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Dwarf Mondo Grass
Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Dwarf Mondo Grass is a low growing grass that grows to about 4 inches, so if you use it as a lawn substitute keeping it short won't be a problem, and you won't spend all your weekends mowing it.
  • Foliage: Green
  • Fall Color: Evergreen
  • Mature Height: 3 - 4 feet
  • Botanical Name: Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana'
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • Flower Color: White
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)

If you want to really stop traffic, a mass planting along a walk or driveway will do the trick. Gold Dew has very dark green leaves and blooms a little later than other grasses, but when it blooms it is covered in golden inflorescence that dance and shine...
  • Moisture: Average
  • Botanical Name: Dechampsia cespitosa 'Goldtau'
  • Flower Color: Golden Yellow
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Mature Height: 12 - 24 inches
  • Fall Color: Yellow
Nebraska
Omaha
Adagio Grass
Prices start at : 27.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

Mix them into your perennial borders. You will be thrilled by simple beauty they add. Get yours now! * Fast growing & very easy care * Fast Growing* Bird friendly, deer resistant * Showy foliage and flowers * Waterwise
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Mature Height: 3 - 5 feet
  • Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'
  • Mature Spread: 2 - 3 feet
  • 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)

Little Miss has green, lush, graceful foliage that emerges in early spring. As the summer wears on the outer foliage turns brilliant red and purple that just intensifies in the fall.
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • Fall Color: Red, Burgundy / Purple
  • Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Miss'
  • Flower Color: Red
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Mature Height: 2 - 3 feet
Nebraska
Omaha
Fireworks Grass
Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

In late summer it will shoot up soft, fluffy ‘foxtails' blooms that will add even greater interest. Drought and disease don't bother it once it is established and salt air doesn't even phase it.
  • Mature Height: 2 - 3 feet
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
  • Flower Color: Purple Red
  • Mature Spread: 24 inches
  • Foliage: Variegated Purple
Nebraska
Omaha
Hot Rod Switch Grass
Prices start at : 35.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

It's drought tolerant and generally carefree. 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...
  • Mature Height: 36 - 48 inches
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Foliage: Blue-Green Maturing to Maroon
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Fall Color: Red
  • Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum 'Hot Rod'
Nebraska
Omaha
EverColor Everlite Variegated Sedge Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

Don't wait until we're sold out of Evercolor Everlite! They will go fast. Order yours today! * Beautiful bi-colored leaves * Evergreen that's great in sun or shade * Perfect for small gardens and containers * Pretty fountain-like habit
  • Soil Type: Well-Drained
  • Mature Height: 10 - 15 inches
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Moisture: Water carefully to establish, and as needed during drier periods
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
  • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
Nebraska
Omaha
Redhead Fountain Grass
Prices start at : 39.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

'Red Head' begins to show its enormous bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer. 'Red Head' looks great in late-season containers. Smoky Rose Color Plumes That Last Months! The Ornamental Fountain Grass 'Redhead Fountain Grass', 'Pennisetum 'Redhead',...
  • Foliage: Green
  • Botanical Name: Pennisetum 'Redhead'
  • Flower Color: Mahogany, Red Seed Head
  • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
  • Mature Spread: 12 - 24 inches
Nebraska
Omaha
EverColor Everlime Variegated Sedge Grass
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

Lime-striped foliage all year! Do you want to add year-round motion and energy to your garden this year? It works equally well in sun or shade and is drought and deer resistant once it is established.
  • Botanical Name: Carex oshimensis 'Everlime'
  • Flower Color: Brown
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Full Shade, Partial Sun
  • Growth Rate: Medium
  • Moisture: Water carefully to establish, and weekly as needed for best results.
  • Foliage Color: Green with lime colored margins
Nebraska
Omaha
Carex Bowles Golden
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

This species thrives in shallow water (2-3 “). Is a dense, clump-forming sedge rising 1-2.5′ tall which is grown for its foliage effect. Does well in some shade, but tends to flop in too much shade.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Yaku Jima
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 3 GAL

Less vigorous with decreased flowering and tendency to flop in too much shade. Best in full sun. Miscanthus Yaku Jima is a slightly bigger plant than Adagio, but the main difference is that its leaves are more narrow.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Morning Light Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

‘Morning Light' tends to keep its upright shape better than some other cultivars and rarely flops. Morning Light Maiden Grass forms a graceful, upright mound of narrow green foliage, each leaf neatly edged in creamy-white.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Adagio Maiden Grass
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 3 GAL

Dwarf size facilitates use as a tall ground cover. Miscanthus Adagio is a dwarf grass cultivar which is one of the shortest of the many Miscanthus cultivars available in commerce today.
Maryland
Bowie
Carex Evergold
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 Gal

It is not evergreen in the Maryland area, although some foliage color will persist through the winter.it looks great grouped in the woodland garden or border or when used to edge a woodland path.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Little Zebra (Dwarf Maiden Grass)
Prices start at : 12.95 USD / 1 GAL

Plant Patent PP13,008 issued September 24, 2002. ‘Little Zebra', sometimes commonly called dwarf zebra grass, is a compact cultivar that typically grows in a clump to 3-4' tall and to 2-3' wide.
Maryland
Bowie
Miscanthus Gracillimus (Maiden Grass)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

Miscanthus Gracillimus' is an old and very popular cultivar. Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but retain tight clump shape. Tolerant of summer heat and humidity.
Maryland
Bowie
Panicum Shenandoah (Red Switchgrass)
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Prefers Full sun to bring out the best red color. 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 by June and a dark...
Maryland
Bowie
Mexican Feather Grass (Stipa, Nasella)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 GAL

This species performs as a perennial through zone 7 but is usually a reseeding annual in areas with colder winters. By late summer or autumn plants are crowned with buff colored seedheads.
Maryland
Bowie
Panicum Heavy Metal
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / 3 GAL

It is a clump-forming, warm season grass which typically grows in an upright, vertical clump to 3′ tall (to 5′ when in flower). Panicum Heavy Metal is a switchgrass cultivar which features metallic-blue foliage and a columnar form.
Maryland
Bowie
Pennisetum Hameln
Prices start at : 17.95 USD / 1 GAL

Commercial manure or compost can be applied once yearly in the spring around the base of the Pennisetums. Cool season grass will start to grow early in the spring and may even remain semi-evergreen over the winter.
Maryland
Bowie
Red October Big Bluestem Grass
Prices start at : 23.98 USD / Plant

'Red October' has attractive foliage that changes color seasonally. 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...
  • Mature Height: 48-96" tall (4-8 feet)
  • Soil Moisture: Dry, Average, Well Draining
  • Planting Time: Fall
  • Full Sun: Yes
  • Advantages: Deer Resistant, Attract Birds, Native
  • Growth Rate: Medium
Vermont
Shelburne
Pink Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris)
Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 GAL

Genus name honors Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg (1753-1815), Lutheran pastor in Pennsylvania, U.S.A., distinguished amateur botanist. Add texture, movement and mass to your landscape with Pink Muhly Grass, an easy to grow, native ornamental grass.
Maryland
Bowie
Golden Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa m. ‘Aureola\')
Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 Gal

Leaf variegation color is affected by the amount of sun exposure and the growing climate. It is a rhizomatous, deciduous perennial grass that typically grows in dense spreading clumps to 15” tall and features gracefully arching green leaves variegated...
Maryland
Bowie
Dwarf Pampas Grass (Cortaderia)
Prices start at : 35.95 USD / 3 GAL

However, it bears the same showy plumes which are creamy white and silky to the touch and the plumes are perfect for dried . Tolerates drought once established. Dwarf Pampas grass is Winter hardy to USDA Zones 7-11 where it is best grown in dry to medium...
Maryland
Bowie
Juncus effusus (Soft Rush)
Prices start at : 16.95 USD / 1 Gal

When dry, the pith could be lit at one end (sometimes both ends) and burned like a candle. Soft rush is native to North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Although the stems appear from a distance as coarse and stiff, they are soft...
Maryland
Bowie
Carex Blue Zinger
Prices start at : 14.95 USD / 1 GAL

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times than not these products will retain...
Maryland
Bowie
Sensational Borders With Ornamental Grass
Some varieties offer shades of blue and silver, while others are tinged in red or purple.is a low-growing, cool-season, clump-forming grass with silvery-blue foliage. These plants also make good accent plants among other border plants.When choosing ornamental...
Ohio
Willoughby