Landscaping With Ornamental Grasses

* Very easy care * Great for containers and small gardens * Bird friendly, deer resistant * Fast growing Little Miss has green, lush, graceful foliage that emerges in early spring.

The FIRST Variegated Purple Fountain Grass! Pennisetum Fireworks ('Fireworks' Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' USPP 18,504.) is the first purple fountain grass that is more than just ‘purple'.

Dazzling Color Earlier Than Other Grasses With Hot Rod Switch Grass you won't have to wait long to enjoy vibrant color in your yard. Even when in decline Hot Rod adds decorative interest to the winter landscape.

(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' looks great in late-season containers. This plant has no serious insect or disease problems and is not usually appealing to deer. Smoky Rose Color Plumes That Last Months! The Ornamental Fountain Grass 'Redhead Fountain Grass', 'Pennisetum...

Once you try it you will agree that it is such a great and adaptable plant. If you want easy to grow and low-maintenance, then you can't beat Everlime. It forms a neat and easily controlled mound that looks fantastic in a row along the edge of a planter...

The yellow seems to glow in partial shade. 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.

Less vigorous with decreased flowering and tendency to flop in too much shade. It typically grows in a clump to 3-4' tall. Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear.

Elegant, arching white and green variegated leaves, this elegant ornamental grass is noted for its very narrow green leaves with white variegation on the margins, giving off an internal ‘light' affect.

Use this grass a a specimen, in borders, meadow or wild gardens and naturalized areas. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays. Cultivars available in commerce today, typically growing 3 to 4 feet tall (5 feet...

Add texture to your landscape with this lovely mounding grass. This sedge is evergreen in the deep South, maintaining good foliage in both summer and winter. Foliage color is richer in part shade than in sun.

Flowers appear in corymbose panicles of 10-13 racemes (each to 6” long) above the foliage in late summer. Best in full sun. Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Plant Patent PP13,008 issued September 24, 2002.

Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear. This elegantly shaped grass has narrow leaves with white mid-ribs and a vase-like form. Flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest.

It tolerates a wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or clay soils. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or clay soils.

In summer narrow panicles of creamy long awned spikelets appear. This grass prospers in sunny sites with a wide variety of soils. Foliage is less than 1/8” wide and up to 12” long.

It is a clump-forming, warm season grass which typically grows in an upright, vertical clump to 3′ tall (to 5′ when in flower). Easily grown in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade.

Fall is the time for Pennisetums to begin preparing for dormancy. Organic additions to the soil can also be combined with a shot of chemical fertilizer for maximum effect. They may even provide food for the birds.

Who doesn't love the ever-changing colors and texture that Ornamental Grasses bring to the garden? Deer tend to stay away and this grass will quickly become one of the focal points in your late season garden.

Borders, cottage gardens or native plant areas. Does not spread by rhizomes. Best grown in sandy or rocky, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to light shade. It is the fall flowering, however, that most distinguishes this grass.

Best growth occurs in climates with cool summer temperatures. Gracefully arching, linear-lanceolate, bright green leaves (to 10″ long and 3/8″ wide) form dense, spreading, cascading mounds to 12-18″ tall and to 24″ wide.

Plumes and blue-green leaves are both great for cutting and drying. 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...

Soft rush is one of the true rushes. Juncus effusus clumps are often slow to establish, but once established will spread by creeping rhizomes. From ancient times until the early 1900s, soft rush stems were used in England to create inexpensive, candle-like...

A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the Carex Blue Zinger plants to produce new foliage, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout the season.

Because of its medium size and graceful appearance, this ornamental grass makes an excellent border plant. There are a number of other reasons to include ornamental grass in the border or landscape.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

Give these plants one application offirst thing in the spring just as the grass blades begin to sprout. Once they grow to an overly large size, the sheer weight of the mass of grass blades can cause the entire plant to bend down and fall over.

This gives you the “2 for the price of 1” effect that budget minded gardeners appreciate, as well as increases and enhances the growth of the plants.Ornamental grass propagation is easiest with this method but some produce well with seed.

Beautiful rose-copper flower plumes begin their entrance in July with new seed heads appearing all the way into September! Rose Fountain Grass is a very easy plant to grow and is known for its vigorous performance.