Shade Tolerant Ornamental Grasses

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 to your landscape.

Not a big revolution. Wait until you see it backlit by the sun. 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.

If you live near the coast, ‘Fireworks' will grow without need to coddle it. It looks great with prairie-style companions (Coreposis ‘Moonbeam' or Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm' come to mind) or in modern gardens where it makes an unforgettable statement...

Hot Rod Switch Grass is a must-have for those spots in your yard where you'd like some year-round interest. Your Hot Rod Switch Grass is a perennial grass that will grow 36-42 inches in height, with a 24-inch spread when mature.

Order yours today! * Beautiful bi-colored leaves * Evergreen that's great in sun or shade * Perfect for small gardens and containers * Pretty fountain-like habit (It makes a BIG impact in a SMALL garden! Even if you only have a tiny spot like a pot on...

Use this plant in containers, in sunny borders, meadows, rock gardens, and foundation plantings. Smoky Rose Color Plumes That Last Months! The Ornamental Fountain Grass 'Redhead Fountain Grass', 'Pennisetum 'Redhead', produces very soft plumes that are...

It makes a magnificent ground cover or try it in your favorite container. Whether your garden is rustic or formal, Evercolor Everlime will brighten it up all year. Nothing does that as well as grasses and sedges.

This species thrives in shallow water (2-3 “). The yellow seems to glow in partial shade. Mass in moist, lightly shaded areas near ponds or streams. With regular watering, may be grown in borders, rock gardens and containers.

The cultivar name does not describe a specific clone, but actually describes several very similar forms of miscanthus that have in common diminutive size and narrow leaves. It provides the strong narrow green leaves of Maiden Grass, but in a 3–4′...

Clumps have a sturdy, compact habit, well suited to the smaller garden. Prefers moist soils. Flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest. Blooms later than most cultivars.

Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays, it also loves the heat and humidity ofour summers. Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Prefers moist soils.

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.

Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area. Attractive reddish plumes rise one foot above the foliage in late summer.

Tolerates of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clay. They are a mounding grass with gracefully flowing narrow green foliage. Useful as a specimen, in the border, or for mass planting.

Perfect for use in rain gardens, and provides winter interest in any situation. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. Tolerates all types of soil. Late fall's stunning red color is enhanced by delicate, small red flower plumes...

Plants should be groomed or cut to the ground in early spring to remove tattered foliage and make way for new foliage. Leaves are glossy and usually rolled into a threadlike cylinder.

Seed plumes persist well into winter providing visual interest as well as food for birds. It is useful for erosion control, rain gardens and areas with salt spray. This native grass withstands seasonal flooding yet is drought tolerant once established.

Apply the fertilizer according to the label directions immediately on top of the soil, and be sure to water the plant thoroughly after the application. Organic additions to the soil can also be combined with a shot of chemical fertilizer for maximum effect.

* American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat, thus distributing the seeds. * Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late summer, followed by bright purple, violet, or magenta...

* American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat, thus distributing the seeds. * Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late summer, followed by bright purple, violet, or magenta...

(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...

Details: Pink Muhly grass is best grouped or massed for late season color. Glossy, wiry, thread-like, dark green leaves and stems form an attractive basal clump to 2' tall. , commonly called pink muhly grass or pink hair grass, is a clump-forming, warm...

* Deschampsia cespitosa , commonly known as Tufted Hair-grass or Tussock grass is a wild plant from the grass family (Poaceae). It typically forms a low, dense tussock (to 16" tall) of very thin (1/5" wide), arching, flat to inrolled, dark green grass...

Plant foliage will lose color intensity (particularly on variegated leaf cultivars) in full shade. Species plants (not cultivars thereof) may be grown by seed. Trim foliage to the ground in late winter to early spring before the new shoots emerge.

* Deschampsia cespitosa , commonly known as Tufted Hair-grass or Tussock grass is a wild plant from the grass family (Poaceae). It typically forms a low, dense tussock (to 16" tall) of very thin (1/5" wide), arching, flat to inrolled, dark green grass...

However, it bears the same showy plumes which are creamy white and silky to the touch and the plumes are perfect for dried . Plumes and blue-green leaves are both great for cutting and drying.

Tolerates light shade, but best in full sun. Juncus effusus Features cylindrical upright green stems that appear coarse and stiff but are soft to the touch. Soft rush may be grown in tubs or containers sunk in the mud to control unwanted rhizome spread.