Ornamental Grasses Ontario

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. * Very easy care * Great for containers and small gardens * Bird friendly,...

This is a tough perennial grass that is easy to care for. Use fountain grass to add texture and dimension to your perennial beds and borders. ‘Fireworks' breaks color barriers with a deep maroon-purple center vein flanked by hot pink margins.

Hot Rod Switch Grass stays true to its name as the “hot rod” of the grasses—ablaze in color from summer through fall. The long, slender blades of Hot Rod reach up tall and straight, with an additional 6 inches added once it's whimsical, airy seeds...

It looks stunning with dark-colored evergreens or the bright flowers of a perennial border. Each blade has a soft creamy interior that glows against a rich deep-green edge. (It makes a BIG impact in a SMALL garden! Even if you only have a tiny spot like...

In late fall or early spring cut the foliage back almost to the ground before growth starts in spring. 'Red Head' begins to show its enormous bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer.

One of the very best is Evercolor Everlime Carex (Carex oshimensis ‘Everlime'). It makes a magnificent ground cover or try it in your favorite container. Lime-striped foliage all year! Do you want to add year-round motion and energy to your garden this...

Mass in moist, lightly shaded areas near ponds or streams. Carex Bowles Golden has shimmering yellow leaves with dark green margins. A good plant for the water garden or low spot. Commonly called tufted sedge.

Foliage turns reddish-brown in fall fading to tan over winter. Tiny buffy colored flowers with red tinges emerge in fluffy panicles above the foliage in August-September. Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump...

Less vigorous with decreased flowering and tendency to flop in too much shade. Blooms later than most cultivars. 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 should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for the crowns. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays.

It is native to dry woods and rocky slopes throughout Honshu Island, Japan. Plants spread slowly by short rhizomes. This sedge features narrow leaves (typically to 16” long by 5/16” wide).

Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Tiny flowers emerge gray-purple with the plumes having an overall wine-purple coloration. ‘Little Zebra', sometimes commonly called dwarf zebra grass, is a compact...

The foliage dries and turns tan-bronze for the winter. Miscanthus gracillimus grass is noted for its narrow green leaves with a silver midrib which form a substantial, rounded, arching clump of foliage typically growing 4-6′ tall (to 8′ when in flower).

Prefers Full sun to bring out the best red color. Perfect for use in rain gardens, and provides winter interest in any situation. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or clay soils.

This species performs as a perennial through zone 7 but is usually a reseeding annual in areas with colder winters. Plants should be groomed or cut to the ground in early spring to remove tattered foliage and make way for new foliage.

Will grow in part shade, but begins to lose its columnar form in too much shade, growing more openly and possibly falling over. Tends to flop in rich soils. Features metallic-blue leaves which turn yellow in autumn, fading to tan-beige in winter.

Pennisetum Hameln favors nutrient rich soil and ample fertilization. As with chemical fertilizers, do not apply it right next to the trunk or stems emerging from the ground. Not all Nitrogen deficiencies result in stunted growth.

Deer tend to stay away and this grass will quickly become one of the focal points in your late season garden. We recommend planting Red October in almost any sunny spot with well-draining soil.

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. This beautiful ornamental grass is stunning in dried floral arrangements.

Plants will grow well in deeper shade (particularly in hot summer climates), but the gold variegation changes to lime green. Best growth occurs in climates with cool summer temperatures.

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 in moist to wet soils, including standing water to 4” deep, in full sun locations. The plant leaves are reduced to bladeless sheathing at the stem bases. Soft rush is native to North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

We highly recommend that you mulch your Carex Blue Zinger with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability. Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide...

For instance, some spread vigorously; others form neat clumps. Forms of ornamental grass that creep or self-sow can eventually become troublesome later on in the border, whereas those that form clumps or spread much slower make far better choices for...

Avoid any more fertilizer for the rest of the year.Another reason your ornamental grass may flop over is that it has grown too big. Give these plants one application offirst thing in the spring just as the grass blades begin to sprout.

Variegated forms need to be propagated by division in order to preserve the variegation. Most propagation of ornamental grasses is straightforward and takes no special skill but has exponential rewards.

Good for cut arrangements. Can be used in rain gardens. Mounds of narrow, elegantly arching leaves grow to 2' tall. Rose Fountain Grass is an exciting addition to any landscape. Beautiful rose-copper flower plumes begin their entrance in July with new...