Ornamental Grasses Colorado

The inside foliage, near the center stays green which gives a neat two-tone effect. Not a big revolution. With so many people moving from the suburbs back into urban spaces, there is a trend of finding beautiful small – even dwarf – plants to fit...

Use fountain grass to add texture and dimension to your perennial beds and borders. Drought and disease don't bother it once it is established and salt air doesn't even phase it. If you live near the coast, ‘Fireworks' will grow without need to coddle...

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. Even when in decline Hot Rod adds decorative interest to the winter landscape.

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Use this plant in containers, in sunny borders, meadows, rock gardens, and foundation plantings. The deep purple buds mature to smoky purple plumes. This plant has no serious insect or disease problems and is not usually appealing to deer.

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. Lime-striped foliage all year! Do you want to add year-round motion and energy to your garden this year?

Commonly called tufted sedge. With regular watering, may be grown in borders, rock gardens and containers. Cultivars of this species are superior garden plants to the species. Can also be grown in average garden soil, albeit less vigorously, but soil...

It provides the strong narrow green leaves of Maiden Grass, but in a 3–4′ version. Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for the crowns.

Less vigorous with decreased flowering and tendency to flop in too much shade. Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear. Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection...

Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for the crowns. Borders, meadows, wild gardens, cottage gardens, naturalized areas or pond/water garden peripheries.

Plants tend to languish in full shade. Insignificant brownish flower spikes appear on triangular stems in spring. Plants are evergreen throughout most of their growing range. It can also be grown in low spots or along ponds or streams but is equally at...

Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for the crowns. Prefers moist soils. It typically grows in a substantial clump to 4-6' tall, but sends up flower stalks to 2' above the foliage, thus bringing...

Prefers moist soils. This grass also loves our summer heat and humidity. Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear.

In winter, the leaf color fades to beige; the blades persist and offer cover to birds. Perfect for use in rain gardens, and provides winter interest in any situation. It tolerates a wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or...

Foliage can be semi-evergreen or deciduous depending on the climate. Plants should be groomed or cut to the ground in early spring to remove tattered foliage and make way for new foliage.

It is useful for erosion control, rain gardens and areas with salt spray. Foliage clump is topped in mid-summer by finely-textured, pink-tinged, branched flower panicles which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud.

Uses: Drought tolerant, ground cover, Rain Gardens, Will grow under Black walnuts, Can be used to stabilize soil on slopes. It creates a barrier between the roots of the plant and fungi and pathogens that can cause root rot.

Beginning as a gray-blue in spring, deepening to blue-green in summer, and then dramatically turning a brilliant scarlet-red come fall, this grass brings some serious drama! The perfect ornamental grass to add winter interest, 'Red October' is both deer...

Masses of airy, open, loosely branched inflorescences (each to 12” long) in pink to pinkish-red float above the foliage in a lengthy fall bloom. Plant en masse, in a patio container or place them between shrubs in the landscape.

Plant this golden beauty to add softness and and a beautiful texture to your landscape. 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.

Clumps may be divided in late winter to early spring. In the colder climates, this grass will generally not survive winter, and should be planted in large containers (e.g., whiskey barrels) for overwintering in a garage etc.

Cut back old foliage in early spring. Notwithstanding its preference for abundant moisture, soft rush will perform surprisingly well in average garden soils as long as they receive consistent irrigation.

Remove the old flowers of Carex Blue Zinger as they become brown and unattractive but this is not necessary as the berried covered stems provide added interest in the landscape. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again...

Some are evergreen; some are variegated with gold or white. Their foliage also turns russet to golden-brown. Many late-season grasses develop seed heads after their flowers have faded, and both the seed heads and plumes can add interest throughout winter.

If you have a habit of fertilizing your ornamental plants on a regular basis, you'll be causing the problem you're trying to avoid. Whether you want to make a subtle statement or a big impact,can be just the right design detail for your landscaping.

Variegated forms need to be propagated by division in order to preserve the variegation. Watch carefully for stress from sun, insects and diseases, like fungal issues. In all cases, keep competitive weeds from around the root zone and add a layer of organic...

Rose Fountain Grass is an exciting addition to any landscape. Deer resistant. 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...