Ornamental Lemon Grass

Keep moist and well weeded. 6-12 stalks per plant, depending on growing climate. Transplant clumps into larger cells and grow in a warm place until after the last chance of frost has passed.

Just one will elevate your garden to designer status! Adagio swings on the scene in early spring with loads of silvery green foliage arching out like a fountain. Adagio Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio') adds graceful motion and rich texture...

Big drama for small urban spaces! There is a revolution happening right now in home gardening. The inside foliage, near the center stays green which gives a neat two-tone effect. They simply take up too much space.

Use fountain grass to add texture and dimension to your perennial beds and borders. The effect is shockingly bright color in your garden from a typically simple grass. Treat ‘Fireworks' like you would any ornamental grass, shearing it down to the ground...

The long, slender blades of Hot Rod reach up tall and straight, with an additional 6 inches added once it's whimsical, airy seeds make an appearance. By the time autumn arrives, your picturesque grass adopts shades of deep purple, topped with decorative...

This is the most compact of all the Evercolor sedges and is perfect for edging a border, softening a hardscape, spilling out of a container or filling out a garden bed. Don't wait until we're sold out of Evercolor Everlite! They will go fast.

This plant has no serious insect or disease problems and is not usually appealing to deer. Smoky Rose Color Plumes That Last Months! The Ornamental Fountain Grass 'Redhead Fountain Grass', 'Pennisetum 'Redhead', produces very soft plumes that are smoky...

One of the very best is Evercolor Everlime Carex (Carex oshimensis ‘Everlime'). They are super easy to care for, they fit into just about any garden style and there are so many colors and forms to choose from.

Carex Bowles Golden is easily grown in medium to wet soil in full sun to part shade. Cultivars of this species are superior garden plants to the species. Cut to ground in winter. Genus name from Latin means cutter in reference to the sharp leaves and...

Prefers moist soils. It provides the strong narrow green leaves of Maiden Grass, but in a 3–4′ version. Foliage turns reddish-brown in fall fading to tan over winter. Leaf blades (to 3/8” wide) are green and arch gracefully downward.

Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear. Flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest. Typically forms an upright, rounded clump of foliage growing 4-6′ tall.

Borders, meadows, wild gardens, cottage gardens, naturalized areas or pond/water garden peripheries. Prefers moist soils. Tiny pink-tinged flowers appear in tassel-like inflorescences above the foliage in late summer, gradually turning into creamy white...

A dense, clump-forming sedge it features grass-like, arching, variegated leaves which are creamy yellow with dark green borders. Plants are evergreen throughout most of their growing range.

Bright green foliage with yellow banding throughout summer. Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Less vigorous with decreased flowering and tendency to flop in too much shade. It is noted for its compact size, upright form, horizontally-banded foliage...

This is by far the most popular of all Miscanthus varieties. Miscanthus gracillimus is easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Useful as a specimen, in the border, or for mass planting.

Foliage also turns beige in fall and provides good winter interest. Foliage emerges bluish-green but rapidly turns burgundy-red (by late June) to form a compact, narrow, erect, 3′ tall clump of foliage which is topped in summer by finely-textured, reddish-pink...

Plants adapt to a wide range of conditions – moderate salinity, drought, slightly acid or alkaline pH and heavy clay or sandy soil. Narrow upright 4-12” flower panicles appear in summer.

Cut back clumps to the ground in late winter to early spring. It is useful for erosion control, rain gardens and areas with salt spray. Will grow in part shade, but begins to lose its columnar form in too much shade, growing more openly and possibly falling...

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. Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots of Pennisetum Hameln to spread through...

'Red October' has attractive foliage that changes color seasonally. Who doesn't love the ever-changing colors and texture that Ornamental Grasses bring to the garden? (Andropogon gerardii)

Plant en masse, in a patio container or place them between shrubs in the landscape. , commonly called pink muhly grass or pink hair grass, is a clump-forming, warm season, perennial grass that is noted for its attractive summer foliage and spectacular...

Tolerates close to full shade, particularly in the hot summer climates of the deep South. Plants will grow well in deeper shade (particularly in hot summer climates), but the gold variegation changes to lime green.

Silvery white plumes (sometimes with traces of pink) are more impressive on female plants than on male plants. Cortaderia is one of the most cold hardy varieties of pampas grass, this selection is shorter and more compact than others.

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. Plants will also naturalize by self-seeding. Soft rush may be grown in tubs or containers sunk in the mud to control...

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

If bush lemon shrubs don't get enough water during flowering, the fruit can drop. These rough, tough lemon trees are often used as rootstocks for more picky lemon cultivars. The bush lemon blossoms give way to the lemon fruit.

Most ornamental grasses are well suited to full sun, but many varieties also thrive in shade. There are a number of other reasons to include ornamental grass in the border or landscape.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...