Ornamental Grasses Catalog

Narrow leaves and an upright habit. The leaves start deep green with red highlights in spring. When fall approaches the red increases and deepens to burgundy. After first frost it turns candy apple red hues mixed with scarlet. Native ornamental grass.

This is perhaps one of the most versatile, attractive and carefree of the ornamental grasses. As a cool season grower, its deep-green, lustrous foliage becomes effective by early spring and lasts all the way until winter.

Foliage has wide creamy white center stripes that are edged in green. Late summer plumes will persist through winter, if not cut back. Deer and rabbit resistant. Does majority of their growing in early spring and starts again when temperatures start to cool in fall.

A mounding fountain of ribbon-like white-stripped green foliage that will add wonderful texture to any dappled sun or shade garden. Deer resistant.

Medium-sized hedge that is found in sunny wet sites throughtout much of North America. Flowers are fairly attractive and are followed by spiky bottlebrush-shaped seed heads.

A bright groundcover for a shady spot, ‘Ice Dance’ has long shiny leaves trimmed in bright white. It spreads slowly to fill in and make a tidy cover that discourages weeds. Deer and disease resistant

Low growing, semi-evergreen perennial grass forming a tuft of pale-green arching leaves,. 12″ longin spring and summer. Foliage turns sandy-tan in the fall.

Clump-forming, warm-season perennial grass forming an airy cloud of small, red-purple flowers from late summer to mid-fall. Holds the pretty color for several weks before fading to soft cream when the leaves turn reddish-purple.

Icy blue-grey foliage stands above others, staying bright throughout the season without browning. Blue-green flowers on slender stems age to blond for add eye-catching interest.

An unusual and dramatic grass, slowly forming a low clump. Leaves are green at the base, with red tips that become more intense over the summer and fall until they appear to glow. Effective as an edging, in the rock garden, and especially when mass planted. Deert resistant.

Beautiful fall color, upright habit, early flowering time and extreme cold hardiness.

A lovely dwarf ornamental grass with graceful, arching blades with eye-catching ivory to yellow highlights. Tall, upright flower stems tipped with feathery, silver-white, summer plumes that soften and curl as they dry.

Dark rosy red seedheads cover the top of the plant in fall. Switch grass gets its name from the peaceful swishing sound it makes when blowing in the wind.

Has airy red panicles held above the foliage. Blades emerge blue-green and rapidly the whole plant turns deep rich maroon. Colors earlier in the season than any other selection.

Forms an erect, compact and narrow clump of steely blue-green foliage in spring, which quickly takes on red tones by early summer and turns violet, purple, burgundy and wine-red by early fall. It gets topped in summer with a profusion of finely-textured, reddish-pink flower spikelets which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud. Both flowers and foliage turn beige in fall and persist well into winter.

A sturdy, durable ornamental grass that withstands adverse weather conditions. Grey-green leaves form strictly upright column of steel blue foliage. Golden seed heads in fall.

Charming perennial that forms a dense clump of gracefully arching linear leaves. Deep green in summer, they turn gold in the fall before fading to buff in winter. In mid-late summer, showy, smoky, dark red, bottlebrush flowers resembling large foxtails are produced above the leaves. Deer resistant. Cutr back old foliage to the ground in late winter.

Stands out among others for its iridescent, silvery mauve color that appears in midsummer. These beautiful pastel tones intensify in fall when bright purple highlights appear. About half as wide as it is tall, has a full, upright columnar shape.

Upright ornamental grass that withstands adverse weather conditions. In summer, striking silvery blue stems form a columnar habit. Deep wine purple fall color.

Provides excellent cover year round. Upright mounding form comprised of extra wide gray-blue to powder blue erect blades takes on coppery to amber hues in fall and usually maintain its upright form and glowing colour through most of the winter.

A warm season grass. Blooms late summer and fall. Feathery flower panicles are copper-colored with conspicuous bright yellow stamens.