You haven’t seen a variegated grass like this U.S. National Arboretum introduction ever and you’ll want one, at the very least, for your landscape as soon as you see it! Wide, drooping foliage blades are attached to strong, upright growing stems and are green on the edges with a wide, white center giving the plant an almost ghostly appearance. Add in big brown to red colored plumes in the late summer and fall for contrast and you have a grass that demands attention and devotion.

We’ve eliminated ‘Yaku Jima’ and added this superior form of a dwarf maiden grass. Finely textured, narrow silver-gray foliage with flowers that emerge pink and turn white. August.

It’s huge! Silver plumes bloom in September, and if you don’t cut the plant until spring, you’ll be rewarded with unbeatable winter interest. Use as an eye-catching specimen, or a very successful screening hedge.

Blue Dune is an ornamental grass that will add a vibrant blue hue to your landscape even throughout the cool-seasons. Makes a colorful groundcover and addition to floral arrangements.

Path rush is found throughout the United States and in most of Canada. It tolerates a wide range of growing conditions but prefers moist soil. Great for rain gardens and may also be used as a groundcover for erosion control. 

Juncus effusus is a clump forming, wetland plant. Upright, fanning, deep green stems make a great accent in a container or water garden. Soft Rush can be planted at the edge of a pond or in up to 6″ of standing water. Inconspicuous golden flowers appear atop the stems in summer. Native to most of North America, soft rush provides food and shelter for birds and other wildlife.

A clump-forming, wetland plant with large, twisted reeds of deep green spirals. An excellent accent in a container or water garden.  Inconspicuous golden flowers appear atop the stems in summer. Unique form is great for rain gardens, or pond edges. Birds enjoy the seeds in the fall.

Popular grass with arching tan flower spikes above domes of blue foliage. Excellent for mass plantings, borders, containers or accent.

Compact and tightly mounded this colorful grass in an improvement from the species with brighter blue foliage that shows an improved resistance to rust in humid regions. Sapphire’s clumping form is well-behaved and does not spread in early summer the thin foliage is and topped with arching stems of tan flowers.

There is no ornamental grass quite like Hakonechloa with striking color and an arching form that resembles a cascading miniature bamboo. Named the Perennial Plant Association’s 2009 Perennial Plant of the Year because of its many uses in the garden as a groundcover, a border-front specimen, a mass planning or in a container, its bright yellow leaves with very thin green striping brightens up the darkest garden area while its cascading form responds to slight breezes with the blades moving like waves in the ocean. ‘Aureola’ slowly spreads by stolons and is not a threat to other garden companions with its slow spreading nature and it complements other plants in the garden well especially those with dark foliage. This stunning grass loves partial shade which will provide optimum conditions for the best color especially in warmer climates and moist, well drained soils that are protected against drought. In the cooler days of autumn the golden foliage becomes tinged with shades of pink and red to add even more adventure to your landscape!