Foliage starts deep green with some red highlights, as the season progresses the color becomes more and more red increasing to deep burgundy. Late season brings fluffy flower heads that are shades of red.

Fluffy tawny pink plumes in Sept. fade to tan. Great fall accent. Reseeds.

Upright clump-forming habit with lasting summer flower plumes.

Clump-forming upright ornamental grass reaching only about 2 feet high and 3 feet wide with flower spikes about 4 feet high. Bright green leaves and golden flowers that are visible in summer; cozy pinkish amber hues in autumn. Durable and undemanding. Attracts birds. Great winter interest. Deer resistant.

Very fine hair-like foliage in a tidy arching clump.  Excellent for dry shade.

A petite grass that forms spherical mounds of fine green foliage.

One of the best golden leaved “grasses”. Blades have a narrow green margin and fountain into an upright vase shape. Best in moist sites.

Mats of blue-gray narrow foliage are long-lived and adaptable.

Glossy green palm-like foliage with narrow gold edge.

Cream edging of the evergreen, arching foliage becomes orange from autumn into the spring. Habit is compact and mounding.

A tough native grass with fine-textured, arching green foliage.

Tolerant of poor soils, but prefers moist, fertile, well-drained soils. One of the more shade tolerant of the ornamental grasses. Self-seeds and may spread aggressively. Seed heads emerge green but turn purplish bronze by late summer. Bright green leaves turn coppery after frost and eventually brown by winter. Nice for dried flower arrangements. Leave foliage in […]

Evergreen tufts to 12″ with golden yellow inflorescences held above the foliage.

A dwarf form with features similar to others, only smaller!

This diminutive grass thrives in dry shade. Fine-textured and delicate in appearance, it is tough and drought tolerant In spring it is topped with graceful feathery flowers.

Lovely tufts of blue foliage. Holds color all summer. Considered one of the best blue fescues. Deer and drought tolerant

More vigorous than Festuca ‘Elijah Blue’ this cultivar has longer, brighter blue leaf blades. Deer and drought tolerant

Elegant, slow growing, graceful mounds of narrow rich green leaves with slim bands of creamy white. Clay tolerant. Slow-spreading but long-lived.

Graceful, bright golden-yellow foliage that mellows in fall and has the effect of a tiny bamboo. Low maintenance and long-lived, but spread slowly.

Low, arching bamboo-like foliage of yellow with a green line. One of the best grasses for shade. Spreads slowly.

A larger alternative to Festuca glauca. Ornamental narrow blue leaf blades form a clump. Flower spikelets mature to a golden wheat color by fall. Best blue color occurs in dryish soils. Deer/drought tolerant.

Cool, spiraling foliage, like corkscrews. Dramatic and sure to attract attention. Needs very moist to wet conditions.

Grass-like mounds of blue-gray triangular stems. Great for wet sites. Discovered at Plant Delights Nursery.

Tender grass with erect blue-green leaves and panicles of rose-hued summer flowers that fade to white. Flower panicles are covered with silky hairs. Foliage turns purple-red in fall.

Impressive 8’-10′ grass with silver plumes in October.

Slender foliage is variegated with white creating an overall silvery effect. Nice upright vase-like habit swaying in the breezes and bearing airy plumes. also looks wonderful in winter. Attracts birds Deer, drought, salt and rabbit tolerant.

Through most of summer, the blades are a  grey-green. By late summer into fall, they become brilliant orange and red. The seed heads begin to appear in late summer with magenta hues. As winter approaches, they transform into silky white panicles which are especially lovely when backlit by the early morning or late afternoon sun. […]

Dramatic tall grass with airy yellow-gold seed heads and gold foliage in fall. Plumes to 6 feet.

Clumps of brightly variegated cream and green blades. Flowers attractive and plant looks good all season. One of our favorites.

Purple-black leaf blades and nodding pink bell-flowers that produce bluish-black berries on a slowly spreading clump.  Great as contrast in containers or as a houseplant. Some reports of hardiness to zone 5 with protection.

Metallic blue foliage with red overtones turns a beautiful wine-red as the weather cools.

Vase shaped form and wine-red foliage in late summer along with deep red flowers spikes makes this grass stand out!

Striking steel-blue foliage with reddish brown plumes in fall. Upright habit.

Wide olive-green foliage makes a strong vertical accent topped in September with narrow plumes.

Red-tipped foliage appears in spring followed by reddish-pink flower panicles in summer. Foliage deepens to burgundy in the fall.

Larger, showier seed heads on this graceful new cultivar. Sheer red-tinted flower clusters wave good-bye to summer as blue-green blades turn to a blaze of old golds and maroons that promise to brighten your autumn and maintain a winter presence. Attracts birds

An upright form with wide, deep green foliage that matures to dark purple.  Large and dramatic!

An improved selection with a more upright habit. Steel blue foliage highlighted with purple turns colorful shades of orange, red, pink and purple in the fall. Flower panicles are a glossy purple.

Silvery blue foliage forms an upright column.  Fall color is a deep wine purple.

Upright blue-green foliage turns scarlet in late summer deepening to red purple through the fall.

A thick-stemmed form that will not flop. Blue foliage turns red and orange in the fall.

An intense blue selection with burgundy highlights. Clump forming with soft seed heads in late summer.

Blue-green foliage begins to turn to purple in midsummer and deepens further in the fall.  Habit is upright and narrow.

Fine-textured arching green blades form attractive mounds. Orange fall color. Seed heads in airy panicles.