Ornamental Grasses

Warm season Grasses – grow in summer - flower after mid-summer

Grasses that flower after mid-summer are warm-season grasses, because they wait until the warmth of summer before starting into growth, then grow rapidly and come into flower between mid and late summer. The flowers turn to seed heads and remain showy for many months. They are normally planted where they can fill the ground once spring flowering bulbs or perennials are past their best.

Recommended time to plant: S = SPRING, LS = LATE SPRING AFTER FROST, F = FALL

Grass Acorus Minimus NEW! - Minimus Aureus dwarf Grass - Pictured as a grouping in front of a blue hydrangea shrub. This is one of the cutest of the sweet flag varieties in that this dwarf golden form makes a slowly spreading tuft of tiny, golden, evergreen grass-	Grass Acorus Ogon Acorus Gramineus Ogon Here is a neat looking winner of a grass whose bright gold foliage accented with green stripes shimmers in the afternoon sun. a maintenance free grass, grows well sun or shade.	Grass Black Mondo NEW! - Black Mondo grass Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' Intriguing collector's plant; this stylish plant features black (really a dark purple) 1/4" wide leaves, with bell-shaped, pale lavender...
Grass Black Moudry Grown for the clusters of flowers (plumes) that appear summer through fall. It differs then most of the species in that it displays wider leaves that give it its coarse appearance.	Grass Miscanthus Adagio Miscanthus sinensis Adagio - An early flowering beauty with reddish/white pendulous plumes that move in the slightest breeze. Adagio, is the durable addition for the summer to winter garden.	Grass Miscanthus Cosmopolitan NEW! - Miscanthus Cosmopolitan Wow, you have to have this one. Cosmopolitan is considered one of the best variegated miscanthus. It grows to 4 to 6’ in height in full sun or part shade.
Grass Miscanthus Gracillimus Miscanthus ‘Gracillimus’ is perhaps the oldest cultivar of miscanthus sinensis and remains very popular to this day. This large warm season grass is a favorite at Greenwood for its fine narrow foliage and gracefully round form.	Grass Miscanthus Morning Light NEW! - Miscanthus Morning Light - One of the newer Miscanthus displaying a fine textured, dense clumping grass that absolutely glows in the morning light because of the thin white band along the margins of the leaves, hence the name.	Grass Miscanthus Purpurascens Miscanthus purpurascens If you want great fall color in your landscape, then this is the one for you. Imagine this warm season grass beginning with bright green foliage that turns to a reddish color late summer, then burnt orange colors in the fall
Grass Panicum Dallas Blues Grass Dallas Blues - Panicum virgatum Dallas Blues PP#11202 - Considered by many to be among the finest of our native ornamental grasses! ‘Dallas Blues’ has the same great powder blue foliage as some of the best Panicums	Grass Panicum v. Shenandoah Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' - This warm season grass can easily be mistaken for Japanese Blood grass (Imperata cylindrica 'Rubra'). The leaf tips turn red by mid summer.	Grass Panicum v.Heavy Metal Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal' - We are extremely fortunate to be able to offer this well known Panicum through Greenwood this season. Some of the taller Switch grasses can become floppy, but 'Heavy Metal' is shorter (40 to 50”)
Grass Pennisetum Little Bunny Pennisetum 'Little Bunny' Our Super Dwarf warm season Fountain grass grows less than 1 foot tall! It works perfectly in front of perennials, as a ground cover, or with dwarf conifers and rock gardens.	Grass Pennisetum o. Karley Rose Karley Rose - Pennisetum orientale - If you’re a plants person like I am, you will absolutely adore this warm season show-stopper. Dark green foliage topped with long-blooming (June till frost), rose lavender plumes are what drew my eyes to it.	Grass Pennisetum.Hameln Pennisetum Hameln - At Greenwood, the ‘Hameln’ is our personal favorite. Its compact growth habit and finely textured foliage make this one of the most popular Pennisetum cultivars.
Grass Pink Muhly Grass Pink Muhly - Muhlenbergia capillaris – A North American Native is a must have for the low maintenance garden. When summer is winding down and all the your beautiful blooms from summers annuals and perennials are fading.	Grass Sporobolus h. Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis, Prairie Dropseed - Imagine having a grass that looks as good in dormancy as it does during the growing season. Prairie Dropseed changes from true green in the spring and summer to a spectacular yellow-orange in the fall.

The various grasses are fast becoming the most wonderful way to add texture to your landscape. The taller ones like the Miscanthus varieties and fountain grasses add background and texture to your smaller shrubs, perennials, bulbs and annuals, as well as acting as borders and hedges to mark property boundaries.

In the spring you’ll have the wistful grace of the grasses swaying with the slightest breeze visually drawing your eyes to the landscape. The early summer show of decorative flowering seed heads on grasses add surprise and beauty from morning sun and early dews to late evening sunsets and the reflection of the fading light. Fall brings interesting color tones as the green begins to fade with early frosts, and the true colors of nature expose themselves before the stark barreness of winter. Winter is welcomed by the grasses with the approach of snow and frost. Wispy strands at times ice over, and create a visual contrast with the snow, but also remind us of the approach of the next glorious spring.

So, whether using grasses as accents to supply texture and form, or using in a rock garden or border, when you’re coming home with Greenwood you’ll find the grasses to be the crowning touch to the palettes that we call our four season landscapes.

Drying Ornamental Grass Plumes

One of the great benefits of ornamental grasses is their plumes. You can dry the plumes and bring these beauties right inside you home! The plumes will last for years.

Grasses are extremely easy to dry. Cut the plumes to the desired length just as the plumes are fresh and the foliage has not yet started to turn brown for the winter. Bundle together the stalks. You can use 'quick-ties' to secure the bundles. Hang upside down in the garage to dry. Most will even maintain a lot of their foliage color. For example, Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus' will continue to sport the color of its horizontal bands.

If you’re into flower arranging, grass plumes are a great addition! You can have your own abundant supply of these beauties by planning ahead now and planting grasses with the plumes that you like.

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