ISOLEPIS cernua (Fiber Optic Grass)  $4.95  qt
Full sun to part shade / Zones 8 - 10
This moisture loving little grass is all the rage. Gardeners are drawn by the sparkling green, fine blades, and the curious, tiny white flowers resembling a fiber optic. Too cool, and perfect in bird bath plantings and container gardens. Height 8 inches.

NEW!   ISOLEPIS cernua ‘Nana’ (Miniature Fiber Optic Grass)
$5.95- 4 – inch pot
Imagine that!  A miniature form of the ever popular fiber optic grass, with the same easy to grow habit and charm. The tiny tufts grow to 3 inches tall, spreading slightly slower than the taller species, I. cernua.  Too cute in bird bath or aquatic plantings, or between flagstones.  

MELINUS nerviglumis 'Pink Champagne’  (Ruby Grass)  $4.95 qt
Full sun / Zones 9 - 10
It's easy to adore this beautiful, annual African grass. The fine powdery-blue leaf blades look dreamy contrasted by the summer and fall appearing deep pink plumes, like 'foxtails'. This little grass is all the rage with garden designers, and lovely in containers, too. A Plants of Merit selection (plantsofmerit.org) from the Missouri Botanical Garden.Height 15 - 18 inches.

PENNISETUM (Fountain Grass)
For summertime, knock'em dead container and garden art, you need these wildly popular grasses. Due to agricultural restrictions, we cannot ship pennisetum to the following states: California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington
Pennisetum purpureum ‘Prince’   Full sun /  Zones 8 – 10    $9.95 GL
Just when I think I’ve seen it all, along comes an amazing new group of plants. This time, a truly exotic pair of tropical grasses.P. purpureum, or Elephant grass, as it is known in its Southeast Asian haunts, is being jointly released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and Athens Select. With deep purple blades similar to my beloved purple fountain grass, the difference lies in the length of the leaf blade and width, with ‘Prince’ appearing to be a giant on steroids , with more upright blades and dense growth, achieving a height of 5 to 6 feet. It’s a lush, dramatic look---a perfect marriage of texture, architecture and color---perfect for use as a background in garden beds and titillating tropicalismo vignettes. ‘Prince’ and ‘Princess’ are vigorous annuals in northern zones with warm summers, where seed will not be produced due to early freezes. For this reason, we cannot ship ‘Prince’ and ‘Princess’ to the warmer zones of USDA Zones 8 – 10 , or the following states:  California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington states.
Pennisetum purpureum ‘Princess’   Full sun / Zones 8 - 10  $9.95 GL
Much shorter than ‘Prince’ with 30 inch rigid tufts of wide, bronze leaves that resemble a phormium. Destined to become a tropical classic!
Pennisetum setaceum ‘Fireworks’ (Variegated Purple Fountain Grass)  $7.95 - 4” pot  Ignite a container or garden bed with this new and beautiful fountain grass, brazenly striped in eye-popping purple, green, pink and white. The thirty inch tall clumps offer lovely texture too, with narrow blades that gracefully arch and rustle in the summer breeze creating beautiful music. I expect this new intro will become one of the most sought after tropicals, lauded for its versatility, tolerance to summer weather and season long good looks. Height  30 inches.
Pennisetum setaceum rubrum (Purple Fountain Grass)  $5.49 -  4” pot   Zones 9 - 10
Tight clumps of coppery-red blades, deeply saturated with color, are beautiful even without the fluffy pink plumes that arise throughout summer. Height 4 feet.

POGONATHERUM crinitum Variegated (Bamboo Grass)  $4.95 qt   Full sun to part shade / Zones  8 – 10
Last summer I found myself standing and admiring this sweet little annual grass, happy with the knowledge that I would have plenty to offer you this spring. The narrow blades of Bamboo Grass spring from dwarf, clumping (not running!) mounds….a miniature bamboo look-alike that shimmers in the morning dew, a magical effect. As an underplanting to bold tropicals like Crinum 'Queen Emma', or colorful companion 'weavers' like alternanthera, it's a more perfect contrast plant than I could have ever imagined. The frilly mantle of arching, delicate green and cream blades say 'touch me', an enchanting scene coveted by any gardener--- tropicholic or not. Give this heat loving Asian native a moist, but well drained soil amended with compost. Great for containers, too! Height 8 inches.