Filtering by Category: Mounded Habit

Carex 'Blue Zinger'

Sedge

A dense ground cover with nice blue foliage that blocks weeds. Looks great with Japanese painted ferns or purple heucheras.

Exposure: Part Shade
Size: 10-15" tall x 12-24" wide
Bloom: Insignificant
Hardiness: Zone 5
Characteristics: Deer Resistant

Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

Japanese Variegated Forest Grass

This stunning grass has bright yellow leaves with thin green lines running through them. An excellent specimen plant, it is great for Japanese gardens. Combines nicely with blue hostas. Perennial Plant of the Year for 2009.

Exposure: Part Shade to Full Shade
Size: 18" tall x 24" wide
Bloom: Insignificant
Hardiness: Zone 5
Characteristics: Deer Resistant

Leymus arenarius 'Blue Dune'

Blue Dune Lyme Grass

A super tough plant that is very heat tolerant. Vigorous and stoloniferous with bright blue foliage. Likes average to dry conditions.

Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Size: 30" tall x 30" wide
Bloom: Insignificant
Hardiness: Zone 4
Characteristics: Deer Resistant

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'

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Dwarf Fountain Grass

Very popular and widely used in groups, mass plantings or even as a specimen in a smaller garden. Finely textured, grass-green foliage is topped by fluffy, wheat-like flowers in July. Stays attractive all winter when foliage fades to a straw color.

Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 30" tall x 24" wide
Bloom: Fall
Color: Cream/Tan
Hardiness: Zone 5
Characteristics: Deer Resistant