Grassland Gardens Nursery

Ornamental Grass Nursery

 

Grassland Gardens Nursery & Flower FarmGrassland Gardens grows over 50 varieties of ornamental grasses. The majority are grown in our fields. Our grasses are perennial with the exception of a couple of annuals that our customers request. We are able to directly observe how each ornamental grass variety thrives under our growing conditions. Observations and records have been kept since 1998. New varieties are added each year.

Grassland Gardens' ornamental grasses are available in the spring including our Spring Open House. The best time to determine which grasses will look best in your landscape is at our Annual Fall Field Days in September and throughout the rest of the fall. At this time, ornamental grass are at their peak, or approaching their peak growth. Observe their height, texture, color, shape, and visual appeal. Choices are made and ornamental grass orders are placed to be picked up in the spring. Extra pots of grass are available in the spring although not all varieties.

Perennials & Shrubs

Grassland Gardens Perennials & ShrubsGrassland Gardens Nursery & Flower FarmA line of perennials & shrubs are also available in the spring. Perennial offerings focus on drought tolerant, butterfly & hummingbird attracting types, and those that look especially well with ornamental grasses. Most of our perennials have been tested for our local growing conditions through their inclusion in our display gardens.

 

Ornamental Grass Pictures & Information

The following information is available in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. The documents should open in your browser window when you click on one of the following links if you have Adobe Acrobat installed. If you do not have a copy of Adobe Acrobat, you may download and install a copy from here. Click on one of the following links (in blue) to see more information about that particular grass.

Bluestems

Big Bluestem - Andropogon gerardi

Big Bluestem - Pawnee    
'Pawnee    

 

Little Bluestem - Schizachyrium

Prairie Blues  Little Bluestem - The Blues  
Prairie Blues The Blues  

 

Dropseed

Dropseed - Giant Sacaton Grass    
Giant Sacaton Grass
Sporobolus wrightii
Big, Giant Sacaton Grass		 Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
Prairie Dropseed		  

 

Feather Reed Grass - Calamagrostis

Feather Reed Grass - Avalanche Feather Reed Grass - Brachytricha Feather Reed Grass - Eldorado
Avalanche Brachytricha Eldorado
     
Feather Reed Grass - Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass - Overdam  
Karl Foerster Overdam  

 

Fescue - Festuca glauca (Blue Fescue Grass)

     
Elijah Blue    

 

Fountain Grass - Pennisetum

Fountain Grass - Cassian Desert Plains Fountain Grass - Foxtrot
Cassian Desert Plains Foxtrot
     
Fountain Grass - Hameln Fountain Grass - Karley Rose Piglet
Hameln Karley Rose Piglet
     
Fountain Grass - Little Bunny Fountain Grass - Red Head Fountain Grass - Rubrum
Little Bunny Red Head Rubrum - Annual
     
Viridescens    
viridescens    

 

Indian Grass - Sorghastrum nutans 'variety' 

Indian Grass - Sioux Blue  Indian Grass - Indian Steel   
Sioux Blue' Indian Steel'  

 

Japanese Silver Grass - Miscanthus sinensis 'variety' 

Japanese Silver Grass - Adagio Japanese Silver Grass - Arabesque Japanese Silver Grass - Autumn Light
Adagio Arabesque Autumn Light
     
Japanese Silver Grass Japanese Silver Grass - Cabaret Cosmopolitan 
 Bluetenwunder  Cabaret Cosmopolitan
     
Japanese Silver Grass - Dixieland Gigantus  Gold Bar 
Dixieland Gigantus  Gold Bar 
     
 Japanese Silver Grass - Gracillimus  Japanese Silver Grass - Graziella Huron Star 
 Gracillimus - Maiden Grass  Graziella Huron Star 
     
 Japanese Silver Grass - Huron Sentinel Japanese Silver Grass - Little Kitten  Japanese Silver Grass - Little Zebra 
 Huron Sentinel  Little Kitten Little Zebra 
     
Japanese Siver Grass - Malepartus  Japanese Silver Grass - Morning Light  Japanese Silver Grass - Nippon 
 Malepartus  Morning Light - Variegated Maiden Grass Nippon 
     
Japanese Silver Grass - Positano  Japanese Silver Grass - Puenktchen  Japanese Silver Grass - Purpurascens 
 Positano  Puenktchen - Little Dot Purpurascens - Flame Grass 
     
 Japanese Silver Grass - Rigoletto Japanese Silver Grass - Rotsilber  Japanese Silver Grass - Silberfeder 
 Rigoletto  Rotsilber Silberfeder 
     
 Japanese Silver Grass - Stardust  Japanese Silver Grass - Strictus Japanese Silver Grass - Super Stripe 
 Stardust  Strictus - Porcupine Grass Super Stripe 
     
 Japanese Silver Grass - Undine Japanese Silver Grass - Variegatus   Japanese Silver Grass - Zebrinus
 Undine  Variegatus  Zebrinus - Zebra Grass

 

Quaking Grass - Briza media

Quaking Grass    
Quaking Grass    

 

Sea Oats - Chasmanthium latifolium

Northern Sea Oats     
Northern Sea Oats    

 

Switch Grass - Panicum virgatum variety

Badlands   Switch Grass - Cheyenne Sky  Switch Grass - Cloud Nine
Badlands  Cheyenne Sky  Cloud Nine 
     
 Switch Grass - Dallas Blues  Switch Grass - Heavy Metal  Switch Grass - Huron Solstice
 Dallas Blues  Heavy Metal Huron Solstice 
     
Switch Grass - North Wind   Switch Grass - Prairie Sky  Switch Grass - Rotstrahlbusch
 North Wind Prairie Sky  Rotstrahlbusch 
     
 Switch Grass - Shenandoah  Switch Grass - Thundercloud  
 Shenandoah  Thundercloud