shades of deep purple, topped with decorative seeds of red/purple intensity.
  • Fall Color: Red
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Flower Color: Red Panicles
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum 'Hot Rod'
  • Growth Rate: Medium
Nebraska
Omaha
EverColor Everlite Variegated Sedge Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

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...
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Soil Type: Well-Drained
  • Foliage: Ornamental grass, evergreen
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Mature Spread: 8 - 10 inches
  • Mature Height: 10 - 15 inches
Nebraska
Omaha
Redhead Fountain Grass
Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

* Enormous Purple Plumes All Summer * Golden Foliage in Autumn * Deer Resistant * Great as foundation plantings 'Red Head' looks great in late-season containers. This plant has no serious insect or disease problems and is not usually appealing to deer.
  • Foliage: Green
  • Mature Height: 2 - 3 feet
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Flower Color: Mahogany, Red Seed Head
Nebraska
Omaha
EverColor Everlime Variegated Sedge Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

Lime-striped foliage all year! Do you want to add year-round motion and energy to your garden this year? If you want easy to grow and low-maintenance, then you can't beat Everlime.
  • Foliage: Perennial
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Moisture: Water carefully to establish, and weekly as needed for best results.
  • Flower Color: Brown
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Foliage Color: Green with lime colored margins
Nebraska
Omaha
Carex Bowles Golden
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

With regular watering, may be grown in borders, rock gardens and containers. The golden color of this cultivar casts a reflection on ponds and streams and will reflect light. Foliage promptly turns yellow after frost.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Yaku Jima
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 3 GAL

Panicles fade to silver in fall, but remain showy throughout winter. Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear. ‘Yaku Jima' is sometimes described in commerce as being a dwarf form of Easily grown in average, medium moisture,...
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Morning Light Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Less vigorous with decreased flowering and tendency to flop in too much shade. Morning Light Maiden Grass forms a graceful, upright mound of narrow green foliage, each leaf neatly edged in creamy-white.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Adagio Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 3 GAL

Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for the crowns. Miscanthus Adagio is a dwarf grass cultivar which is one of the shortest of the many Miscanthus cultivars available in commerce today.
Maryland
Bowie
Carex Evergold
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 Gal

Insignificant brownish flower spikes appear on triangular stems in spring. This sedge is evergreen in the deep South, maintaining good foliage in both summer and winter. Plants generally dislike hot and humid summer climates.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Little Zebra (Dwarf Maiden Grass)
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 GAL

Best in full sun. Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for the crowns. Leaf blades feature, at irregular intervals, distinctive horizontal yellow bands (to 1” in height) that retain good...
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Gracillimus (Maiden Grass)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

This elegantly shaped grass has narrow leaves with white mid-ribs and a vase-like form. Prefers moist soils. Substantial clumps tend to flop (or totally collapse when subjected to heavy winter snows), and will often benefit from some support.
Maryland
Bowie
Panicum Shenandoah (Red Switchgrass)
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or clay soils. Perfect for grouping in sun and ideal for attracting birds. Will grow in part shade, but begins to lose its columnar form in too much shade, growing more openly...
Maryland
Bowie
Mexican Feather Grass (Stipa, Nasella)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 GAL

This grass prospers in sunny sites with a wide variety of soils. Is a swaying fine textured clump forming grass. Foliage is less than 1/8” wide and up to 12” long. Foliage can be semi-evergreen or deciduous depending on the climate.
Maryland
Bowie
Panicum Heavy Metal
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 3 GAL

Generally best in full sun. Panicles turn straw-yellow as the seeds mature fading to beige in winter. Grows primarily in clumps, but may infrequently spread by rhizomes. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring.
Maryland
Bowie
Pennisetum Hameln
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

In the South, a late summer into September application would be about right. When roots are burned, the first sign is often scorched edges on the foliage. We truly love this product and use it on all plants we install in our own gardens.
Maryland
Bowie
Red October Big Bluestem Grass
Prices start at : 23.98 USD / Plant

Who doesn't love the ever-changing colors and texture that Ornamental Grasses bring to the garden? (Andropogon gerardii) We recommend planting Red October in almost any sunny spot with well-draining soil.
  • Advantages: Deer Resistant, Attract Birds, Native
  • Common Name: Big Bluestem Grass Red October PP#26283
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Mature Plant Size: 48-96" tall (4-8 feet), 24-36" wide
  • Foliage: Tall flat leaves are gray-green in spring turn red-bronze in fall.
  • Soil Type: Loamy Soil, Drought/Dry Soil
Vermont
Shelburne
Pink Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris)
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Masses of airy, open, loosely branched inflorescences (each to 12” long) in pink to pinkish-red float above the foliage in a lengthy fall bloom. Add texture, movement and mass to your landscape with Pink Muhly Grass, an easy to grow, native ornamental...
Maryland
Bowie
Golden Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa m. ‘Aureola\')
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 Gal

Plant foliage will burn in full sun locations. , commonly called Hakone grass, is a rhizomatous, shade-loving, deciduous perennial grass that is native both to moist mountain areas including wet rocky cliffs and to moist woodland areas in central Japan,...
Maryland
Bowie
Dwarf Pampas Grass (Cortaderia)
Prices start at : 35.95 USD / 3 GAL

In 1848, and for many years now has been grown as an ornamental plant in certain southern and western parts of the U.S. It has also been grown commercially for harvest of its large flower plumes for use in dried arrangements.
Maryland
Bowie
Juncus effusus (Soft Rush)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

Juncus effusus clumps are often slow to establish, but once established will spread by creeping rhizomes. Cut back old foliage in early spring. Is commonly found in central and southern Missouri in stream margins, sloughs, ponds, wet depressions in fields,...
Maryland
Bowie
Carex Blue Zinger
Prices start at : 14.95 USD / 1 GAL

Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates.
Maryland
Bowie
Sensational Borders With Ornamental Grass
Nothing says color better than the myriad of color variations found in ornamental grasses. Berries also ripen in the fall and supply additional color and interest with shades of red, purple and yellow.– They come in a range of sizes, from dwarf and...
Ohio
Willoughby
Preventing Flopping Grass: Causes Of Ornamental Grasses Falling Over
Most of these grasses need very little care and thrive on neglect, so they're perfect for even novice gardeners to grow. If the damage has been done and your ornamental grass has fallen over, you can give it a quick fix until the stems are strong enough...
Ohio
Willoughby
Propagating Decorative Grasses: How To Propagate Ornamental Grass
Variegated forms need to be propagated by division in order to preserve the variegation. Produce not only graceful beauty but a symphony of soothing sound. Variegated ornamental grass propagation will result in plain leaves, unlike the parent plant.
Ohio
Willoughby
Rose Fountain Grass
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / each

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.
  • Deer Resistant: No
  • Genus: Pennisetum alopecuroides
  • Max Height (feet): 2
  • Spread: 1-2'
  • Season Color: Summer
Illinois
Bloomington