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Avalanche Calamagrostis Plant
Price $5.80
The 'Avalanche' Calamagrostis acutiflora Grass Plant, pronounced kal-ah-mah-GROS-tis ah-CUE-tih-flor-ah, is most commonly referred to as Avalanche Feather Reed Grass and is a variegated and therefore, more vivid variety of Karl Foerester Feather Reed Grass (shown below). Appearing a little brighter due to its wide white stripe down the center of each long, slender blade of grass, its plumes of flowers are purplish-green, turning creamy white as the season progresses. The upright, clump forming habit makes this an excellent ornamental for a living barrier or property line marker.
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Karl Foerster Calamagrostis Plant
Price $5.50
The ‘Karl Foerster' Calamagrostis acutiflora Grass plant is more simply called Feather Reed Grass and was named the 2001 Perennial Plant of the Year. ‘Karl Foerster’ has a really nice upright growth habit, its feathery plumes appearing in early summer and then maturing to warm, handsome wheat-colored seed heads by fall’s arrival. In the north, that gorgeous wheat color may show up as early as late spring and last all season long. Feather Reed Grass is somewhat drought tolerant and looks absolutely stunning when planted in groups of three to five plants and will not reseed. When paired with Russian Sage, the effect is quite dramatic!
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Amazon Mist Carex Plant
Price $5.20
The 'Amazon Mist' Carex comans, pronounced KARE-ex KOE-manz, Grass plant is a compact ornamental grass plant that is also called Sedge Grass, Curled Sedge or Switch Grass. Native to New Zealand, and though it resembles an ornamental grass, sedge grasses are in a different family and therefore have different attributes. Amazon Mist is tolerant of both full and partial sun and also thrives in moist to almost wet environments. In warmer climates the foliage is evergreen, while it is a perennial in colder climates, turning brown and going dormant in late fall. The slender leaves are bluish-green on the top side and silvery white on the underside, each one twisting upon itself at the tips which makes the plant look somewhat "misty", hence the name. Tiny yellow flowers rise on wispy stems in midsummer. Very eye-catching in containers or planted along a retaining wall and allowing the "fountain" to overflow!
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Prairie Fire Carex Plant
Price $5.20
The 'Prairie Fire' Carex testacea Grass Plant, commonly called Orange New Zealand Sedge, has attractive green/bronze foliage that erupts into a gorgeous red color resembling burning embers. It is excellent for attractive borders and for adding color to any bed. Cut back foliage the following spring to encourage new colored grass each year.
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Red Rooster Carex Plant
Price $5.20
The 'Red Rooster' Carex buchananii, pronounced bew-KAN-un-ee-eye, Grass plant is also referred to as Leatherleaf Sedge. Its narrow, coppery blades and graceful upright habit distinguish this unusual grass. Incorporated into a container or ornamental bed, it provides textural interest to complement both blooming plants and other foliage. Red Rooster Sedge is tolerant of almost any soil and makes an excellent bog plant. It looks superb even when covered in winter frosts. It is a low maintenance grass and is generally free from most disease. It has bright red seed heads to add interest late in the season.
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Alternifolius Cyperus Plant
Price $5.50
The 'Alternifolius' Cyperus involucratus, pronounced sye-PEER-us in-vol-yoo-KRAY-tus, Grass plant is more commonly called Umbrella Flat Sedge, Umbrella Plant or Umbrella Sedge. This ornamental produces long-leafed "petals", looking quite similar to an umbrella’s ribs, that grow atop straight, leafless stems. Tiny yellowy-green flowers bloom on top of the clumps from summer through fall. It is a good choice for containers and will grow well indoors with good filtered light and plenty of humidity. Its favorite use is as an accent specimen in garden areas, especially around water.
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Graceful Grasses King Tut Cyperus Plant
Price $7.50
Our ‘Graceful Grasses® King Tut®’ Cyperus Plant was a 2008 “Trial Garden Recommendation” from Fine Gardening Magazine and is one of the most fanciful and dramatic of the grass plants. This papyrus plant stands tall on sturdy stems that support pendulous leaves, somewhat resembling an umbrella, at the top of their span. Exotic and bold, this is the ideal stagy centerpiece for large mixed container plantings or to add height and interest at the back of a grass or flower garden. Do you have a water feature or moist corner in your yard? The King Tut Cyperus Plant will thrive there; it can even be overwintered indoors!
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Isocladus Cyperus Plant
Price $5.50
The 'Isocladus' Cyperus Plant, commonly called Dwarf Papyrus, is one of the shortest ornamental grass plants we offer. It produces greenish-brown summer flowers and short needle-thin leaf-bracts bare (leafless) top stems. Grow in a pot and keep well watered or grow as a bog plant.
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Blue Dune Elymus Plant
Price $5.50
The 'Blue Dune' Elymus arenarius, pronounced ELL-ih-muss ar-een-air-ee-us, Grass plant is most commonly referred to as Blue Lyme Grass. This tough plant is more heat tolerant that many other varieties and is also tolerant of dryer conditions. Bright bluish-green blades seem to grow haphazardly, but this is the allure of this spreading ornamental grass. This is the perfect solution for erosion control on hillsides or in areas you wish to naturalize.
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Ravenna Grass Erianthus Plant
Price $5.00
The 'Ravenna' Erianthus ravennae, pronounced Ehr-ee-anth-us ra-VEN-nay, Grass plant is most commonly called Plume Grass or Ravenna Grass. One of the largest and most popular ornamental grasses, its arching style with tall vertical plumes on hardy stems is easily recognizable, much prized and easy to grow. Grayish-green blades change to shades of tan, purple and beige as the summer season turns to fall. The plumes bloom silvery with a hint of purple at the top, fading to white in the fall and even the dried brown stalks are impressive against a backdrop of snow or evergreens. The plumes are often used fresh or dried in amazing flower arrangements.
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Elijah's Blue Festuca Plant
Price $5.50
This ornamental 'Elijah's Blue' Festuca glauca Grass Plant has amazing blue, spiky foliage that though it looks like colorful porcupine quills, will not hurt when you touch it. Light green flower plumes, with just a hint of purple, are not very showy but add about 4-6" of height during the blooming season, which then give way to buff-colored seed heads. Some gardeners love the look of the seed heads while some believe it detracts from the overall symmetry. Elijah’s Blue does not come back true from seed, so it is entirely up to you on whether or not to strip the seed heads when they appear.
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Aureola Hakonechloa Plant
Price $6.90
The 'Aureola' Hakonechloa macra Grass Plant was named the Perennial Plant of the Year for 2009 by the Perennial Plant Association and is more commonly known as Japanese Forest or Hakone Grass. Though preferring moist conditions, it is highly adaptable to drier conditions and is one of the few ornamental grasses that will grow well in the shade. If you live in the north you may want to give it a little more sun exposure to bring out and maintain the signature golden color. That golden hue changes to pink and shades of red in the fall, adding color when other garden plants are fading to brown. Growing in clumps, this variegated grass develops a graceful, waterfall-type habit that is even more beautiful when the breezes blow.
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Live Wire Isolepis Plant
Price $5.00
The 'Live Wire' Isolepis ceruna, pronounced eye-soh-LEP-is SER-new-a is commonly called Fiberoptic Grass and is definitely not your run-of-the-mill kind of ornamental grass plant. It has long, willowy, slender green stems that bear very minute, grain-of-rice-sized, silvery-white blossoms at the tips that amazingly look like tiny fiber optic lights. Live Wire Grass forms a very dense, billowing mound, the new leaves emerging upright from the center of the clump and then spilling down the mound as they elongate. Plant in a hanging basket or let it spill from a window box or over a rock wall for maximum "wow"!
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Big Twister Juncus Plant
Price $5.00
The 'Big Twister' Juncus effusus Grass Plant, pronounced JUN-kus eh-FEW-sus, is sure to be a conversation starter, whether grown in a container or as part of a water-garden. You may have heard this variety referred to as Big Twister Common Rush. It is also called Twisted Rush and should not be confused with the Corkscrew Rush, which, by the way, has nothing over this ornamental when it comes to its ability to become a very interesting, if tangled, mess. Its fairly thick, medium-green foliage grows in every direction, except straight up, though the tendrils somehow manage to twist themselves into a resemblance of an upright plant. This deer-resistant perennial also doesn’t mind having wet feet and will, in fact, appreciate the protection of 1 to 6-inches of water over its crown in really hot and dry weather. If you don’t have a pond, buy this one for a container and put it where everyone can see it. You will lose count of the exclamations and comments you’ll receive!
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Purpurascens Miscanthus Plant
Price $5.20
The 'Purpurascens' Miscanthus sinensis (pronounced mis-KAN-thus sin-EN-sis) Grass Plant is also called Purple Maiden Grass or Flame Grass, This Miscanthus variety has grayish-green, gracefully arching leaf blades washed in maroon all season long, and then putting on vivid hues of red and orange color in the fall. The plumes are wheat-like and creamy white with a tinge of magenta until they turn into stunning silky white panicles as winter approaches.
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Zebrinus Miscanthus Plant
Price $7.00
The 'Zebrinus' Miscanthus sinensis Grass Plant is also more commonly known as Zebra Grass. Seeming to be haphazardly placed, horizontal bands of creamy yellow, on spiky, luscious green, grass-like blades seem to glow in the sun’s light. These irregularly positioned marks are a quite conspicuous backdrop to the pinkish-copper plumes that emerge in late summer to early fall. As the temperatures cool, those plumes will change to white, standing upright above the gracefully bowing foliage.
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Heavy Metal Panicum Plant
Price $6.00
The 'Heavy Metal' Panicum virgatum Grass Plant, pronounced PAN-ih-kum veer-GAH-tum, is usually called Blue Switch Grass. One of the showier Panicums, it has vivid, bluish-purple foliage that has a slight waxy covering, giving it a metallic look. The upright blades stand stiffly and are topped by classy, waxy, airy silvery-white blossoms that appear in later summer and remain nice-looking deep into the fall. The seed heads turn deep wine-red in late fall as the foliage turns bright yellow. What a show!
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Rotstrahlbusch Panicum Plant
Price $6.00
The 'Rostrahlbusch' Panicum virgatum Grass Plant is most often referred to as Red Switch Grass. Rotstrahlbusch is the smallest of three Panicums that have red foliage, but has a more upright habit and slightly narrower leaves; it has red-tinged leaves throughout the season, but putting on more intense red in the fall, and keeps its color through the winter. Rostrahlbusch has also stood the test of time, being the oldest of the Red Switch Grasses. Its more diminutive size makes it perfect for container plantings and for small garden applications, such as a Japanese style gardens. Its blossoms are pinkish-beige and present from July through February in some climates.
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Shenandoah Panicum Plant
Price $5.00
The 'Shenandoah' Panicum virgatum Grass Plant is also referred to as Red Switchgrass. This variety is the ultimate red Panicum, sometimes being mistaken for Japanese Blood Grass. Its cascading foliage displays its brilliant reddish-purple color on its tips by June, and then comes into its full glory in the fall when the color deepens to a spectacular burgundy, interspersed with other shades of red and orange. Shenandoah appreciates regular deep watering, but is also moderately drought-tolerant, so will survive dry summers.
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Switchgrass Panicum Plant
Price $5.00
The 'Switchgrass' Panicum virgatum Grass Plant is more commonly called Wand Panic Grass. This Switchgrass is a more deeply rooted variety with bright green leaves throughout the spring and summer, changing to vibrant yellow in the fall and lasting throughout the winter. Attractive reddish-purple lacy seed sprays rise above the fronds from about August to November. Birds will be regular visitors to your Panicum come late fall and until the seeds have been stripped. Quail, if you are lucky enough to live where they do, will enjoy foraging on the ground for what other birds have dropped. This is a native clumping prairie grass that is highly adaptable to various growing conditions; even adapting well to poor drainage.
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Burgundy Giant Pennisetum Plant
Price $6.50
The 'Burgundy Giant' Pennisetum macrostachyum Grass Plant has been described as looking like a red-leafed corn plant. Wow! How pretty! With sword-like, bronzy-burgundy leaves that are usually 1 to 1.5-inches wide, the stems are quite strong and hefty for a pennisetum. Burgundy Giant flourishes in hot, humid weather. Even a light frost can kill it, so most gardeners grow this variety as an annual; but it grows so quickly that it easily reaches its full height and bears flowers in one season, even in zone 6. Its pinky-burgundy, fox-tail-like flower spikes grow up to 12-inches long and are often the most pendulous part of this monster ornamental. Many gardeners plant 'the giant' as a focal point and backdrop for interesting yard ornaments such as bird baths, gazing balls or fountains.
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Cherry Sparkler Pennisetum Plant
Price $7.00
Our 'Cherry Sparkler' Pennisetum Plant is a sport of 'Fireworks', though Cherry Sparkler is more pastel in color, its green and cream variegated spears taking on a pinkish blush that varies in intensity, depending upon light and temperature. This color-changing foliage sometimes makes the whole plant appear purply-pink, while at other times it may be green, cream and pale pink or the pink may disappear completely. Regardless the foliage colors though, very showy burgundy-purple plumes dance above on 3-foot stems.
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Fireworks Pennisetum Plant
Price $7.00
The 'Fireworks' Pennisetum x advena Grass Plant is also known as Variegated Purple Fountain Grass and though not quite as hardy as many of the ornamental grasses, it possesses a 'Wow' Factor unlike any other. Many gardeners move this one inside for the winter. It will go dormant and doesn’t need much light or water to survive. The variegated blades have longitudinal stripes that go from reddish-green to burgundy with white to hot pink margins. Slender pale red plumes appear in early summer, changing to purple as temperatures cool and sometimes lingering until the first frost.
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Dwarf Purple Fountain Pennisetum Plant
Price $5.30
The 'Dwarf Purple Fountain' Pennisetum setaceum Grass Plant is usually called Red Riding Hood or Dwarf Purple Fountain Grass and is an ornamental fountain grass with a coarser leaf texture and chocolate-purple plums which eventually fade to light brown. It is ideal for mixed container gardens to add height and texture and for small beds and borders. As it is deer resistant, pest and disease-free, this variety will also look and perform beautifully in mass plantings; the feathery plumes add nice texture, color and contrast.
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Rubrum Purple Fountain Pennisetum Plant
Price $5.30
The 'Rubrum Purple Fountain' Pennisetum x advena Grass Plant is most commonly called Purple Fountain Grass and makes a great focal point in beds, borders and large container gardens with its deep burgundy-red leaves, stems and feathery flower plumes. The feathery inflorescences are 12- inches long and occur from early summer to frost. This ornamental grass is a perfect contrast next to green or yellow foliage and pink or red flowers and also lends itself well to mass plantings.
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Sky Rocket Pennisetum Plant
Price $7.00
The 'Sky Rocket' Pennisetum x advena Grass Plant is also known as Fountain Grass. First introduced in 2010 by Creek Hill Nursery, its parentage stems from "Fireworks". Variegated, arching, grassy blades are medium-green with white-striped margins. The effect, from a slight distance, is of a fan-shaped, vase-like clump that is topped off with lovely dusty-pink plumes from midsummer through mid-fall. Sky Rocket is also drought and heat tolerant and requires little maintenance. An ornamental grass that is Xeri-friendly and good looking—what more could you possibly want?
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Red Head Pennisetum Plant
Price $7.20
The 'Red Head' Pennisetum alopecuroides Grass Plant, pronounced al-oh-pek-yur-OH-id-eez, is also known as Redhead Fountain Grass. It is called 'Red Head' because this amazing Fountain Grass has the most gorgeous, enormous, soft plumes that are a light smoky-red. Blooming early in mid-to late summer, the plumes are great for cut flower arrangements if cut soon after they appear. These amazing plumes can be a 3–inches wide and can grow to be 8-10" long! When in full bloom, a single specimen or a mass planting is absolutely spectacular!
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Strawberries and Cream Phalaris Plant
Price $6.00
The 'Strawberries and Cream' Phalaris arundinacea, pronounced FAL-uh-riss uh-run-dih-NAY-see-uh, Grass plant is also called Gardener’s Garters or Ribbon Grass. Its multi-colored, finely-textured leaves blush bright pink in the spring, turning white in the summer and often turning tan in the fall. Wheat-like plumes rise once again as tall as the base plant and are normally a pinky-beige color. This plant is great for naturalizing as it grows very fast-forming thick mats, spreading by underground rhizomes. It is often grown in a container to accent areas that are in between flowering or color production.
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