Medium Height Ornamental Grasses

But now we have a striking beauty – the Little Miss Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Little Miss') – that has all of the great traits of the well-loved miscanthus grasses and puts them in a small but mighty package.

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. If you live near the coast, ‘Fireworks' will grow without need to coddle it.

It has an upright habit, with a gentle cascading effect (to the outside foliage), lending a touch of additional elegance to its form. Hot Rod Switch Grass is a must-have for those spots in your yard where you'd like some year-round interest.

(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.

The bushy plumes are great as cut flowers if they are cut soon after they emerge. * Enormous Purple Plumes All Summer * Golden Foliage in Autumn * Deer Resistant * Great as foundation plantings

Order yours today! * Cold-hardy to zone 5 * Distinctive lime-striped foliage * Super-easy care * Deer resistant It will bring light and texture to any garden combo. It works equally well in sun or shade and is drought and deer resistant once it is established.

Single specimens are dramatic; masses may be overwhelming. Carex Bowles Golden is easily grown in medium to wet soil in full sun to part shade. Grass-like, sharply keeled, dark green leaves are up to 30″ long.

Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area. Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump shape.

Foliage has an overall silvery appearance. Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for the crowns. Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but usually retain tight clump shape.

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.

It is not totally evergreen in the St. Louis area, although some foliage color will persist through mild winters. A dense, clump-forming sedge it features grass-like, arching, variegated leaves which are creamy yellow with dark green borders.

Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area. Prefers moist soils. Leaf blades feature, at irregular intervals, distinctive horizontal yellow bands (to 1” in height) that retain...

Blooms later than most cultivars. Tolerates of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clay. This grass also loves our summer heat and humidity. Substantial clumps tend to flop (or totally collapse when subjected to heavy winter...

Prefers Full sun to bring out the best red color. Native to north America this grass is a perfect addition to any garden. This ornamental switch grass cultivar features some of the best burgundy-red foliage of the many panicum cultivars currently available...

This species performs as a perennial through zone 7 but is usually a reseeding annual in areas with colder winters. This species thrives in coastal sites with excessive wind but is intolerant of sites with poorly drained soils.

Also may self-seed in optimum growing conditions, however, Panicum Heavy Metal' does not come true from seed and self-seeded plants may be best removed from a planting to preserve the uniformity of the foliage color.

A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. Uses: Drought tolerant, ground cover, Rain Gardens, Will grow under Black walnuts, Can be used to stabilize soil on slopes.

Red October is no exception, creating a fiery red statement with its fall foliage colors. Who doesn't love the ever-changing colors and texture that Ornamental Grasses bring to the garden?

Best grown in sandy or rocky, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to light shade. Its delicate pink plume seed heads appear in late summer and completely envelop the foliage.

Plant foliage will lose color intensity (particularly on variegated leaf cultivars) in full shade. The arching flow of the leaves gives a sense of movement, much like a cascading waterfall.

Leaf blades are extremely sharp (easily cut human skin) and may reach 6-8' in length. Cortaderia is one of the most cold hardy varieties of pampas grass, this selection is shorter and more compact than others.

Soft rush is commercially grown in Japan for making tatami (woven mats for homes). Tolerates light shade, but best in full sun. Notwithstanding its preference for abundant moisture, soft rush will perform surprisingly well in average garden soils as long...

We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times than not these products will retain entirely to much moisture and will cause the root system to rot.

The shorter, low-growing ornamental grasses are most often used as edging. On the other hand, if you're looking for vibrant color in the border,has upright, green foliage flushed with dark red.

Wrap a strand of garden twine that matches the grass around the entire clump, about halfway up the stalks. Whether you want to make a subtle statement or a big impact,can be just the right design detail for your landscaping.

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It is an excellent cutting plant for flower arrangements. 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...