(Giant Japanese Farfugium)

Huge, shiny green leaves the size of dinner plates occur on the giant Japanese farfugium, also called the giant leopard plant. It is among the prized shade garden foliage plants, with more resplendent foliage than any hosta or woodland wildflower. It manages to produce a tall flower stalk that surprises you as being a member of the daisy family. This perennial is native to the forests and moist slopes across Japan and southern China. It develops rhizome roots and its foliage remains evergreen as...

(Japanese Fatsia, Paperplant)

Enormous palm-shaped evergreen leaves are the most appealing attribute of Japanese fatsia. These are enhanced by openly branched clusters of creamy white flowers in autumn. This Japanese native thrives in shaded spots and naturally inhabits forested lands. It can be somewhat invasive and has become naturalized across many parts of the world. Several cultivars exist, the most beautiful having variegated foliage.

The deeply lobed, palmate leaves of this upright bushy shrub are glossy green with...

(Japanese Fatsia, Paperplant)

Enormous palm-shaped evergreen leaves speckled with ivory and striking clusters of creamy white fall flowers are the ornamental highlights of this splendid Japanese fatsia. This moderately compact Terra Nova Nursery introduction has variegation that changes with the seasons. More mature plants exhibit more striking color. 'Spider's Web' was named by Mr. Hirose of Iwakuni, Japan.

Paperplant is a Japanese native that thrives in shaded spots and naturally inhabits forested lands. It can be somewhat...

(Japanese Fatsia, Paperplant)

Enormous palm-shaped evergreen leaves irregularly edged with ivory are the ornamental highlight of this splendid Japanese fatsia. Some suggest it's also slightly hardier than average. A native of southern Japan, it thrives in shaded spots and naturally inhabits forested lands. It can be somewhat invasive and has become naturalized across many parts of the world. Several cultivars exist, the most beautiful having variegated foliage.

The deeply lobed, palmate leaves of this upright bushy shrub...

(Tall Fescue)

Fescue ‘Southern Gold’ is a tall fescue turfgrass seed blend developed with varieties to impart heat, drought, insect and brown patch disease resistance for the warmer areas of the transition zone. The tall fescue species are native to Europe. Tall fescue is very popular turf due to good color in the spring and fall and easy of establishment from seed. Though it is a cool-season turf, it is best used in the warmer areas of transition zones and is commonly used to over-seed warm season grasses in...

(Amethystina Fescue)

Tufted fescue is a perennial, ornamental grass with intense blue-green color. It is short, clumping and native to central and eastern Europe including the Alps. Leaves are very fine in texture, linear to thread shaped and furrowed at the base. The flowers are produced on flexible, zigzag branched spikelets and are purplish in color. The flower spikes are held well above the foliage and produced in summer.

Tufted fescue is a cool-season grass and can be short-lived. It prefers full sun to part sun...

(Tall Fescue)

A tall-growing, clumping forming perennial grass, tall fescue is a durable turfgrass in regions with cool to moderate temperatures. With tough blade-leaves and a fine texture, it makes a good lawn on playgrounds and athletic fields. This deep-rooted grass is native to Europe and northern temperate Asia. For a thick turf, numerous plants must comprise the lawn, as it does not spread from roots or running stems.

Tall fescue develops a bunching habit of short rhizome roots. The deep extent of the...

(Field Fescue)

Native to southwestern Europe, this fescue species is a densely-clumping perennial with curved, green, narrow leaves. In size and shape it resembles Festuca ovina which many gardeners use as a small ornamental grass in beds and borders. Festuca arvernensis is adapted to hot, dry conditions.

Fescues require full to part sun and can tolerate a wide range of soil types, but most prefer average, slightly acidic soil with good drainage. Ornamental species, like the evergreen blue fescue (Festuca glauca)...

(Hard Fescue)

This species is a perennial spreading grass of short stature notable for its long thin leaves. It forms patches, spreading by underground stems. Native to southern Europe, it flowers in summer.

This fescue requires full to part sun and can tolerate a wide range of soil types, but prefers average, slightly acidic soil with good drainage. It can be used in sunny borders, containers or rock gardens and looks best when planted in masses.

(Blue Fescue)

Forming low bristling domes of showy evergreen foliage, this clumping, cool-season grass hails from Europe. It slowly forms a rounded hummock of somewhat stiff, fine-textured leaves that are usually blue- or gray-green, with some forms approaching silver. Their texture contrasts beautifully with that of coarse leaves and large stones. In midsummer this little blue fescue bears plumy clusters of fine beige to gray, purple-tinted flowers on erect stems. They create a soft and breezy look. Some gardeners...