Ornamental Grasses Utah

Wait until you see it backlit by the sun. 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.

Drought and disease don't bother it once it is established and salt air doesn't even phase it. Fireworks brings deep beautiful color wherever you plant it, even in containers! It grows 24” to 36” tall and holds its color all season long, even deep...

Even when in decline Hot Rod adds decorative interest to the winter landscape. It has an upright habit, with a gentle cascading effect (to the outside foliage), lending a touch of additional elegance to its form.

(It makes a BIG impact in a SMALL garden! Even if you only have a tiny spot like a pot on a balcony, you will love the gorgeous impression Everlite makes!) It is super hardy and evergreen up to zone 4 and requires very little maintenance.

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.

Evercolor Everlime keeps its shape and color all year, being cold hardy up to zone 5. It stands out from other carex with eye-catching spring-green blades with a lime-green edge. If you want easy to grow and low-maintenance, then you can't beat Everlime.

Foliage promptly turns yellow after frost. With regular watering, may be grown in borders, rock gardens and containers. It is also interesting as a specimen or accent plant, brightening shady areas.

Tiny buffy colored flowers with red tinges emerge in fluffy panicles above the foliage in August-September. Foliage turns reddish-brown in fall fading to tan over winter. Prefers moist soils.

Typically forms an upright, rounded clump of foliage growing 4-6′ tall. Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but usually retain tight clump shape. ‘Morning Light' tends to keep its upright shape better than some other cultivars...

Tiny pink-tinged flowers appear in tassel-like inflorescences above the foliage in late summer, gradually turning into creamy white plumes by fall as the seeds mature. Versatile ornamental grass for smaller areas.

Plants generally dislike hot and humid summer climates. Insignificant brownish flower spikes appear on triangular stems in spring. Plants are similar in appearance to Genus name from Latin means cutter in reference to the sharp leaves and stem edges (rushes...

Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Bright green foliage with yellow banding throughout summer. Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump shape.

The foliage dries and turns tan-bronze for the winter. This is by far the most popular of all Miscanthus varieties. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area.

Perfect for use in rain gardens, and provides winter interest in any situation. Prefers Full sun to bring out the best red color. Native to north America this grass is a perfect addition to any garden.

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

Tends to flop in rich soils. Will grow in part shade, but begins to lose its columnar form in too much shade, growing more openly and possibly falling over. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring.

These grasses may require more frequent division to keep them healthy looking and vigorous. A less expensive fast release fertilizer such as a 10-10-10 will work just as well if applied twice during the early spring and again in the late spring.

'Red October' has attractive foliage that changes color seasonally. Growing to be about 6 feet, this variety makes a striking statement planted in the back of a perennial garden. Who doesn't love the ever-changing colors and texture that Ornamental Grasses...

Best in full sun. Plants typically grow to 3' tall x 3' wide when in flower. Genus name honors Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg (1753-1815), Lutheran pastor in Pennsylvania, U.S.A., distinguished amateur botanist.

Plant foliage will lose color intensity (particularly on variegated leaf cultivars) in full shade. Golden Japanese Forest Grass is Best grown in humusy, consistently moist, well-drained soils in part shade.

Female plants produce prodigious amounts of seed and can self-seed freely, often resulting in naturalization that displaces valuable native plants. Flower plumes (1-3' long) may rise to 4 to 5′ tall on erect stems.

Easily grown in moist to wet soils, including standing water to 4” deep, in full sun locations. 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.

Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates. Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier...

The fine textured grasses, for example, can create dramatic contrast within borders when placed next to other broad-shaped foliage plants and flowers.There are practical reasons for adding ornamental grasses to borders.wait until the weather starts warming...

These plants benefit from being divided every three or four years. Most of the problems associated with flopping ornamental grass is because of gardeners taking too much care of the plants, not too little.The most common cause of ornamental grasses falling...

It is often obvious when this needs to be done, as the grass may have a dead patch in the center or simply fail to produce a thick crown of leaves.Propagation of ornamental grasses is through this division or from volunteer plants that have come from...

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 is known for its vigorous performance.