Ornamental Grasses Houston

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.

It looks great with prairie-style companions (Coreposis ‘Moonbeam' or Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm' come to mind) or in modern gardens where it makes an unforgettable statement planted in masses.

Your Hot Rod Switch Grass is a perennial grass that will grow 36-42 inches in height, with a 24-inch spread when mature. Even deer tend to leave it alone! Hot Rod is spectacular when planted en masse or used as a border.

Order yours today! * Beautiful bi-colored leaves * Evergreen that's great in sun or shade * Perfect for small gardens and containers * Pretty fountain-like habit You know that you need this beauty in your garden this year.

In the fall the leaves turn gold in color. Use this plant in containers, in sunny borders, meadows, rock gardens, and foundation plantings. The bushy plumes are great as cut flowers if they are cut soon after they emerge.

One of the very best is Evercolor Everlime Carex (Carex oshimensis ‘Everlime'). Everlime can also stabilize and beautify that hard-to-maintain slope, if you need it to. If you want easy to grow and low-maintenance, then you can't beat Everlime.

Can also be grown in average garden soil, albeit less vigorously, but soil must not be allowed to dry out. Mass in moist, lightly shaded areas near ponds or streams. Single specimens are dramatic; masses may be overwhelming.

Prefers moist soils. Leaf blades (to 3/8” wide) are green and arch gracefully downward. Miscanthus Yaku Jima' is a clump-forming grass that is native to certain areas of Japan including the Island of Yaku Jima.

Not much fall color, with blades eventually turning straw-beige by winter. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area.

Foliage and flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest. Less vigorous with decreased flowering and tendency to flop in too much shade. Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.

It can also be grown in low spots or along ponds or streams but is equally at home in the rock garden or spilling over a rocky slope. It is native to dry woods and rocky slopes throughout Honshu Island, Japan.

Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump shape. Leaf blades feature, at irregular intervals, distinctive horizontal yellow bands (to 1” in height) that retain good coloration throughout the growing season.

Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area. Flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest.

In winter, the leaf color fades to beige; the blades persist and offer cover to birds. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or clay soils. It tolerates a wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist,...

Foliage can be semi-evergreen or deciduous depending on the climate. This grass prospers in sunny sites with a wide variety of soils. In summer narrow panicles of creamy long awned spikelets appear.

Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. Panicum Heavy Metal tolerates wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or clay soils. The metallic-blue leaves of Panicum Heavy Metal turn yellow in autumn, fading...

Pennisetum Hameln is ideal for locations where larger grasses cannot grow or would overpower the view. Fertilizing at this time may stimulate a flush of tender new growth that will be too soft to withstand the winter.

Growing to be about 6 feet, this variety makes a striking statement planted in the back of a perennial garden. Deer tend to stay away and this grass will quickly become one of the focal points in your late season garden.

Tolerant of heat, humidity and drought, but generally grows taller with consistent moisture. In Missouri, it most frequently occurs in acidic soils in open woods, glades or openings along roads primarily in central Ozark and western areas south of the...

It is stellar when planted in a way to allow viewing of the gracefully cascading blades. Other common names include forest grass and Japanese forest grass. Plant this grass where it will cascade down slopes, drape over rocks, spill over the edges of walls...

It thrives in hot, full sun exposures and is especially useful as a specimen grass.This variety is very drought resistant once established. This is a tough, large grass that forms dense, substantial clumps (tussocks) featuring arching, serrulate, narrow...

In St. Louis, clumps die to the ground in winter. From ancient times until the early 1900s, soft rush stems were used in England to create inexpensive, candle-like evening lights called “rushlights.” Rush stems were peeled away and the inner pith...

We love this product and use it on all plants we install in our own gardens. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates.

Some are evergreen; some are variegated with gold or white. Most ornamental grasses are well suited to full sun, but many varieties also thrive in shade. Because of its medium size and graceful appearance, this ornamental grass makes an excellent border...

Divide the plants in spring before any fresh shoots appear and plant each new grass clump far enough away so that it doesn't shade its neighbors.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });So how do you fix falling...

Ornamental grass propagation through seed is fairly easy.Collect seed when they are dry, usually in fall. Many perennial plants benefit from division.You simply dig up the plant when it is going dormant and cut it into two or more sections with healthy...

Deer resistant. Good for cut arrangements. Can be used in rain gardens. 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...