(Eulalia, Japanese Silvergrass, Yaku Jima Silvergrass)

Yaku Jima silvergrass is a compact selection that was discovered in Japan on the island of Yaku. It has very dense arching foliage, which gives this grass a mounded appearance. Its medium green blades are long and thin and turn a golden wheat color in the autumn. In the late summer to fall plants produce many tall, upright stems topped with feathery, pink-hued silvery plumes that fluff up and curl as they dry. These remain attractive throughout winter.

Japanese silvergrass prefers full sun and...

(Eulalia, Japanese Silvergrass, Yakushima Dwarf Silvergrass)

The compact, upright silvergrass ‘Yakushima Dwarf’ is a smaller selection of this dense, clump-forming grass that originates from eastern Asia.

The long slender blades of 'Yakushima Dwarf' are green with razor thin, white midribs. In the late summer to fall, it produces tall, upright stems topped with feathery, silvery pink plumes that soften and curl as they dry. The foliage turns beautiful golden bronze in autumn and the floral plumes soft, silvery ivory. Both remain attractive throughout winter....

(Eulalia, Japanese Silvergrass, Zebra Silvergrass)

What an striking ornamental grass. Zebra eulalia forms dense clumps of long, wide arching blades. These are striped with irregular horizontal bands of pale yellow and medium green. In the late summer to fall plants produce many tall, upright stems topped with feathery, copper-hued plumes that pale, soften and curl as they dry. These stand above the foliage and remain attractive throughout winter.

Japanese silvergrass prefers full sun and tolerates a wide range of moderately drained soils. Plants...

(Hachijo susuki, Japanese Silvergrass)

This vigorous Miscanthus variety has broader, bolder blades and a coarser appearance than its parent species. It originates from Japan and eastern Asia and has long, wide blades of medium green that remain green into late autumn. Late in the season, plants produce many tall, upright stems topped with feathery, copper-hued plumes that soften and curl as they dry. These remain attractive throughout winter.

Japanese silvergrass prefers full sun and tolerates a wide range of moderately drained soils....

(Cabaret Silvergrass, Eulalia, Japanese Silvergrass)

What a big, bold variegated wonder! Cabaret silvergrass originates from Japan and eastern Asia and has long, broad blades of dark green with strong ivory stripes down their centers. Late in the season, plants produce many tall, upright stems topped with feathery, copper-hued plumes that soften and curl as they dry. These remain attractive throughout winter.

Japanese silvergrass prefers full sun and tolerates a wide range of moderately drained soils. This variety is even tolerant of poorly drained...

(Central Park Japanese Silvergrass, Japanese Silvergrass)

What a bold variegated grass! The broad-leaved silvergrass 'Central Park' is a smaller version of this Asian native. It has long, broad blades of dark green lined with a distinct silver-white midrib. Late in the season, it produces many tall, upright stems topped with feathery, silvery pink plumes that soften and curl as they dry. These remain attractive throughout winter.

Japanese silvergrass prefers full sun and tolerates a wide range of moderately drained soils. This variety is even tolerant...

(Cosmopolitan Silvergrass, Eulalia, Japanese Silvergrass)

What a big, bold beautiful plant! Cosmopolitan silvergrass originates from Japan and eastern Asia and has long, broad blades of dark green lined with stripes of white. Late in the season, plants produce many tall, upright stems topped with feathery, copper-hued plumes that soften and curl as they dry. These remain attractive throughout winter.

Japanese silvergrass prefers full sun and tolerates a wide range of moderately drained soils. This variety is even tolerant of poorly drained soils. Plants...

(Partridgeberry)

A signature plant of the eastern North American woods, this creeping evergreen roots along its stems to form lush mats of small rounded dark-green leaves with pale midribs. Paired, fragrant white flowers are borne in the leaf nodes in spring and early summer, followed by plump waxy red fruits. White-fruited forms are occasionally available. The fruits are edible but of poor flavor.

Give this year-round ornamental a humus-rich, acid to neutral soil and partial to full shade. It works well as a...

(Molinia)

Two species of perennial, deciduous, tufted grasses comprise the genus Molinia. Commonly called moor grass, both are native to the cool temperate regions of Eurasia. There are numerous cultivars of each species, all are used mostly as ornamental grasses in the landscape.

The large clump forming grasses have long, linear blades that slowly taper to a fine point. They may be medium to broad in width. The foliage is generally medium to dark green, but there are cultivars that are variegated....

(Bull Grass)

Very drought tolerant, bull grass has fine, bluish, gray-green leaf blades that arch into a mound and wispy purple flowers in autumn. A clump-forming perennial grass, it is native to the oak woodlands of the extreme southwestern United States and adjacent northern Mexico.

As the fresh foliage emerges in spring it is long and narrowly linear, colored a lush blue-green. As summer progresses, the leaves can become more gray-green. In early fall, flower stems rise high above the foliage and at their...