(Feather Reed Grass)

This classic ornamental grass offers a desirable upright habit and has sterile blooms so no need to worry about weediness. It is a cross between Calamagrostis arundinacea and C. epigejos.

Feather reed grass is a hardy perennial with bright green narrow blades forming a neat upright clump. In summer, upright panicles of silvery-purple flowers are held well above the plant, giving it an airy appearance. The flowers and foliage turn a golden wheat color in the fall and maintain...

(Avalanche Feather Reed Grass, Feather Reed Grass)

This variegated ornamental grass offers a desirable upright habit and has sterile blooms so need to worry about weediness. It is a cross between Calamagrostis arundinacea and C. epigejos.

Feather reed grass is a hardy clump-forming perennial with bright green narrow blades with a narrow white stripe down the center of each. In summer, upright panicles of silvery-purple flowers are held well above the plant, giving it an airy appearance. The flowers and foliage turn a golden...

(Feather Reed Grass, Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass)

Feather reed grass is an evergreen perennial ornamental grass with bright green narrow leaves forming an upright clump. In summer, 'Karl Foerster' has panicles of bronze-pink flowers that are held well above the plant, giving it an airy appearance. The flowers and foliage turn gold in the fall and stay that way through winter.

Plant 'Karl Foerster' in any site with at least 6 hours of direct sunlight; it should be sheared to the ground in late winter. The inflorescences hold up well in fresh and...

(Feather Reed Grass, Overdam Feather Reed Grass)

Feather reed grass is an evergreen perennial ornamental grass with bright green variegated leaves forming an upright but somewhat loose clump. In summer, 'Overdam' has panicles of pinkish-green flowers that are held well above the plant, giving it an airy appearance. The flowers and foliage turn gold in the fall and stay that way through winter.

This grass should be sited in some sun and tolerates any soil; it should be sheared to the ground in late winter. The inflorescences hold up well in...

(Feather Reed Grass, Upright Feather Reedgrass)

Feather reed grass is an evergreen perennial ornamental grass with bright green narrow leaves forming an upright clump. In summer, 'Stricta' has panicles of greenish bronze-pink flowers that are held well above the plant, giving it an airy appearance. The flowers and foliage turn gold in the fall and stay that way through winter. It is slightly later blooming when compared to cultivar 'Karl Foerster'.

Cultivar 'Stricta' must be planted in a full to partial sun locale in practically any soil; it...

(Lance-leaved Prayer Plant, Rattlesnake Plant)

The large, slender, wavy-edged leaves of lance-leaved prayer plant have beautiful spotted markings on top and satiny burgundy undersides. This Brazilian rain forest native thrives in warm, moist forested regions. It is a popular tropical landscape and house plant grown exclusively for its showy foliage. It may also be sold under the former name, Calathea insignis.

This tender herbaceous perennial forms clumps of foliage that slowly spread over time. The foliage rises from a central...

(Mexican Boulder)

With skin-cutting, thread-like leaves that protrude from a rounded stump called a caudex, Mexican boulder also produces a pink flower spike. A evergreen succulent that resembles a tuft of wiregrass, it is native to north central Mexico.

The long, thing leaf blades are glossy and rigid even though they arch or flop as they lengthen. Colored blue-green to shades of gray, these leaves arise in tufts all over the rounded, fattended stem called a caudex, which looks like a rock. Plants are dioecious,...

(Fairyduster, Mock Mesquite)

Grown (and named) for its delicate and unusual winter blooms, fairyduster is a low, spreading, deciduous shrub from the southwestern United States and Northwest Mexico, where it grows in dry washes and gullies at low to middle altitudes. Gray, twiggy, often sprawling stems with small, alternating, pinnately compound leaves give rise to powderpuff heads of pink stamens in late winter and early spring. Their nectar attracts hummingbirds and other polllinators. Silvery seed pods follow the flowers....

(Dwarf Powder Puff, Dwarf Red Powder Puff, Dwarf Stickpea)

The cute, mounding dwarf powderpuff puts on its show in fall and winter, blooming with distinctive magenta-red flowers. A native of Bolivia, this evergreen shrub is fast growing, attaining a rounded to sprawling habit with long, arching branches.

The fine-textured leaves are compound, made up of five to ten pairs of small oval leaflets that are coppery pink when young and mature to green. This plant can flower anytime year round, but blooms most when days are short, from fall to spring. The buds...

(American Beautyberry)

The arching branches and unusual violet purple berries of American beautyberry are the main selling points of this hardy deciduous shrub. Native to southeastern America from Texas across to Maryland, this interesting wild shrub is similar to Asian beautyberry species but has a rougher, more informal look. Mature specimens are large, bushy and develop either a horizontal or upright habit. Native populations exist in open woods and thickets.

American beautyberry has long arching stems lined with...