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Ornamental grasses are a great addition to the perennial garden-they
add height, texture and winter interest to the landscape. Some may
not be ready for sale until late June (they need warm weather to
grow well!)
Our complete selection of hostas and peonies are now available for mail order! However, because we sell larger, more mature plants, we are unable to ship plants on this page , so please come visit us our farm! Also, plant availability, sizes, and prices are subject to change, so check with us if you’re coming for something in particular.
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| Plant Name |
Size |
Container |
Price |
| Calamagrostis ‘Avalanche’ |
4’ ht x 1-2’ w |
#1
#2 |
$9.95
$13.95 |
 A vivid variegated form of ‘Karl Foerster’ with wide center striped on each leaf blade. Blooms in early summer with feathery gold plumes and takes sun to partial shade. |
| Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ |
5-6’ |
#1
#2 |
$9.95
$13.95 |
 This
was the 2003 Perennial plant of the year! This cool season grass
has an upright growth habit and blooms in July/August with showy,
feathery cream colored blooms. |
| Calamagrostis ‘Eldorado’ |
4-5’ |
#1
#2 |
$9.95
$13.95 |
 A
new variegated Feather Reed grass with narrow green leaves that have
a bright gold mid-rib. Feathery plumes appear in midsummer too! |
| Calamagrostis ‘Overdam’ |
5’ |
#1
#2 |
$9.95
$13.95 |
 This
variegated feather reed grass has creamy margins with a pink flush
and sand colored flower heads. Noninvasive and clumping with an upright
growth habit-reminds you of a tall ribbon grass but will not run! |
| Hakonechloa ‘All Gold’ |
12-18” ht x 24” w |
#1 |
$9.95 |
 This Japanese Forest Grass has bamboo-like, arching foliage that is completely golden-yellow. A real stunner in the partial/bright shade; patience is a virtue as this one is slow to establish but well worth the wait! |
| Hakonechloa ‘Aureola’ |
18”ht |
#1 |
$9.95 |
 This Japanese Forest Grass is the 2009 Perennial Plant of
the Year! Has a graceful, cascading habit and chartreuse foliage with narrow
green stripes that turns reddish pink in fall. Very slowly spreads, and would
look marvelous lining a shady path or next to a water feature (oh, don’t have
one? We’d be HAPPY to help you create one!!!) Reputedly deer resistant too!
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| Juncus Effuses ‘Spiralis’ (Corkscrew rush) |
12” |
Jumbo Square |
$9.95 |
 Soft,
dark green foliage with strong spirals-needs moist conditions, full
sun to partial shade; can withstand bog areas or standing in up to
5” water. |
| Miscanthus
‘Gold Bar’ |
4-5’ ht |
#1
#2 |
$9.95
$13.95 |
| Slow growing, showy grass that has green foliage
with yellow stripes. Burgundy plumes top off the upright growing foliage
in the fall. |
| Miscanthus ‘Huron Sunrise’ |
5-6’ ht |
#1
#2 |
$9.95
$13.95 |
 This
clump-former has medium textured foliage with a silver midrib and
outstanding burgundy plumes starting mid-August. Very showy and great
winter interest! |
| Miscanthus
‘Little Zebra’ |
3-4’ ht |
#1
#2 |
$9.95
$13.95 |
 An
adorable dwarf Maiden Grass with green and yellow banding like its
bigger counterpart, ‘Zebrinus’. Forms a short, graceful clump and
has reddish purple plumes that turn tan in winter. |
| Miscanthus ‘Morning Light’ (Maiden Grass) |
48” |
#1
#2 |
$9.95
$13.95 |
 Sun/pt
sun- Fine blades, variegated green/white. Crimson blooms fade to tan
in Oct. |
| Miscanthus ‘Purpurascens’ (Flame Grass) |
4’ |
#1
#2 |
$9.95
$13.95 |
| Reddish foliage, beautiful silvery plumes
in July and August. |
| Miscanthus ‘Super Stripe’ |
4’ ht x 2’ w |
#1
#2 |
$9.95
$13.95 |
  This Maiden Grass lives up to its name as it is stripier than ‘Zebrinus’ and ‘Strictus’! It has striking, bright cross-hatching on dark green foliage and likes sun to partial sun. Very limited supply! |
| Panicum ‘Cheyenne Sky’ |
3’ ht |
#1 |
$9.95 |
 This NEW Red Switch Grass has a nice tight vase shape and is
great for more narrow areas. It starts out with blue-green foliage which then
turns a wine (merlot-ish?) red in early summer…nice! A warm season grass that
also looks great in containers!
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| Panicum ‘Heavy Metal’ |
5-6’ ht |
#1
#2 |
$9.95
$13.95 |
 A Blue Switch Grass that has a rigid, upright growth habit
with stiff metallic blue foliage that turns bright yellow in the fall. It
also produces dancing pink flower panicles about a foot above the foliage in
late summer. It’ll rock your garden!
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| Schizachyrium ‘Blue Heaven’ |
4’ ht |
#1 |
$9.95 |
| This University of Minnesota selection has upright, dark blue-grey
foliage with burgundy hues in summer, turning shades of purple, violet and
red in the fall! Likes sun, is drought tolerant, and is deer
resistant…heavenly!
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| Schizachyrium ‘Prairie Blues’ |
3’ ht x 2’ w |
#1 |
$9.95 |
| A little Bluestem that has a stiff, upright, narrow habit
and thrives in heat and dryness! The bright, grey-blue foliage turns to
red-orange in the fall. Don’t overwater this one! |
| Sporobolus ‘Tara’ |
2’ ht |
#1 |
$9.95 |
| This dwarf Prairie Dropseed from Roy Diblik has a
vase-shaped habit and stays more upright than the species. Still produces the
dancing seed heads that smell delicious (some say like buttered popcorn, I
say like cilantro!) Likes sun, not too picky about soil, and is drought
tolerant.
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| The following sedges are not
true grasses, but can be used in the shade garden to give a vertical,
linear look. Great with heucheras, hostas, to line a shady path, or
to use as an unusual groundcover! They also look FANTASTIC next to
a pond - they can even grow in a couple of inches of water! |
| Carex ‘Beatlemania’ |
6” ht x 30” w |
#1 |
$9.95 |
| We carried this one several years back, and brought it back due to the excitement our display plant has generated! This sedge spreads slowly but surely (no British invasion here!) and forms an arching, moppy mass of dark green foliage edged in gold. A very pettable plant that thrives in shade to partial shade. |
| Carex ‘Blue Zinger’ |
8-12”ht |
jumbo |
$9.95 |
| This lovely Sedge has steel blue grass-like foliage and
spreads very slowly in your shade to partial shade garden.
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 Carex
‘Evergold’ |
15” |
#1 |
$9.95 |
 Shade
to partial shade- weeping. Sedge with gold foliage with green margins-mine
looked great all winter! A Contrary Mary Top 10 Honorable Mention! |
Carex
Musk. ‘Little Midge’ |
12-15” |
#1 |
$9.95 |
 A
compact form of the species, it has fine-textured foliage and spreads
slowly to form a great shade groundcover. |
| Carex
Plantaginea |
12-15” |
#1 |
$9.95 |
| This seersucker sedge had has broad, shiny
green leaves that pucker like a Christmas ribbon and is mostly evergreen.
Great for average to moist shade. |
| Carex Platyphylla |
2’ |
#1 |
$9.95 |
 A clump-forming silver sedge with powder-blue
leaves—give it a spring haircut for best appearance! |
