If your summer garden feels a little static, you maybe should consider adding plants that bring movement, texture and ...

"Zebra grass" is a striped form of it. Miscanthus is actually the most commercially popular type of ornamental grass and comes in a lot of forms and varieties. I've got a few thoughts, though.

Warm season grasses, which includes pennisetum and miscanthus, are at their best during the heat of summer and fall. They begin to fade as winter approaches.

Right about now you may be thinking that some of your ornamental grasses have gotten too big for their own good. For instance, some miscanthus that you thought might be 5 feet at maturity may have ...

A: I suspect you're seeing maidenhair grass (a.k.a. "eulalia grass"), or as it's known botanically, Miscanthus sinensis. This is a commonly used tall grass that's very tough in full sun and poor soil.

Larger grasses like “Heavy Metal” Switch Grass, “Karl Foerster” Feather Reed Grass and Miscanthus “Purpurascens” can grow 3 to 5 feet or more in height.

These include giant feather grass (Stipa gigantia), deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens), bamboo muhly (M. dumosa), and Miscanthus transmorrisonensis. Trimming options ...

Keep in mind that the foliage of ornamental grasses is not only green. You will find them with leaves that are blue, red, pink, purple, as in purple fountain grass (Pennisetum x advena var. Rubrum ...

“We have so many exotic native grasses.” Ornamental grasses come in a range of greens, from pine to lime, but also red, blue, purple, silver and yellow, and with variegated blades.

If your summer garden feels a little static, you maybe should consider adding plants that bring movement, texture and ...