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Evans Farms      122289 South Molalla Hwy 213       Oregon City, OR  97045

Few plants can respond to a breeze as grasses do and few perennials will be able to extend their beauty

into the winter months.  Linked with the naturalistic gardening style they can be quite effective whether

planted alone, in small groupings, or in mass.  Most grasses make perfect companions for bright autumn

foliage and vivid fall-bloomers.  They make great garden plants remaining in place through season after

Not having broad-petalled, colorful flowers as so many other perennials do, grasses have a beauty all of

their own with graceful, delicate tiny flowers in plumes or bottle brushes.   When these dry and become

translucent inflorescences they glow in the sunlight giving magic to even the simplest landscape.  The foliage

of many grasses will also change to become translucent.  For this one reason a gardener should consider

Grasses have strong linear effect that results from the parallel arrangement of narrow leaf blades.  When

planted beside bold-textured plants or objects that have strong solid form they give a nice visually balanced

When the wind moves through the garden, the swaying of the blades of grass bring a special feeling of

They have great diversity.  Variations in form, scale, texture, and foliage color are important with

grasses.  They range from fountain-like form to mounding, to stiffly upright form from small to gigantic scale

and from fine to coarse texture.  There are many, many green colors plus colors from subtle to bold shades of

Grasses are non-demanding plants.  Reducing the amount of gardening maintenance is an ambition that

ornamental grasses go a long way to help achieve.  They are tough plants, generally resistant to damage from

insects, animals and disease.  Warm-season grasses ask for nothing more than to be cut back close to the

ground once a year before the new growth begins.  Most grasses will grow at least a few years or more

depending on the variety before they must be divided.  The main thing to do with grasses seems to be to watch

Evans Farms grows several varieties of grasses.

         Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’   (Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass)

Miscanthus sinensis ‘gracillimus’  (Japanese Silver Maiden Grass)

Miscanthus sinensis’Variegatus”  (White Variegated Japanese Silver Grass)

1 gal. $10.99

3 gal. $22.99

        

          These grasses are available ONLY in a 1 gal. size at $6.99.

Festuca ovina ‘Elijah Blue’  (Elijah Blue Dwarf Fescue)