This is a cultivar of the native Big Bluestem with foliage that turns purple the weather gets cooler and eventually is almost black in color. The spring and summer foliage is dark green. Grows into a nice dense clump 4-5' tall and 1-2' wide

Want the look of 'Karl Foerster' but want a native plant? Here's the solution! This selection was found in the wild and produces an exceptional form and color. Growing in a very upright, columnar habit that resists flopping. Summer color is an attractive

A nice smaller option for hard to plant dry sunny areas. Attractive blue green foliage that turns a golden brown in the fall. Distinctive flower and seed heads add a little extra interest in summer.

Perennial Plant of the Year 2001. This is one of the best ornamental grasses available. Produces its "flowers" or inflorescence early in the season so they can be enjoyed longer. Nice narrow vertical habit. The foliage grows to about 3' tall and the flowe

Small tidy clumps of silvery blue blades make this sedge a nice addition to the garden that will fit and grow in most spots. A great choice for bed borders, along walkways, or planting in mass.

A good choice to accent wet shady areas with nice blue green foliage. Stays compact only getting 1 foot tall and the same wide. Its an evergreen so interest will be maintained throughout the year.

This carex has consistently pure white edges on dark green foliage. Forms a very neat arching mound of foliage. Looks great in containers or in the garden. Grows to 12" in shade to part shade.

This native sedge is easy to grow and forms a ground cover in full to part shade, unlike many other sedges that prefer moist to wet soils Carex pensylvanica like dry to average moisture soils.

Nice bold powder blue green leaves that are 1" or more wide. Nice different texture ground-cover. Can handle dry shade once established. Prefers full to part shade. Grows to 8-12" tall and up to 18" wide.

This native grass is probably the most tolerant of some shade. Produces handsome drooping seed heads that move in the slightest breeze. Grows 2-5' tall

A soft low growing warm season grass that produces pinkish seeds in summer that mature to an attractive beige in fall. Great addition for dry sunny areas where other plants have trouble growing. Grows to be 2 feet tall and wide.

The Soft Rush is a perennial mainly found in bogs and wetlands. This plant is grass-like and has small white flower clumps on each stalk of the plant which bloom from mid summer to early fall.

Nice upright yet compact habit. Very tidy habit that has the toughness of its native species parents. Panicums are great in the garden since they produce their blooms early in the season and can be enjoyed longer than most grasses. It also stays green ver

An attractive native warm season grass that's easy to grow in most areas as long as its sunny! Clump forming habit of green blades that are topped with pink tinged flower panicles in summer.

A great native choice for those ornamental grass screens, accents, or border planting. Attractive foliage all year round and beautiful pink flower panicles that bloom in summer.

Nice upright form of panicum that does not flop. Metallic blue foliage that turns bright yellow in the fall. Grows 5-6' Tall and 2-3' wide

Perennial Plant of the Year 2014

HOT new Little Bluestem! Really cool variegated foliage.