Ornamental Grasses

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 the smaller gardens. Wait until you see it backlit by the sun.

Drought and disease don't bother it once it is established and salt air doesn't even phase it. This is a tough perennial grass that is easy to care for. Fireworks brings deep beautiful color wherever you plant it, even in containers! It grows 24” to...

Even when in decline Hot Rod adds decorative interest to the winter landscape. Hot Rod Switch Grass stays true to its name as the “hot rod” of the grasses—ablaze in color from summer through fall.

It looks stunning with dark-colored evergreens or the bright flowers of a perennial border. You know that you need this beauty in your garden this year. Enjoy Big Excitement From a Little Plant! It's time to add some energy and excitement to your tired...

Smoky Rose Color Plumes That Last Months! The Ornamental Fountain Grass 'Redhead Fountain Grass', 'Pennisetum 'Redhead', produces very soft plumes that are smoky rose in color, all season long.

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. Nothing does that as well as grasses and sedges.

It reflects its beautiful color on ponds and streams. The golden color of this cultivar casts a reflection on ponds and streams and will reflect light. Carex Bowles Golden has shimmering yellow leaves with dark green margins.

It provides the strong narrow green leaves of Maiden Grass, but in a 3–4′ version. Leaf blades (to 3/8” wide) are green and arch gracefully downward. The cultivar name does not describe a specific clone, but actually describes several very similar...

Foliage has an overall silvery appearance. Best in full sun. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area.

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.

, commonly known as Oshima kan suge, is a fine-textured sedge that typically grows in a low, grass-like mounded clump to 10-16” tall and as wide. This sedge is evergreen in the deep South, maintaining good foliage in both summer and winter.

Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area.

The foliage dries and turns tan-bronze for the winter. Tolerates of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clay. Prefers moist soils. Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump shape.

Panicum Shenandoah grows in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. Perfect for use in rain gardens, and provides winter interest in any situation. Panicles turn beige as the seeds mature in fall with the seed plumes persisting well into...

By late summer or autumn plants are crowned with buff colored seedheads. 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. Panicum Heavy Metal tolerates wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or clay soils.

Cool season grass will start to grow early in the spring and may even remain semi-evergreen over the winter. Wrapped tightly, they should hold together long enough to get you to the compost, where you can spring them loose.

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...

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. In Missouri, it most frequently occurs in acidic soils in open woods, glades or...

The arching flow of the leaves gives a sense of movement, much like a cascading waterfall. Plant this golden beauty to add softness and and a beautiful texture to your landscape. Golden Japanese Forest Grass is Best grown in humusy, consistently moist,...

It was planted around the world in Victorian times, and today is considered to be one of the most popular of the ornamental grasses. In 1848, and for many years now has been grown as an ornamental plant in certain southern and western parts of the U.S

Easily grown in moist to wet soils, including standing water to 4” deep, in full sun locations. Tolerates light shade, but best in full sun. Cut back old foliage in early spring.

That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. Carex Blue Zinger is a great alternative to Liriope spicata for those that prefer natives in their garden.

Their wispy, graceful foliage adds interesting form and texture to borders. Nothing says color better than the myriad of color variations found in ornamental grasses. Ornamental grasses come in a wide range of heights, colors, and textures, making them...

One of the few problems you may have with an ornamental grass plant, however, is the stems falling over, otherwise known as lodging of ornamental grasses.Preventing flopping grass in the garden is easier once you understand why ornamental grass falls...

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