2023 Dayton Nursery Catalog

Pennisetum Fountain Grass j e q 2 Zones 5 - 9 alop . Desert Plains® PRAIRIE WINDS® This large fountain grass makes a beautiful focal point in the fall garden. Showy bottlebrush - shaped flowers emerge dusky purple and age to tan atop the upright vase shaped clump of green foliage which takes on red, orange, and gold tones in fall. Height/Spread: 3 - 4’ 020794 PW2 $16.99 Hameln Its foliage forms a neat, elegant fountain - like mound of narrow leaves that turns yellow in fall and looks good most of the winter. Flowers are ivory white. Height: 20”, Spread: 36” Little Bunny Smallest of the dwarf Fountain Grasses! Becomes yellow streaked in fall changing to brown by late fall. Will not bloom in shade. Fluffy, creamy tan colored plumes. Height: 6 - 12”, Spread: 6 - 12” 005761 C2 $16.99 Red Head It begins to show its huge, bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer. Deep purple buds mature to smoky purple plumes that can measure a whop ping 3" wide by 8 - 10" long! Height/ Spread: 4 - 5’ 023862 C1 $12.99 Schizachyrium Little Bluestem j e 2 = Zones 3 - 9 Blaze Grows in an upright shape and sports blue green foliage in summer. In fall, fiery colors appear— strong reds, purples, and hints of orange and pink. Height: 2 - 3’, Spread: 1 - 2’ 031636 C2 $16.99 scoparium Blue Paradise An upright ornamental grass that withstands ad verse weather conditions. In summer, striking sil very blue stems form a columnar habit. Deep wine purple fall color. Height: 3 - 4’, Spread: 2’ 025722 PW1½ $12.99 Carousel A more compact version of our lovely native grass, with beautiful blue - green summer foliage which turns amazing shades of purple and bronze in fall. The delicate seedheads appear in August and September, and are especially showy when backlit by evening sunlight. Height: 2½ ’, Spread: 2½ ’ 033032 C1½ $10.99 Prairie Blues Prairie Blues is valued for its enduring blue - gray foliage, fall color, and low - maintenance properties. Height: 2 - 3’, Spread: 1 - 2’ 031637 C2 $16.99 scoparium Smoke Signal The glaucous blue - green foliage begins to take on scarlet red tones in late summer, turning a deeper red - purple through the fall. Tiny, tan seed heads appear in early fall on the top half of the stems. An improvement over older cultivars, this grass maintains its strictly upright habit through fall. Height: 3 - 4’, Spread: 1 - 2’ 026919 C1 $12.99 001459 C1 $10.99 012278 C1½ $11.99

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‘ Desert Plains® ’

‘ Hameln ’

‘ Little Bunny ’

‘ Red Head ’

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‘ Blaze ’

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‘ Blue Paradise ’

Sesleria Autumn Moor Grass j

‘ Carousel ’

autumnalis zones 5 - 9

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Silvery - white inflorescences emerge on narrow stems and hover high above the foliage. Clumping, cooling - season grass that starts the season quiet ly. Height: 9 - 24”, Spread: 12 - 18” 031635 C2 $16.99

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‘ Prairie Blues ’

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‘ Smoke Signal ’

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