Ornamental Pampas Grass

Because of the plant's sharp foliage, the task of pruning should be done with great care using gloves and a long-sleeved shirt.However, with appropriate measures taken (for clumps well away from homes and buildings), you can also burn the foliage down...

Two of the enemies of grasses, deer and bunnies, tend to leave it alone, and it can even handle heavy traffic so using it around paving stones would be no problem at all. It's drought resistant, so no need to water.

These naturally short plants – the tufts only get about 24” tall – are perfect for covering the ‘feet' of bare-bottomed plants like tall Phlox or Bee Balm for a prairie garden effect.

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. Once you see Adagio Maiden Grass backlit by the sun on a crisp fall evening, though, you...

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. Wait until you see it backlit by the sun.

If you live near the coast, ‘Fireworks' will grow without need to coddle it. The effect is shockingly bright color in your garden from a typically simple grass. Fireworks brings deep beautiful color wherever you plant it, even in containers! It grows...

Hot Rod Switch Grass is a must-have for those spots in your yard where you'd like some year-round interest. By the time autumn arrives, your picturesque grass adopts shades of deep purple, topped with decorative seeds of red/purple intensity.

Each blade has a soft creamy interior that glows against a rich deep-green edge. Don't wait until we're sold out of Evercolor Everlite! They will go fast. This is the most compact of all the Evercolor sedges and is perfect for edging a border, softening...

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...

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. Whether your garden is rustic or formal, Evercolor Everlime will brighten it up all year.

With regular watering, may be grown in borders, rock gardens and containers. Is a dense, clump-forming sedge rising 1-2.5′ tall which is grown for its foliage effect. Single specimens are dramatic; masses may be overwhelming.

Miscanthus Yaku Jima. Foliage should be left standing throughout the winter for visual interest and to provide protection for the crowns. Miscanthus Yaku Jima is a slightly bigger plant than Adagio, but the main difference is that its leaves are more...

Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear. Morning Light Maiden Grass forms a graceful, upright mound of narrow green foliage, each leaf neatly edged in creamy-white.

Borders, meadows, wild gardens, cottage gardens, naturalized areas or pond/water garden peripheries. Miscanthus Adagio is a dwarf grass cultivar which is one of the shortest of the many Miscanthus cultivars available in commerce today.

Insignificant brownish flower spikes appear on triangular stems in spring. Carex Evergold is easily grown in medium to wet soils in part shade. It is not totally evergreen in the St. Louis area, although some foliage color will persist through mild winters.

‘Zebrinus') is a clump-forming grass noted for its horizontally banded foliage. It typically grows in a substantial clump to 4-6' tall, but sends up flower stalks to 2' above the foliage, thus bringing the total height of the grass to 6-8' tall when...

Less vigorous with decreased flowering and tendency to flop in too much shade. Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area.

Native to north America this grass is a perfect addition to any garden. Panicum Shenandoah grows in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. The foliage of switch grass Panicum Shenandoah emerges bluish-green but rapidly turns burgundy-red...

This species thrives in coastal sites with excessive wind but is intolerant of sites with poorly drained soils. By late summer or autumn plants are crowned with buff colored seedheads.

Switch grasses are an important wildlife cover in native, natural areas. Foliage clump is topped in mid-summer by finely-textured, pink-tinged, branched flower panicles which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud.

Never fertilize a plant with a chemical fertilizer if the plant looks sick or wilted. If you can find a fertilizer formulated for shrubs, this fertilizer would work well onPennisetum Hameln as grasses have similar nutrional requirements to shrubs.

Growing to be about 6 feet, this variety makes a striking statement planted in the back of a perennial garden. 'Red October' has attractive foliage that changes color seasonally. (Andropogon gerardii)

Plant en masse, in a patio container or place them between shrubs in the landscape. Add texture, movement and mass to your landscape with Pink Muhly Grass, an easy to grow, native ornamental grass.

Clumps spread by rhizomes, but are not considered to be invasive. Plant foliage will burn in full sun locations. Species plants reportedly have better winter hardiness and perform better in full sun exposures than ‘Areola'.

Clumps provide vertical accent to moist garden areas. Although the stems appear from a distance as coarse and stiff, they are soft to the touch. In St. Louis, clumps die to the ground in winter.

A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot.

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"); });– Ornamental grasses also add color and year-round interest to the border.