Kansas Native Grasses

Juncus effusus Features cylindrical upright green stems that appear coarse and stiff but are soft to the touch. Although the stems appear from a distance as coarse and stiff, they are soft to the touch.

Blooms two to three weeks earlier than common feather reed grass. Blooms well in light shade, and actually appreciates some part afternoon shade in hot summer climates such as the St. Louis area, but generally tends to produce fewer flowers and develop...

Bamboo muhly performs well in large, and it is at home beside swimming pools and other water features. If this sounds like something you might like, then bamboo muhly (Muhlenbergia dumosa) is an ornamental grass that deserves your consideration.

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Use fountain grass to add texture and dimension to your perennial beds and borders. 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...

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. Try one today! * Colorful foliage * Adaptable to a variety of soils * Drought & salt tolerant * Thrives...

(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.

'Red Head' begins to show its enormous bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer. The bushy plumes are great as cut flowers if they are cut soon after they emerge. In late fall or early spring cut the foliage back almost to the ground before growth starts...

It makes a magnificent ground cover or try it in your favorite container. Lime-striped foliage all year! Do you want to add year-round motion and energy to your garden this year? Once you try it you will agree that it is such a great and adaptable plant.

You will be thrilled by simple beauty they add. Adagio Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio') adds graceful motion and rich texture to your landscape. They reach 5 feet tall and three feet wide in full sun.

It's lush and soft while at the same time durable and hardy. 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 is the grass to use in areas of dry, intense heat found in the southwest and California. There are 72 plugs in each tray. UC Verde will grow to a maximum height of 4 to 8 inches in most locations.

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. In the summer tiny blue flowers form, resembling little balls, adding a bit of additional...

It has a clumping habit of growth and is less of a sod-forming grass than Big Bluestem. This feature gives it the taxonomic name that means "turkey foot." As a warm-season grass, like most on the prairie, it flowers in late summer.This grass is nearly...

The inside foliage, near the center stays green which gives a neat two-tone effect. Not a big revolution. Wait until you see it backlit by the sun. It will make you stop in your tracks! Plant a small drift of Little Miss to imitate the color and movement...

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The catch with growing grasses is that you have to know what size and form you're growing or you'll end up with the wrong plant in the wrong place and many people misjudge just how tall grasses can grow.

The crisp green blades are arching and extremely narrow. Foliage can be semi-evergreen or deciduous depending on the climate. The pale silvery green blades are very mobile with a tendency to wave in the slightest breeze.

Grass-like, sharply keeled, dark green leaves are up to 30″ long. Cut to ground in winter. Mass in moist, lightly shaded areas near ponds or streams. Carex Bowles Golden has shimmering yellow leaves with dark green margins.

Miscanthus Yaku Jima. ‘Yaku Jima' is sometimes described in commerce as being a dwarf form of Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.

‘Morning Light' tends to keep its upright shape better than some other cultivars and rarely flops. Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Elegant, arching white and green variegated leaves, this elegant ornamental grass is noted for its very narrow green...

, making one wish to break the law to have sea oats in their own garden? As organic matter builds up, it provides a nutrient cache that allows seeds to germinate, and those seeds begin to send roots down into the sand.

Dwarf size facilitates use as a tall ground cover. Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear. Use this grass a a specimen, in borders, meadow or wild gardens and naturalized areas.

Foliage color is richer in part shade than in sun. Each leaf features a broad, creamy, yellowish-white center stripe bordered on each side by thin narrow dark green margins. It is native to dry woods and rocky slopes throughout Honshu Island, Japan.

Attractive reddish plumes rise one foot above the foliage in late summer. It typically grows in a substantial clump to 4-6' tall, but sends up flower stalks to 2' above the foliage, thus bringing the total height of the grass to 6-8' tall when in flower.

They are a mounding grass with gracefully flowing narrow green foliage. Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area.

Plant foliage will lose color intensity (particularly on variegated leaf cultivars) in full shade. Plant this grass where it will cascade down slopes, drape over rocks, spill over the edges of walls or in the border or a container Golden Japanese Forest...