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Gold Dew Tufted Hair Grass
Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

With the beautiful Gold Dew Tufted Hair Grass (Dechampsia cespitosa ‘Goldtau') you get a highly ornamental but compact plant that packs a big punch in a little space. A compact grass with a big impact! Grasses are finally getting their day in the sun...
  • Mature Height: 12 - 24 inches
  • Flower Color: Golden Yellow
  • Botanical Name: Dechampsia cespitosa 'Goldtau'
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
Nebraska
Omaha
Peaches n Dreams Hollyhock
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 5" Container

It is a wonderful new array of pastels to add to the garden. Alcea is a wonderful plant near the back of the border, working great along walls or fences. Raspberry Frosted Peaches The Peaches ‘n Dreams Hollyhock, 'Alcea rosea', has double, creamy-peach...
  • Foliage: Light Green
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Mature Spread: 24 inches
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
Nebraska
Omaha
Adagio Grass
Prices start at : 27.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Just one will elevate your garden to designer status! Adagio swings on the scene in early spring with loads of silvery green foliage arching out like a fountain. Don't wait to order these sure-fire great additions to your landscape.
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • Soil Type: Well Drained
  • Mature Spread: 2 - 3 feet
  • Mature Height: 3 - 5 feet
Nebraska
Omaha
Purple Fountain Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Its decorative plumes will persist into fall and do well as cut flowers. What a spectacle! Your Purple Fountain Grass is both drought and heat resistant. That alone would be a remarkable plant for your yard, but next comes the bloom.
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Foliage: Purple
  • Botanical Name: Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'
  • Flower Color: Red, Burgundy
Nebraska
Omaha
Lucifer Crocosmia
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 5" Container

The flowers are very showy, and they make great cut flowers. Crocosmias are clump forming and bloom best in crowded conditions. Tropical Flair in a Cold Hardy Perennial The Crocosmia Lucifer, 'Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora', a spring planted corm, produces...
  • Mature Height: 24 - 36 inches
  • Botanical Name: Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Flower Color: Red
Nebraska
Omaha
Little Miss Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 27.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

* Very easy care * Great for containers and small gardens * Bird friendly, deer resistant * Fast growing 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...
  • Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Miss'
  • Mature Height: 2 - 3 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Mature Spread: 1 - 4 feet
  • Foliage Color: Purple
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
Nebraska
Omaha
Ice Ballet Butterfly Plant
Prices start at : 44.95 USD / #2 Container range: 1.2 - 1.8 gallons (5 - 8 liters)

* Must-have for butterfly gardens * Showy, long-lived white blooms * Easy care Excellent for use in dried flower arrangements. Use in mass plantings, as a border plant, or as a tall ground cover.
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
  • Botanical Name: Asclepias 'Ice Ballet'
Nebraska
Omaha
Karley Rose Fountain Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

New plumes are continuously displayed all summer long and gently sway in the slightest breeze. 'Karley Rose' is a good choice for busy gardeners because it requires little or no pruning, is resistant to most insects, and tolerates drought well.
  • Soil Type: Widely adaptable
  • Mature Height: 3 - 4 feet
  • Mature Spread: 2 - 3 feet
  • Foliage: Green
  • Flower Color: Purple
Nebraska
Omaha
Fireworks Grass
Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

If you're looking for something other than the “same old, same old” in your garden this year, order a few Pennisetum Fireworks from us today! * Outstanding variegated foliage * Summer bloom * Heat tolerant
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Botanical Name: Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks'
  • Flower Color: Purple Red
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
Nebraska
Omaha
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 Hot Rod Switch Grass is a must-have for those spots in your yard where you'd like some year-round interest.
  • Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum 'Hot Rod'
  • Mature Height: 36 - 48 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Foliage: Blue-Green Maturing to Maroon
  • Mature Spread: 30 - 36 inches
  • Flower Color: Red Panicles
Nebraska
Omaha
EverColor Everlite Variegated Sedge Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

Each blade has a soft creamy interior that glows against a rich deep-green edge. (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...
  • Foliage Color: White with Green
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Mature Spread: 8 - 10 inches
  • Botanical Name: Carex oshimensis ‘Everlite'
  • Moisture: Water carefully to establish, and as needed during drier periods
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
Nebraska
Omaha
Redhead Fountain Grass
Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

'Red Head' looks great in late-season containers. 'Red Head' begins to show its enormous bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer. In the fall the leaves turn gold in color. Smoky Rose Color Plumes That Last Months! The Ornamental Fountain Grass 'Redhead...
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Mature Height: 2 - 3 feet
  • Botanical Name: Pennisetum 'Redhead'
  • Flower Color: Mahogany, Red Seed Head
  • Growth Rate: Medium
Nebraska
Omaha
EverColor Everlime Variegated Sedge Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

If you want easy to grow and low-maintenance, then you can't beat Everlime. Everlime can also stabilize and beautify that hard-to-maintain slope, if you need it to. It stands out from other carex with eye-catching spring-green blades with a lime-green...
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Full Shade, Partial Sun
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Mature Spread: 1 - 4 feet
  • Mature Height: 12 - 15 inches
  • Foliage: Perennial
  • Moisture: Water carefully to establish, and weekly as needed for best results.
Nebraska
Omaha
Carex Bowles Golden
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Commonly called tufted sedge. Can also be grown in average garden soil, albeit less vigorously, but soil must not be allowed to dry out. Foliage promptly turns yellow after frost. Carex Bowles Golden has shimmering yellow leaves with dark green margins.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Yaku Jima
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 3 GAL

Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Leaf blades (to 3/8” wide) are green and arch gracefully downward. It provides the strong narrow green leaves of Maiden Grass, but in a 3–4′ version.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Morning Light Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Miscanthus Morning Light is a grass cultivar that is noted for its very narrow green leaves with white variegation on the margins. Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Adagio Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 3 GAL

Fast-growing, graceful, foliage. Borders, meadows, wild gardens, cottage gardens, naturalized areas or pond/water garden peripheries. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays, it also loves the heat and humidity...
Maryland
Bowie
Carex Evergold
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 Gal

Plants tend to languish in full shade. It can also be grown in low spots or along ponds or streams but is equally at home in the rock garden or spilling over a rocky slope. Plants generally dislike hot and humid summer climates.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Little Zebra (Dwarf Maiden Grass)
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 GAL

‘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. Attractive reddish plumes rise one foot above the foliage in late summer.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Gracillimus (Maiden Grass)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump shape. They are a mounding grass with gracefully flowing narrow green foliage. Miscanthus gracillimus grass is noted for its narrow green leaves with a silver midrib which...
Maryland
Bowie
Panicum Shenandoah (Red Switchgrass)
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Foliage also turns beige in fall and provides good winter interest. The foliage of switch grass Panicum Shenandoah emerges bluish-green but rapidly turns burgundy-red by June and a dark wine for fall.
Maryland
Bowie
Mexican Feather Grass (Stipa, Nasella)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 GAL

Plants adapt to a wide range of conditions – moderate salinity, drought, slightly acid or alkaline pH and heavy clay or sandy soil. The crisp green blades are arching and extremely narrow.
Maryland
Bowie
Panicum Heavy Metal
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 3 GAL

Stems typically retain vertical form without flopping throughout the growing season and into winter. Panicum Heavy Metal tolerates wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or clay soils.
Maryland
Bowie
Pennisetum Hameln
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

There are many slow-release fertilizers on the market. It creates a barrier between the roots of the plant and fungi and pathogens that can cause root rot. As mentioned a minimun of one spring application of a balanced fertilizer should be your minimum...
Maryland
Bowie
Dwarf Palm Info – How To Grow Dwarf Palmetto Plants
For a warm weather plant, the dwarf palm is pretty hardy. Pruning of browning palm fronds is important to keep the plant healthy.Growing a dwarf palm is fairly easy, and it provides a nice anchor in the garden, especially small spaces.
Ohio
Willoughby
Red October Big Bluestem Grass
Prices start at : 23.98 USD / Plant

We recommend planting Red October in almost any sunny spot with well-draining soil. 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...
  • Estimated Mature Spread: 24-36" wide
  • Flower Color: Purple
  • Light Requirements: Full Sun
  • Soil Type: Loamy Soil, Drought/Dry Soil
  • Attract Birds: Yes
  • Bloom Time: Late summer
Vermont
Shelburne
Pink Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris)
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Mass for cover of areas with poor soils. Plant en masse, in a patio container or place them between shrubs in the landscape. Details: Pink Muhly grass is best grouped or massed for late season color.
Maryland
Bowie