Grasses

LITTLE BLUESTEM (Schizachyrium scoparium) "Twilight Zone"

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Hardiness zones 3-9 In midsummer, this columnar Little Bluestem is decorated in silvery iridescent mauve, and in the fall the foliage is highlighted in bright purple. This is a wonderful and attractive choice for problem dry spots in the garden and...

MAIDEN GRASS Miscanthus sinensis (Huron Sunrise)

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Versatile, easy-going and colorful, this beautiful, upright vase-shaped 5' grass has lovely green blades with a silver midrib. Very showy, burgundy-purple-cream flower plumes appear late summer into fall before becoming large, fluffy, coppery-cream seed...

VARIEGATED MAIDEN GRASS Miscanthus sinensis (Gold Bar)

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More upright and compact (to 4-5' x 2') with far showier gold banded foliage and dramatic burgundy plumes in fall, this show-stopper” from Joy Creek is great for border or container. S/M PP15193 ...

DWARF FOUNTAIN GRASS Pennisetum alopecuroides (Little Bunny)

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One of the smallest fountain grasses available, this little cutie comes in at just 12-18" tall, its bunny-like buff colored blooms look terrific in rock gardens, borders and foundations; foliage is a pretty gold in fall and adds winter interest to the...

RED SWITCH GRASS (Panicum virgatum) "Red Flame"

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Hardiness zones 4-9 The foliage on this colorful switch grass emerges blue-green, and by the end of summer each leaf is saturated in wine-red. Its late summer flowers are also in hues of red. This is a vigorous plant for color texture, dependability and...

VARIEGATED JAPANESE FOREST GRASS Hakonechloa macra (Lemon Zest)

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This light and bright Japanese forest grass is a fantastic choice for adding color and texture to low-light areas and shade gardens. Its tri-colored variegation of chartreuse, lemon yellow and creamy white is especially bold when planted em masse in beds...

JAPANESE FOREST GRASS Hakonechloa macra (Beni Kaze)

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Creating a graceful, rippling stream of soft-green all summer long and becoming a symphony of reds in the fall when the blades of this 2-3' clumper turn shades of crimson and scarlet. The Japanese translation means 'Red Wind' which seems a perfect...

BLUE IDAHO FESCUE Festuca idahoensis (Siskiyou Blue)

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Gorgeous silvery-blue, the narrow leaves of this native selection are also taller than Festuca glauca making it look softer and more graceful, creamy flowers on 2' stalks in late spring/early summer on this easy-care clump-forming grass to 18-24", deer...

BLUE SEDGE Carex glauca (Blue Zinger)

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This sedge looks like a lovely blue-green meadow grass that will work in part-to-full shade; a 1-2' tall gracefully waving "grass", it may slowly spread to a 2' wide patch in 5 years. S-Sh/M-W alkaline preferred ...

VARIEGATED SWEET FLAG Acorus gramineus (Ogon)

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A good water plant with slender, grass-like, chartreuse and cream variegated foliage of tufted habit. S-PSh/M-W ...

VARIEGATED POND SEDGE Carex riparia (Variegata)

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Black flower culms contrast strikingly with the green and white striped foliage of this 24" wet-lover; best kept in a container (beautiful by pond or patio) to keep its spreading ways in check. S-PSh/M-W ...