Grasses For Shade

Hosta Albomarginata is a widely popular shade perennial with soft green leaves striped with white bands, making it very striking. Hosta Albomarginata has soft green leaves with white bands, making it very striking.

Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide better nutrition overall as they breakdown. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote...

Water using the counting method for the first few weeks. Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant. Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked.

Remove stems of faded flowers to encourage additional bloom and to tidy plantings so that the attractive foliage can be fully appreciated. Foliage clump typically rises 5-8″ tall.

This Hosta is a large, outstanding perennial with a big personality and brightly colored foliage. Hosta Sum and Substance can handle some bright, indirect light or filtered sun but the delightful foliage will burn with too much sunlight.

The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or base of the plant.

Hosta Patriot boasts strong white margin on dark green heart-shaped leaves. They can be used as an edging plant or en mass for a showy ground cover. Prefers bright shade and humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil, but will tolerate average to dry soils...

Outward-facing, cup-shaped, creamy white flowers (to 2-3” diameter) with overlapping petals bloom atop reddish stems from late winter to mid-spring (March to May in St. Louis). Bloom typically commences in mid to late winter extending into early spring.

Nodding, cup-shaped, rose-like flowers (to 2″ diameter) with overlapping petals and center crowns of conspicuously contrasting yellow stamens appear in clusters (cymes) at the tips of leafy stems from early February through April.

Large variety of color combinations and patterns. Cut back flowering stems after bloom to promote new foliage growth. Evergreen perennial with cup-shaped nodding blooms in colors ranging from cream, pink to red in late winter.

Meaning fern in reference to the presence of some species of wood ferns in woodland areas populated with oaks. Young sori are covered by bright red indusia. Plants slowly spread over time by short creeping rhizomes.

A garden favorite for years, it's fairly tall at 3′, and has evenly spaced pink hearts suspended gracefully on its long stems. Remember that it goes dormant in mid-summer. It prefers no direct sun—a delight for shade gardeners—and blooms happily...

Does well in containers. Effective as an edger along paths or walkways. Heuchera Citronelle is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact coral bells cultivar. This Heucheralle is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact coral bells cultivar.

Heuchera Caramel has purplish-red leaf undersides that offers an attractive contrast, along with white flowers float above the 12″ foliage in early to mid summer. The foliage of this tough heat and humidity tolerant Heuchera is golden apricot with a...

It grows in an outward-spreading, vase-shaped clump to 24” tall and 24” wide. Synonymous with ) is a magnificent glossy evergreen that brings beauty to the home or garden. Crosiers flip over backwards to form tassels as the newly emerging fronds unfurl,...

Sweet Kate is an easy-to-grow perennial that produces a profusion of unusual deep-blue flowers from summer to fall. From the lovely chartreuse foliage to the beautiful bluish purple flowers, this is a ground cover unlike any other.

Prefers rich, fertile, humusy, consistently moist soils. Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in part shade. (native to woodland areas of eastern North America) in which the goal was to produce a dicentra with a compact and robust...

In cold winter climates, a winter mulch applied after the ground freezes will help prevent root heaving (clumps are shallow-rooted and will develop woody bases rather quickly). Prefers part shade (particularly with afternoon shade) in the hot summers...

We also played an important role in research, new technologies and in the development of new varieties and species with the UNIPASTO in partnership with EMBRAPA. Piata Brachiaria decumbens cv.

The effect is shockingly bright color in your garden from a typically simple grass. Fireworks brings deep beautiful color wherever you plant it, even in containers! It grows 24” to 36” tall and holds its color all season long, even deep onto the fall.

, commonly called Lenten rose, is a clump-forming, late winter-blooming perennial which typically grows 1-1.5′ tall. Hellebore Orientalis blooms late in winter, bearing nodding, 2-inch flowers in shades of whitish green, soft purple, or rose, often...

By the time autumn arrives, your picturesque grass adopts shades of deep purple, topped with decorative seeds of red/purple intensity. It has an upright habit, with a gentle cascading effect (to the outside foliage), lending a touch of additional elegance...

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...

In late fall or early spring cut the foliage back almost to the ground before growth starts in spring. 'Red Head' begins to show its enormous bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer.

One of the very best is Evercolor Everlime Carex (Carex oshimensis ‘Everlime'). 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.

It quickly becomes a stunning whirl of burgundy and gold in the fall. They reach 5 feet tall and three feet wide in full sun. You will be thrilled by simple beauty they add. Get yours now! * Fast growing & very easy care * Fast Growing* Bird friendly,...

It has a dark blue-green color and only grows 3 to 5 inches high. It will flourish in high sun but also tolerate the shady spots in your yard. Its deep roots mean that it requires 75% less water than other turf grasses.