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Carex Blue Zinger
Prices start at : 14.95 USD / 1 GAL

A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows. We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times than not these products...
Maryland
Bowie
Black Mondo Grass
Prices start at : 12.79 USD / each

Especially striking with lime green or yellow leaves plantings. Plant in full to partial sun. Grows only 10'' tall making it perfect as a ground cover or small accent plant in your border garden.
  • Colors: Black, Pink
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Genus: Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
  • Spread: 24''
  • Max Height (feet): 10"
Illinois
Bloomington
Japanese Sedge -- An Easy-Care Groundcover
Even if the plants are not trimmed, they seem to look great by the time the new leaves emerge. Cultivars of many of the species increase the number of selections exponentially. If I lose it, I won't worry because not too much money was invested.The venture...
California
El Segundo
Hakonechloa, Aureola
★★★★★
Prices start at : 13.99 USD / 1 Plant

2009 Perennial of the Year. Richly golden variegated leaves form delicate looking, tough-as-nails mounded plants. Easy to grow and provides interest in all four seasons.
  • Height: 18-24 inches
  • Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders, Container
  • Resistant To: Deer
  • Sun: Full Shade, Part Sun
  • Bloom Season: Fall
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
Pennsylvania
Warminster
Cortaderia, Pink Pampas
★★★★★
Prices start at : 13.99 USD / 1 Plant

Long atop 6-7 ft. Stalks from early summer to mid-autumn. Dramatic in large dried arrangements. This sensuous ornamental grass has huge, silky, sand-pink plumes reaching 2 ft.
  • Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders
  • Bloom Season: Fall, Summer
  • Planting Time: Fall, Spring
  • Resistant To: Deer
  • Sun: Full Sun
  • Zone: 7-10
Pennsylvania
Warminster
Ornamental Grass Collection
Prices start at : 29.99 USD / 3 Plants

Hakonechloa Aureola, Eragrostis Purple Love Grass and Cortaderia Pink Pampas. These grasses are easy to grow and provide interest in all four seasons.
  • Zone: 7-8
  • Sun: Full Sun
  • Planting Time: Fall, Spring
  • Resistant To: Deer
  • Height: 12-60 inches
  • Genus: Hakonechloa, Eragrostis, Cortaderia
Pennsylvania
Warminster
Eragrostis, Purple Love Grass
★★★★★
Prices start at : 11.99 USD / 1 Plant

Easy to grow and provides interest in all four seasons. The flower spikes of this native grass come to life by creating a pink "cloud-like" effect on the planting area while in bloom.

18-24 inches

    • Resistant To: Deer
    • Spread: 18-24 inches
    • Sun: Full Sun
    • Genus: Eragrostis
    • Height: 18-24 inches
    • Planting Time: Fall, Spring
    Pennsylvania
    Warminster
    Carex, Evergold
    Prices start at : 11.99 USD / 1 Plant

    Evergold Japanese sedge springs up in gorgeous clumps of cascading, fine-textured foliage. Its narrow, dark green leaves are lined with golden stripes. Growing to 18" tall, the plants' tidy mounding habit make them good options for containers, small spaces...
    • Zone: 5-8
    • Ornamental Use: Beds, Borders
    • Resistant To: Deer
    • Planting Time: Fall, Spring
    • Spread: 24 inches
    Pennsylvania
    Warminster
    Carex Ice Dance
    Prices start at : 15.95 USD / 1 Gal

    That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. We love this product and use it on all plants we install in our own gardens.
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Panicum virgatum, Hot Rod
    Prices start at : 16.99 USD / 1 Plant

    Cut some for dried bouquets, then leave the seed heads on during the winter for the wildlife to enjoy. The earliest purple color on any perennial grass we have seen. Foliage starts blue-green and develops burgundy tips early, turning fully burgundy during...
    • Height: 3-4 feet
    • Bloom Season: Summer
    • Life Cycle: Perennial
    • Spread: 24-30 inches
    • Genus: Panicum
    Pennsylvania
    Warminster
    Schizachyrium (Little Bluestem), Standing Ovation
    Prices start at : 13.99 USD / 1 Plant

    Chosen especially for its “un-floppable” habit, this little bluestem adds some blue tones to the landscape along with fantastic native grass texture. Gorgeous in the fall when the foliage turns vibrant shades of orange, yellow, red and purple.
    • Ornamental Use: Beds
    • Spread: 12-18 inches
    • Life Cycle: Perennial
    • Height: 36-48 inches
    • Sun: Full Sun
    Pennsylvania
    Warminster
    Dwarf Mondo Grass
    Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    Your Dwarf Mondo Grass is a grass similar to lawn grass, with a dark green color. It would make a wonderful groundcover or a border in your perennial bed. * Ornamental * Durable * Deer resistant * Great groundcover
    • Mature Spread: 6 - 12 inches
    • Flower Color: White
    • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
    • Sun Exposure: Full Shade, Partial Sun
    • Foliage: Green
    • Mature Height: 3 - 4 feet
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Gold Dew Tufted Hair Grass
    Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    Long a staple of riotous English cottage borders and calm Japanese tea gardens alike, US gardeners are finally catching up to the ease and carefree beauty of well-chosen grasses in their own spaces.
    • Mature Height: 12 - 24 inches
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Moisture: Average
    • Flower Color: Golden Yellow
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Botanical Name: Dechampsia cespitosa 'Goldtau'
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Adagio Grass
    Prices start at : 27.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    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...
    • Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
    • Soil Type: Well Drained
    • Flower Color: White
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Little Miss Maiden Grass
    Prices start at : 27.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    Not a big revolution. But now we have a striking beauty – the Little Miss Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Little Miss') – that has all of the great traits of the well-loved miscanthus grasses and puts them in a small but mighty package.
    • Soil Type: Well Drained
    • Fall Color: Red, Burgundy / Purple
    • Moisture: Moderate
    • Mature Spread: 1 - 4 feet
    • Foliage Color: Purple
    • Growth Rate: Fast
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Fireworks Grass
    Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    Drought and disease don't bother it once it is established and salt air doesn't even phase it. In late summer it will shoot up soft, fluffy ‘foxtails' blooms that will add even greater interest.
    • Flower Color: Purple Red
    • Botanical Name: Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks'
    • Mature Height: 2 - 3 feet
    • Foliage: Variegated Purple
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Hot Rod Switch Grass
    Prices start at : 35.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    Even when in decline Hot Rod adds decorative interest to the winter landscape. It's drought tolerant and generally carefree. Hot Rod Switch Grass is a must-have for those spots in your yard where you'd like some year-round interest.
    • Foliage: Blue-Green Maturing to Maroon
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Flower Color: Red Panicles
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    • Fall Color: Red
    • Mature Height: 36 - 48 inches
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    EverColor Everlite Variegated Sedge Grass
    Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

    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.
    • Mature Height: 10 - 15 inches
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
    • Mature Spread: 8 - 10 inches
    • Foliage: Ornamental grass, evergreen
    • Botanical Name: Carex oshimensis ‘Everlite'
    • Moisture: Water carefully to establish, and as needed during drier periods
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Redhead Fountain Grass
    Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    The bushy plumes are great as cut flowers if they are cut soon after they emerge. 'Red Head' begins to show its enormous bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer. Use this plant in containers, in sunny borders, meadows, rock gardens, and foundation plantings.
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Mature Height: 2 - 3 feet
    • Foliage: Green
    • Botanical Name: Pennisetum 'Redhead'
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    EverColor Everlime Variegated Sedge Grass
    Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart 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. Whether your garden is rustic or formal, Evercolor Everlime will brighten it up all year.
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Foliage: Perennial
    • Moisture: Water carefully to establish, and weekly as needed for best results.
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Mature Height: 12 - 15 inches
    • Botanical Name: Carex oshimensis 'Everlime'
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Carex Bowles Golden
    Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

    Commonly called tufted sedge. A good plant for the water garden or low spot. The yellow seems to glow in partial shade. Cultivars of this species are superior garden plants to the species.
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Miscanthus Yaku Jima
    Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 3 GAL

    Best in full sun. It achieves a thick, full clump of billowing, arched foliage quickly, and silver flowers in August. ‘Yaku Jima' is sometimes described in commerce as being a dwarf form of Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil...
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Miscanthus Morning Light Maiden Grass
    Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

    Best in full sun. Not much fall color, with blades eventually turning straw-beige by winter. Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Elegant, arching white and green variegated leaves, this elegant ornamental grass is noted for its very narrow green leaves...
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Miscanthus Adagio Maiden Grass
    Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 3 GAL

    Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump shape. Foliage and flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest. Cut foliage to the ground in late winter just before new shoots appear.
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Carex Evergold
    Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 Gal

    Plants tend to languish in full shade. This sedge features narrow leaves (typically to 16” long by 5/16” wide). Add texture to your landscape with this lovely mounding grass. Plants are evergreen throughout most of their growing range.
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Miscanthus Little Zebra (Dwarf Maiden Grass)
    Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 GAL

    Best in full sun. Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump shape. Flowers appear in corymbose panicles of 10-13 racemes (each to 6” long) above the foliage in late summer.
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Miscanthus Gracillimus (Maiden Grass)
    Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

    Blooms later than most cultivars. This elegantly shaped grass has narrow leaves with white mid-ribs and a vase-like form. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area.
    Maryland
    Bowie
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