Ornamental Grasses Wisconsin

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. As the summer wears on the outer foliage turns brilliant red and purple that...

If you're looking for something other than the “same old, same old” in your garden this year, order a few Pennisetum Fireworks from us today! * Outstanding variegated foliage * Summer bloom * Heat tolerant

Try one today! * Colorful foliage * Adaptable to a variety of soils * Drought & salt tolerant * Thrives in full sun It's drought tolerant and generally carefree. Dazzling Color Earlier Than Other Grasses With Hot Rod Switch Grass you won't have to wait...

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

'Red Head' looks great in late-season containers. * Enormous Purple Plumes All Summer * Golden Foliage in Autumn * Deer Resistant * Great as foundation plantings The deep purple buds mature to smoky purple plumes.

It makes a magnificent ground cover or try it in your favorite container. 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.

A good plant for the water garden or low spot. Carex Bowles Golden has shimmering yellow leaves with dark green margins. Single specimens are dramatic; masses may be overwhelming. Cut to ground in winter.

It achieves a thick, full clump of billowing, arched foliage quickly, and silver flowers in August. Miscanthus Yaku Jima. Miscanthus Yaku Jima' is a clump-forming grass that is native to certain areas of Japan including the Island of Yaku Jima.

Foliage has an overall silvery appearance. Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for the crowns. Not much fall color, with blades eventually turning straw-beige by winter.

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.

This sedge features narrow leaves (typically to 16” long by 5/16” wide). Plants spread slowly by short rhizomes. It is not totally evergreen in the St. Louis area, although some foliage color will persist through mild winters.

Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump shape. Prefers moist soils. Miscanthus Little Zebra makes a tidy, compact mound of green foliage with prominent, yellow horizontal banding that holds well through the summer.

Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area. This grass also loves our summer heat and humidity. Blooms later than most cultivars.

Perfect for grouping in sun and ideal for attracting birds. Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. Native to north America this grass is a perfect addition to any garden.

Is a swaying fine textured clump forming grass. Leaves are glossy and usually rolled into a threadlike cylinder. This species thrives in coastal sites with excessive wind but is intolerant of sites with poorly drained soils.

Looks great combined with Black-eyed Susan. Switch grasses are an important wildlife cover in native, natural areas. The metallic-blue leaves of Panicum Heavy Metal turn yellow in autumn, fading to tan-beige in winter.

Pennisetum Hameln is an attractive ornamental grass featuring dark green foliage and pinkish white flower spikes that persist through winter providing intrest. Cool season grasses also seem to do better and have better foliage quality when temperatures...

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. Its delicate pink plume seed heads appear in late summer and completely envelop the foliage.

, commonly called Hakone grass, is a rhizomatous, shade-loving, deciduous perennial grass that is native both to moist mountain areas including wet rocky cliffs and to moist woodland areas in central Japan, including areas around Mt. Hakone from which...

It was first introduced into the U. Its common name is in obvious reference to the Argentine grasslands (the pampas) where it grows. Leaf blades are extremely sharp (easily cut human skin) and may reach 6-8' in length.

In St. Louis, clumps die to the ground in winter. Notwithstanding its preference for abundant moisture, soft rush will perform surprisingly well in average garden soils as long as they receive consistent irrigation.

Apply an early spring fertilizer with a product such as at the recommended rate this will give the plant a boost of nitrogen potash that will be needed for healthy foliage and stem growth.

Some are evergreen; some are variegated with gold or white. Ornamental grasses also tend to be free of disease and insect pests. Ornamental grasses come in a wide range of heights, colors, and textures, making them perfect for any space in the garden,...

If the damage has been done and your ornamental grass has fallen over, you can give it a quick fix until the stems are strong enough to hold themselves up again.Simply pound a stake or length of rebar into the ground in the very center of the grass clump.

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Rose Fountain Grass is an exciting addition to any landscape. Deer resistant. Good for cut arrangements. It is an excellent cutting plant for flower arrangements. Mounds of narrow, elegantly arching leaves grow to 2' tall.