For discerning landscapes! Orange New Zealand Sedge (Carex testacea) isn’t a mainstream garden plant yet. But discerning designers have been using this subtle (and not so subtle, at the same time) beauty in designs for a while now. Unless you use a designer for your own yard, though, you may not have heard of this little gem, or been sold on her finer points.We say this because it is sometimes hard to sell gardeners on bronze-colored grass. To the untrained eye bronze color makes a grass look dormant. Look a little closer.Orange New Zealand Sedge forms a magnificently elegant arching mound of bronze-green finely textured leaves that looks fantastic when planted in groups of threes and fives or when used as the centerpiece of a large container. It spills over the edges of pots and walls like liquid gold.Then in the fall when the weather gets chilly, it turns an electric orange that sends shockwaves through the garden. Sedge loves the wet spots. Use it beside fountains or ponds, in low wetlands, in that trouble spot that never seems to totally dry out in your yard. Make a rain garden or a drainage ditch sing with motion and color. It thrives in sun or shade, so plant it where you need it. You don’t need a discerning designer eye to have a garden that looks like you do. Order your Orange New Zealand Sedge from us today and make them wonder.* Very hardy grass* Urban gardens* Tolerates wet soil and part shade* Adaptable* Great fall color* Container perfect* Rain gardens and wetlands.
Category: Partial Sun Perennials
Mexican Feather Grass
Mexican Feather Grass, Nassella tenuissima’, is a beautiful mounded ornamental grass.Its needle-like flexible leaves form dense, bright green clumps.The flowers are silky awns that appear in June and change from green to gold as they mature.It has shown cold-hardiness and also is a trooper in the sweltering hot summer. This is an environmentally friendly grass with virtually no pests or diseases.Spectacular when backlit at night, they are striking alone, or in large masses or drifts.Remove dead foliage in early spring before new growth begins.* Drought tolerant* Easy to grow* Pest free .
Golden Variegated Sweet Flag Grass
Green and Gold SwordsThe Grass ‘Golden Variegated Sweet Flag’, Acorus gramineus Ogon, is a mounded, non-invasive rhizome grass.It is great for containers, edging or as a groundcover. The fragrant, butter yellow and green sword-like blades (resembles iris leaves) create a striking contrast to other grasses and plants.The rich golden yellow and green foliage grows to 10 inches high, with a 1 foot spread.Golden Variegated Sweet Flag has a typical philodendron flower that can be used fresh or dried.It grows well in pots, ponds, as an edging or groundcover and even grows indoors. It doesn’t like to dry out but can handle sun or shade.This plant grows fast and is deer resistant!For a neat appearance, remove the old foliage in the spring before new growth appears.*Yellow Non Invasive Grass*Deer Resistant*Container Plant or Border.
Illustris Elephant Ear
A Tropical Look, Great in Shade.The Elephant Ear Illustris, ‘Colocasia Illustris’, looks great in a container or in your shade garden. The large beautiful leaves will add diversity to any landscape. The Illustris looks similar to the Esculenta but has gorgeous dark, almost black leaves with dark green veins. Your Elephant’s Ear Illustris will produce large tropical looking leaves, and is a plant that looks great when used with other colorful plants like Caladiums. It will do the best in well drained soils that are fertilized and watered regularly..
Toffee Twist Sedge Grass
Wake up your garden with a fresh coffee color! We have a hot new garden color to introduce to you this year. It’s going to be all the rage. It combines well with all other colors and works equally as a great neutral or as a stand-out showpiece. That new color?Brown.Don’t worry. We haven’t gone crazy. This isn’t an “Oh-my-plant-is-dead” brown. This is an iridescent “I’ll-have-a-little-cream-with-that-coffee” brown. The kind that interior decorators put with Tiffany jewelry-box blue or English hunter green or Chinese lacquer red. In other words – it’s beautiful.And it comes on a beautiful and tough-as-nails plant. Toffee Twist Sedge (Carex Flagellifora ‘Toffee Twist’) is a graceful, grass-like plant that gives structure to mixed plantings and wildness to formal borders. It grows 2’ tall and about 18 inches wide so it is great in the front of the border or massed in a bed. The best bronzy-brown color is in full sun, but it can take a little shade too.Try it as the ‘thriller’ in a container on your deck or patio. You won’t believe the compliments you’ll get if you pair it with blue flowers and chartreuse-leaved shrubs in a garden bed for a very of-the-moment look.We’re sure that Toffee Twist will shake up your landscape. Take a risk! We know that you won’t be disappointed, but don’t take our word for it! Order yours today!* Great coffee color * Add motion to the landscape* Great container plant * Easy care.
Ladys Mantle
Foamy White StarsThe Alchemilla ‘Lady’s Mantle’, Alchemilla mollis, is a brilliant foamy clusters of tiny, star like flowers with velvety soft olive-green leaves. The flower color ranges from yellow to green and blooms in late spring to early summer with a height of 18” and a plant spread of 18-24”.The foliage catches and holds water drops while sparkling in the sun‘Lady’s Mantle’ will grow well in sun or shade in rich, moist, well-drained areas.If summer temperatures are too high, grow in partial to full shade.It is best used for edging with Coral Bells, Geraniums or Hostas.The blossoms can be used as dried flower arrangements.If one is looking for a fast growing, low maintenance perennial as a ground cover or mass plantings, this is the one for you.*Flowers are Foamy White Stars*Bright Green Foliage Beads Water*Full or Part Sun.