Small Ornamental Grasses

They simply take up too much space. Little Miss has green, lush, graceful foliage that emerges in early spring. 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...

If you live near the coast, ‘Fireworks' will grow without need to coddle it. This is a tough perennial grass that is easy to care for. Treat ‘Fireworks' like you would any ornamental grass, shearing it down to the ground in late fall or early spring.

Hot Rod Switch Grass is a must-have for those spots in your yard where you'd like some year-round interest. Hot Rod Switch Grass stays true to its name as the “hot rod” of the grasses—ablaze in color from summer through fall.

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. (It makes a BIG impact in a SMALL garden! Even if you only have a tiny spot like a...

'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. This plant has no serious insect or disease problems and is not usually appealing...

If you want easy to grow and low-maintenance, then you can't beat Everlime. It will bring light and texture to any garden combo. Evercolor Everlime keeps its shape and color all year, being cold hardy up to zone 5.

Foliage promptly turns yellow after frost. Carex Bowles Golden is easily grown in medium to wet soil in full sun to part shade. Cut to ground in winter. This species thrives in shallow water (2-3 “).

It provides the strong narrow green leaves of Maiden Grass, but in a 3–4′ version. Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays present in much of the St. Louis area.

Clumps have a sturdy, compact habit, well suited to the smaller garden. Not much fall color, with blades eventually turning straw-beige by winter. Clumps slowly expand in circumference by short rhizomes, but usually retain tight clump shape.

Tolerant of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clays, it also loves the heat and humidity ofour summers. Foliage and flower plumes persist well into winter providing good winter interest.

Plants generally dislike hot and humid summer climates. A dense, clump-forming sedge it features grass-like, arching, variegated leaves which are creamy yellow with dark green borders.

Prefers moist soils. As seeds begin to form, the flower/seed plumes fade to creamy tan, often providing some winter interest. 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. Foliage turns yellowish after frost, but quickly fades to straw-beige by winter. Tolerates of a wide range of soils from well-drained sandy soils to the heavy clay.

It tolerates a wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, sandy or clay soils. Late fall's stunning red color is enhanced by delicate, small red flower plumes that float above the foliage.

In summer narrow panicles of creamy long awned spikelets appear. Its bright green foliage resembles delicate filaments that arise in elegant, vase-like clumps and spill outward like a soft fountain.

It is useful for erosion control, rain gardens and areas with salt spray. Also may self-seed in optimum growing conditions, however, Panicum Heavy Metal' does not come true from seed and self-seeded plants may be best removed from a planting to preserve...

Cool season grass will start to grow early in the spring and may even remain semi-evergreen over the winter. If you begin to notice scoched edges you can leach the fertilizer from the soil by watering heavily daily for about a week.

Red October is no exception, creating a fiery red statement with its fall foliage colors. (Andropogon gerardii) Deer tend to stay away and this grass will quickly become one of the focal points in your late season garden.

Details: Pink Muhly grass is best grouped or massed for late season color. Tolerant of heat, humidity and drought, but generally grows taller with consistent moisture. Plants typically grow to 3' tall x 3' wide when in flower.

Gracefully arching, linear-lanceolate, bright green leaves (to 10″ long and 3/8″ wide) form dense, spreading, cascading mounds to 12-18″ tall and to 24″ wide. Plants will grow well in deeper shade (particularly in hot summer climates), but the...

Female plants produce prodigious amounts of seed and can self-seed freely, often resulting in naturalization that displaces valuable native plants. Cortaderia is one of the most cold hardy varieties of pampas grass, this selection is shorter and more...

Notwithstanding its preference for abundant moisture, soft rush will perform surprisingly well in average garden soils as long as they receive consistent irrigation. Insignificant, tiny, yellowish-green to pale brown flowers appear in clusters (many flowered...

Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. Carex Blue Zinger is slightly taller and bluer than the straight species. For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would...

Medium grasses can also be used as accents among herbaceous perennials and shrubs as well as define border areas.The taller grasses are normally used to provide structure or a backbone for borders.

Most of these grasses need very little care and thrive on neglect, so they're perfect for even novice gardeners to grow. 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...

In most cases, dividing ornamental grasses is recommended every few years once they are established. Ornamental grass propagation through seed is fairly easy.Collect seed when they are dry, usually in fall.

It is an excellent cutting plant for flower arrangements. Mounds of narrow, elegantly arching leaves grow to 2' tall. Good for cut arrangements. Can be used in rain gardens. Beautiful rose-copper flower plumes begin their entrance in July with new seed...