Grass Species

Hot Rod Switch Grass is a must-have for those spots in your yard where you'd like some year-round interest. 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.

You know that you need this beauty in your garden this year. Each blade has a soft creamy interior that glows against a rich deep-green edge. Order yours today! * Beautiful bi-colored leaves * Evergreen that's great in sun or shade * Perfect for small...

In the fall the leaves turn gold in color. The deep purple buds mature to smoky purple plumes. This plant has no serious insect or disease problems and is not usually appealing to deer.

Lime-striped foliage all year! Do you want to add year-round motion and energy to your garden this 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.

One Adagio Maiden Grass is a stunning centerpiece and standout specimen in your garden, but multiples are breathtakingly spectacular in masses. Just one will elevate your garden to designer status! Adagio swings on the scene in early spring with loads...

We recommend one to four plugs per square foot of lawn depending on how dense you'd like it to be and how quickly you'd like it to fill in. It's lush and soft while at the same time durable and hardy.

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. It is the grass to use in areas of dry, intense heat found in the southwest and California.

Two of the enemies of grasses, deer and bunnies, tend to leave it alone, and it can even handle heavy traffic so using it around paving stones would be no problem at all. It's drought resistant, so no need to water.

As the summer wears on the outer foliage turns brilliant red and purple that just intensifies in the fall. The inside foliage, near the center stays green which gives a neat two-tone effect.

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Its bright green foliage resembles delicate filaments that arise in elegant, vase-like clumps and spill outward like a soft fountain. Blooming plants are about 1-2' tall and 1' wide.

This beautiful sedge's vivid foliage adds bright color to the garden. Cut to ground in winter. Does well in some shade, but tends to flop in too much shade. Single specimens are dramatic; masses may be overwhelming.

Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area. Panicles fade to silver in fall, but remain showy throughout winter.

Foliage has an overall silvery appearance. Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but usually retain tight clump shape. Not much fall color, with blades eventually turning straw-beige by winter.

Cultivars available in commerce today, typically growing 3 to 4 feet tall (5 feet in bloom.) It is an upright, warm season, clump-forming ornamental grass which features extremely narrow, silver-gray blades which turn yellow in fall.

Brightly variegated foliage in yellow and green of Carex Evergold features a tight fountain-like habit, even in the shade. Each leaf features a broad, creamy, yellowish-white center stripe bordered on each side by thin narrow dark green margins.

Attractive reddish plumes rise one foot above the foliage in late summer. Leaf blades feature, at irregular intervals, distinctive horizontal yellow bands (to 1” in height) that retain good coloration throughout the growing season.

Flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest. They are a mounding grass with gracefully flowing narrow green foliage. Substantial clumps tend to flop (or totally collapse when subjected to heavy winter snows), and will often benefit...

In St. Louis, the variegated striping appears gold in part shade. It is a rhizomatous, deciduous perennial grass that typically grows in dense spreading clumps to 15” tall and features gracefully arching green leaves variegated with gold longitudinal...

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Like true ferns, the asparagus fern looks right at home in a sunroom or screened-in porch, where it adds appealing color and texture to any decor. The University of Florida Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants recommends that Florida residents not purchase,...

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Late fall's stunning red color is enhanced by delicate, small red flower plumes that float above the foliage. Tolerates all types of soil. Prefers Full sun to bring out the best red color.

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