Hot Rod Switch Grass stays true to its name as the “hot rod” of the grasses—ablaze in color from summer through fall. Delightful, blue-tinted foliage quickly bursts into bright shades of eye-catching red with this remarkably colorful switch grass...
With a max height of 10 to 15 inches and a max width of 8 to 10 inches this little guy fits anywhere, sun or shade. Don't wait until we're sold out of Evercolor Everlite! They will go fast.
Botanical Name: Carex oshimensis ‘Everlite'
Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
Moisture: Water carefully to establish, and as needed during drier periods
'Red Head' begins to show its enormous bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer. In late fall or early spring cut the foliage back almost to the ground before growth starts in spring.
It makes a magnificent ground cover or try it in your favorite container. Whether your garden is rustic or formal, Evercolor Everlime will brighten it up all year. Once you try it you will agree that it is such a great and adaptable plant.
Botanical Name: Carex oshimensis 'Everlime'
Foliage: Perennial
Growth Rate: Medium
Soil Type: Rich, evenly moist, well drained soils best
Mix them into your perennial borders. It quickly becomes a stunning whirl of burgundy and gold in the fall. Cut them down in late winter and they will spring back up fresh every year.
Planting is quick and easy. Its dense canopy of fine leaf blades creates a very soft carpet which is perfect for lawn activities. 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...
An Established Lawn in as Little as 90 Days! You will receive Accelerated Growth Plugs, the economical way to a buffalo grass lawn. UC Verde produces a dense turf of soft, bright-green, very fine leaf blades.
It would make a wonderful groundcover or a border in your perennial bed. * Ornamental * Durable * Deer resistant * Great groundcover In the summer tiny blue flowers form, resembling little balls, adding a bit of additional decorative appeal.
It will make you stop in your tracks! Plant a small drift of Little Miss to imitate the color and movement of the prairie, or just plant one individually to animate your border. Little Miss has green, lush, graceful foliage that emerges in early spring.
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Long a staple of riotous English cottage borders and calm Japanese tea gardens alike, US gardeners are finally catching up to the ease and carefree beauty of well-chosen grasses in their own spaces.
The pale silvery green blades are very mobile with a tendency to wave in the slightest breeze. This species performs as a perennial through zone 7 but is usually a reseeding annual in areas with colder winters.
Mass in moist, lightly shaded areas near ponds or streams. Grass-like, sharply keeled, dark green leaves are up to 30″ long. Carex Bowles Golden has shimmering yellow leaves with dark green margins.
‘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. Miscanthus Yaku Jima is a slightly bigger plant than Adagio, but the main difference is that...
Not much fall color, with blades eventually turning straw-beige by winter. Tiny reddish-copper flowers appear in long tassel-like inflorescences above the foliage in mid to late September, gradually turning into silvery white plumes as the seeds mature.
Foliage and flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest. Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Best in full sun. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy...
It is native to dry woods and rocky slopes throughout Honshu Island, Japan. Foliage color is richer in part shade than in sun. Plants spread slowly by short rhizomes. This sedge features narrow leaves (typically to 16” long by 5/16” wide).
Bright green foliage with yellow banding throughout summer. Attractive reddish plumes rise one foot above the foliage in late summer. Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear.
This is by far the most popular of all Miscanthus varieties. They are a mounding grass with gracefully flowing narrow green foliage. Best in full sun. Foliage turns yellowish after frost, but quickly fades to straw-beige by winter.
Best growth occurs in climates with cool summer temperatures. Propagation is easiest by division. The arching flow of the leaves gives a sense of movement, much like a cascading waterfall.
This ornamental switch grass cultivar features some of the best burgundy-red foliage of the many panicum cultivars currently available in commerce. Prefers Full sun to bring out the best red color.
Grows primarily in clumps, but may infrequently spread by rhizomes. This native grass withstands seasonal flooding yet is drought tolerant once established. The metallic-blue leaves of Panicum Heavy Metal turn yellow in autumn, fading to tan-beige in...
Start by wrapping the circumference of the grass. When selecting a fertilizer for your Pennisetum Hameln , if soil Ph is not an issue a simple balanced fertilizer can be used such as Espoma Chemical fertilizers or organic matter can also be used successfully.
Tolerant of heat, humidity and drought, but generally grows taller with consistent moisture. Tolerates poor soils. It is native to prairies, pine barrens, and open woodlands from Massachusetts to Kansas south to Florida and Texas.
This is a tough, large grass that forms dense, substantial clumps (tussocks) featuring arching, serrulate, narrow green leaves that are topped in fall by huge, feathery, silvery white plumes.
Easily grown at the edge of a pond or water garden, in boggy areas, among wet pebbles or rocks or in several inches of standing water. Juncus effusus Features cylindrical upright green stems that appear coarse and stiff but are soft to the touch.
After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Carex Blue Zinger a good deep watering. A 2 to 3 inch layer of mulch is sufficient but remember to take care not to cover any part of the stem of the plant with...
