Out with the Ordinary - Try These in Containers

Containers aren’t just for flowers, and grasses aren’t just for ground covers and borders. Mix it up and use grasses to add personality, texture, and color to containers. We’ve chosen a few of our favorite grasses that you might not have considered using in containers. These container plantings expand the landscape onto walkways, patios, and other outdoor spaces - inviting pollinators to visit, improving our well-being, and providing a better environment for all.

Looking for something to go alongside a pool, pond, or water feature? Look no further than?Juncus inflexus?‘Blue Arrows’ (Blue Arrows Rush). Often grown as a wetland plant, ‘Blue Arrows’ handles dry conditions once established and thrives in heat and full sun. The soft color and beautiful, upright form make it irresistible in container combos. Like other?Juncus, it’s tough, versatile, and evergreen in most climates.

Another great option for alongside water features is?Acorus gramineus?‘Ogon’ (Golden Variegated Sweet Flag). It creates a beautiful mat of bright green and gold that can jazz up shady spots or moist sunny areas. Brighter light lends more golden color, while deeper shade highlights green. It’s an excellent medium-sized filler plant in containers, combine it with taller or shorter moisture-loving plants.

Muhly Grasses make excellent container plants but one you might not have thought of trying is?Muhlenbergia Dumosa?(Bamboo Muhly). It has a bamboo-like quality with a buoyant habit and graceful light green leaves. Growing up to 4’, it makes a movable screen when planted in containers and looks gorgeous on patios and in yards. It can also be brought indoors during the winter months.

Nassella tenuissima?(Mexican Feather Grass)?looks spectacular planted in containers with its wispy, flowing, lime-green foliage that sways in the slightest breeze. This cool-season native grass retains its color year-round, although it may brown out somewhat in the heat of the summer. Light, wheat-colored seed heads emerge in May. It requires dry soil and full sun, and it is very drought tolerant.

If you are looking for a pop of color in your containers look no further than?Carex testacea?‘Prairie Fire’ (Prairie Fire Sedge). Its slender green-bronze foliage is tipped with orange highlights. In full sun this deep orange coloring intensifies, creating a dramatic look that blends well with hot-colored perennials. Its size and upright habit make a great focal point in mixed containers.

We encourage you to try these unexpected choices. Contact us by?email?or at 800-203-8590 to place your order today. There are plenty more to choose from, too, as grasses perform well in the quick-draining media of containers. For more options, see our?full list of grasses that are outstanding in containers.