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Hot Rod Switch Grass
Prices start at : 35.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Try one today! * Colorful foliage * Adaptable to a variety of soils * Drought & salt tolerant * Thrives in full sun 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...
  • Foliage: Blue-Green Maturing to Maroon
  • Mature Spread: 30 - 36 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Mature Height: 36 - 48 inches
  • Fall Color: Red
  • Flower Color: Red Panicles
Nebraska
Omaha
EverColor Everlite Variegated Sedge Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

(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 gorgeous impression Everlite makes!) It is super hardy and evergreen up to zone 4 and requires very little maintenance.
  • Soil Type: Well-Drained
  • Mature Spread: 8 - 10 inches
  • Botanical Name: Carex oshimensis ‘Everlite'
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • 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)

In the fall the leaves turn gold in color. * Enormous Purple Plumes All Summer * Golden Foliage in Autumn * Deer Resistant * Great as foundation plantings 'Red Head' begins to show its enormous bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer.
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Botanical Name: Pennisetum 'Redhead'
  • Flower Color: Mahogany, Red Seed Head
  • Mature Height: 2 - 3 feet
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
Nebraska
Omaha
EverColor Everlime Variegated Sedge Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

Whether your garden is rustic or formal, Evercolor Everlime will brighten it up all year. It forms a neat and easily controlled mound that looks fantastic in a row along the edge of a planter or in masses, filling in large beds under trees.
  • Foliage Color: Green with lime colored margins
  • Botanical Name: Carex oshimensis 'Everlime'
  • Moisture: Water carefully to establish, and weekly as needed for best results.
  • Soil Type: Rich, evenly moist, well drained soils best
  • Mature Spread: 1 - 4 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Full Shade, Partial Sun
Nebraska
Omaha
Adagio Grass
Prices start at : 27.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

You will be thrilled by simple beauty they add. Tons of showy flower plumes emerge above the foliage in rustic bronze shades that fade to pink then white as autumn comes on. Watch them sing by your evergreens.
  • Soil Type: Well Drained
  • Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
  • Growth Rate: Fast
Nebraska
Omaha
Legacy Buffalo Grass Plugs
Prices start at : 67.45 USD / 72 Plug Tray

Your lawn will be among the first in the neighborhood to green up in the spring, and the vibrant color will last long into fall. It's lush and soft while at the same time durable and hardy.
  • Mature Height: 3 - 5 inches
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
  • Mature Spread: 12 - 18 inches
Nebraska
Omaha
UC Verde Buffalo Grass Plugs
Prices start at : 62.96 USD / 72 Plug Tray

There are 72 plugs in each tray. It is the grass to use in areas of dry, intense heat found in the southwest and California. With proper care, you can have an established lawn in as little as 90 days UC Verde Buffalo grass Plugs are all sold by the tray.
  • Botanical Name: Buchloe dactyloides 'UC Verde'
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Mature Height: 5 - 8 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
Nebraska
Omaha
Dwarf Mondo Grass
Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

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.
  • Foliage: Green
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Mature Height: 3 - 4 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Full Shade, Partial Sun
  • Fall Color: Evergreen
  • Mature Spread: 6 - 12 inches
Nebraska
Omaha
Little Miss Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 27.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Its small size is just right for decorative ceramic pots or balcony window boxes. With so many people moving from the suburbs back into urban spaces, there is a trend of finding beautiful small – even dwarf – plants to fit the smaller gardens.
  • Fall Color: Red, Burgundy / Purple
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Moisture: Moderate
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Miss'
Nebraska
Omaha
Horse Quality Timothy
Price : CALL

Beautiful horse quality hay. 12 flakes average per bale. Price break possible for large purchases. Delivery charge may increase over 20 miles away from Farm. No kicker bales! $7.50 per bale pick up.
Hanover
Rockville
Gold Dew Tufted Hair Grass
Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

* Only 2' tall * 4 seasons of interest * Adaptable to many soil types * Thrives in full sun These naturally short plants – the tufts only get about 24” tall – are perfect for covering the ‘feet' of bare-bottomed plants like tall Phlox or Bee Balm...
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Fall Color: Yellow
  • Flower Color: Golden Yellow
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Mature Spread: 24 - 30 inches
Nebraska
Omaha
Mexican Feather Grass (Stipa, Nasella)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 GAL

By late summer or autumn plants are crowned with buff colored seedheads. This species performs as a perennial through zone 7 but is usually a reseeding annual in areas with colder winters.
Maryland
Bowie
Carex Bowles Golden
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

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. Grass-like, sharply keeled, dark green leaves are up to 30″ long.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Yaku Jima
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 3 GAL

Best in full sun. Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump shape. Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. The cultivar name does not describe a specific clone, but actually describes several very similar forms of miscanthus...
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. Blooms later than most cultivars. Miscanthus Morning Light is a grass cultivar that is noted for its very narrow green leaves with white variegation on the margins.
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. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays.
Maryland
Bowie
Carex Evergold
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 Gal

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.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Little Zebra (Dwarf Maiden Grass)
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 GAL

Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for the crowns. Prefers moist soils. Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Gracillimus (Maiden Grass)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

Prefers moist soils. This grass also loves our summer heat and humidity. The foliage dries and turns tan-bronze for the winter. Blooms later than most cultivars. Tolerant of summer heat and humidity.
Maryland
Bowie
Lakes - Tall Timber
Price : CALL

Abundant wildlife, including deer, turkeys, armadillos, eagles. Come see for yourself! Rolling hills, unique rock outcroppings, wild flowers, and panoramic view of blue hills in distance.
Montague
Bowie
Golden Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa m. ‘Aureola\')
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 Gal

Propagation is easiest by division. Plants will grow well in deeper shade (particularly in hot summer climates), but the gold variegation changes to lime green. It is stellar when planted in a way to allow viewing of the gracefully cascading blades.
Maryland
Bowie
Panicum Shenandoah (Red Switchgrass)
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Panicum Shenandoah grows in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. Prefers Full sun to bring out the best red color. Panicles turn beige as the seeds mature in fall with the seed plumes persisting well into winter.
Maryland
Bowie
Panicum Heavy Metal
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 3 GAL

Panicum Heavy Metal is a switchgrass cultivar which features metallic-blue foliage and a columnar form. Features metallic-blue leaves which turn yellow in autumn, fading to tan-beige in winter.
Maryland
Bowie
Pennisetum Hameln
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

The amount of chemical fertilizer used per plant will vary with the size of the plant and it's root system. Many ornamental kinds of grass will remain attractive if left standing throughout the better part of the winter.
Maryland
Bowie
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. Does not spread by rhizomes. Mass for cover of areas with poor soils.
Maryland
Bowie
Dwarf Pampas Grass (Cortaderia)
Prices start at : 35.95 USD / 3 GAL

Flower plumes (1-3' long) may rise to 4 to 5′ tall on erect stems. 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...
Maryland
Bowie
Juncus effusus (Soft Rush)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

Cut back old foliage in early spring. Notwithstanding its preference for abundant moisture, soft rush will perform surprisingly well in average garden soils as long as they receive consistent irrigation.
Maryland
Bowie