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Welcome to Hoffie Nursery's perennial plant catalog. Here you can explore a wide variety of perennials either by their Botanical Name or their Common Name. Simply click the appropriate selection below to get started. To view a larger image and to read more about a specific plant click on the thumbnail image or the "More Info" link.

Arrhenatherum elatius ssp. Bulbosum 'Variegatum' Common Name: Bulbous Oat Grass Green and white striped foliage with a buff, oat-like bloom in late summer. This is a cool season, clump-forming grass that is a nice border plant. It forms very early in the season, so is a good compliment to many spring blooming perennials and bu... [ More Info ]

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Bouteloua curtipendula Common Name: Side-Oats Grama This native, ornamental grass has a distinctive arrangement of oat-like seed spikes which hang only on one side of its flowering stem. Flowers do not shatter, handsome fruit. Tolerates dry soils.... [ More Info ]

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Calamagrostis arundinacea var. brachytricha Common Name: Fall Blooming Reed Grass This is a warm season, clump-forming grass that flowers late in the season compared to other Calamagrostis. Bright yellow foliage in fall.... [ More Info ]

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Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' Common Name: Feather Reed Grass This is a cool season, clump-forming grass that adds a nice vertical accent to the landscape. Glossy green foliage that turns golden yellow in the fall. Plumes of burgundy tones age to wheat.... [ More Info ]

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Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Overdam' Common Name: Variegated Feather Reed Grass This cool season, clump-forming grass is a nice variation to the traditional Feather Reed Grass, with variegated foliage and a slightly more compact habit. Burgundy tone plume ages to wheat.... [ More Info ]

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Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Avalanche' Common Name: Variegated Feather Reed Grass 'Avalanche' makes an attractive, 5' vertical accent in the garden setting. Variefated foliage with white center and brilliant green margins. Blooms age to an autumn sshade of wheat. Use in masses, accent, container or even as a border plant.... [ More Info ]

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Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Eldorado' PP16,486 Common Name: Reed Grass Upright clumps composed of narrow, green leaves with a bright gold midrib. Early summer brings feathery plumes that last all season, aged to an attractive wheat shade..... [ More Info ]

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Carex buchananii Common Name: Leather Leaf Sedge A coppery, evergreen (everbrown!) clump-forming sedge that gives a grassy texture to the lightly shaded garden. A good choice for a groundcover, border plant, container plant, or as an accent.... [ More Info ]

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Carex elata 'Bowle's Golden' Common Name: Golden Sedge Very bright and upright gold arching foliage with a green edge to brighten up a partially shaded area!... [ More Info ]

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Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' Common Name: Variegated Japanese Sedge This evergreen, clump-forming sedge exhibits stiff, broad leaves. Foliage is dark green with creamy white edges.... [ More Info ]

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Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' Common Name: Variegated Japanese Sedge The foliage is striking, with creamy yellow in the center and dark green edges. This evergreen, clump-forming sedge is a very bright addition to the shade landscape. It has a very relaxed, arching habit.... [ More Info ]

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Carex pennsylvanica Common Name: Pennsylvania Sedge A native, cool-season, low-growing, colony-forming sedge commonly found in open meadows and forest understories. Foliage is long, 4 to 18", narrow and fine with stems approximatelythe same height.... [ More Info ]

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Chasmanthium latifolium Common Name: Northern Sea Oats This warm season, clump-forming grass is a good choice for a partially shaded area, it takes moisture too! Green bamboo-like foliage turns yellow to copper in the fall. Oat-like, green to copper seedheads are wonderfully ornamental.... [ More Info ]

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Deschampsia cespitosa Common Name: Tufted Hair Grass This clump-forming, cool season grass is very adaptable with bright green, mostly evergreen foliage and a wispy stand of seedheads.... [ More Info ]

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Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' Common Name: Elijah Blue Fescue This is a very popular grass as a border or accent plant because of its compact size and powder blue color. Blue flower panicles emerge in May, then fade to wheat.... [ More Info ]

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Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' Common Name: Golden Variegated Hakone Cool season, dwarf grass with slender stems that hold bright yellow foliage with thin green stripes, having the effect of a tiny bamboo. Green stripes flush red in the fall. Very graceful, cascading and flowing habit, gives the sence of a waterfall.... [ More Info ]

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Helictotrichon sempervirens Common Name: Blue Oat Grass This bright splash of blue-gray, semi-evergreen grass is wonderful en masse or as a specimen plant. Blooms of bluish white to golden wheat oat-like panicles.... [ More Info ]

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Helictotrichon sempervirens 'Sapphire' Common Name: Blue Oat Grass Clump forming, cool season grass with pewter-blue foliage. Wonderful in masses or as a speciman. Dense foliage with a bristly dome habit. In the summer months, beige seed heads add an additional interest to this vivid grass. Holds up well in the ... [ More Info ]

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Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron' Common Name: Japanese Blood Grass Foliage is striking - bright green with intense red tips. Reddens as the season progresses with extreme red fall color.... [ More Info ]

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Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar' PP15,193 Common Name: Maiden Grass Bright gold and green horizontal banding displayed in equal measure along the upright leaf blades. Plumes of burgundy that change to white for fall sensation!... [ More Info ]

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Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio' Common Name: Maiden Grass This is a fine textured, diminutive form of the Maiden grass family. Foliage of gray-green with distinctive white midribs, buff fall color. Plumes of dark pink changing to white.... [ More Info ]

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Miscanthus sinensis 'Graziella' Common Name: Maiden Grass This is a finely textured, vase shaped Maiden Grass. Green foliage with distinctive white midrib with an almond fall color. Plumes begin copper and change to white.... [ More Info ]

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Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra' PP13,008 Common Name: Dwarf Zebra Grass Similar to Zebra grass, but shorter and more upright. Green foliage with gold horizontal bands. Plumes emerge bronze and change to white.... [ More Info ]

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Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' Common Name: Japanese Silver Grass Very finely bladed, vase shaped Miscanthus that brings the essence of light into the garden. Very narrowly bladed gray-green foliage with white midrib, almond fall color. Plumes emerge reddish-bronze and change to white.... [ More Info ]

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Miscanthus sinensis 'Silberfeder' Common Name: Silver Feather Grass This is a monster Miscanthus with a very loose form. Give it plenty of room! Beautiful silvery flower plumes glisten in the late season garden.... [ More Info ]

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Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus' Common Name: Variegated Japanese Silver Grass The arching habit and variegated foliage of this Miscanthus make it a spectacular specimen. Plumes emerge bronze and change to white.... [ More Info ]

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Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus' Common Name: Zebra Grass This grass emerges green and the horizontal banding appears as the spring season progresses. Plumes emerge bronze and change to white.... [ More Info ]

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Miscanthus sinensis v. purpurascens Common Name: Purple Flame Grass This early blooming form of Miscanthus exhibits exceptional red to orange fall color. Red tipped emerging foliage. Plumes of burgundy change to silver.... [ More Info ]

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Molinia caerulea 'Variegata' Common Name: Variegated Moor Grass Foliage is green with creamy yellow variegation and an autumn color of golden. Airy panicles are purple, changing to brown on golden-tan stems.... [ More Info ]

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Molinia caerulea arundinacea 'Skyracer' Common Name: Tall Moor grass This awesome, warm season grass sends stiff flower stems skyward in mid summer and puts on a show through fall, with bright gold fall color.... [ More Info ]

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Panicum amarum 'Dewey's Blue' Common Name: Bitter Switchgrass Powdery-blue foliage with blooms of blue to beige airy panicles in late summer. A very graceful fountain habit.... [ More Info ]

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Panicum virgatum 'Northwind' Common Name: Switch Grass This is a broader leaved Panicum with very vertical lines for the garden composition. Blue-green foliage, changing to golden yellow for fall color. Pinkish brown airy panicles.... [ More Info ]

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Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Sky' Common Name: Blue Switch Grass One of the bluest cultivars with yellow fall color. Swarms of mini seedheads seem to hover over the foliage.... [ More Info ]

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Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' Common Name: Red Switch Grass The red tips and highlights of this Red Switch Grass hold their color throughout the growing season. Burgundy fall color.... [ More Info ]

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Panicum virgatum Common Name: Switch Grass Showy panicles may reach 6 feet! Yellow to orange fall color fading to tan beige.... [ More Info ]

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Pennisetum alopecuroides Common Name: Fountain Grass Foliage of bright green and then, yellow-brown fall color aging to almond. Bottle brush-like seedheads are wonderfully ornamental, emerging creamy white and aging to reddish brown. This is the hardiest of the Pennisetums.... [ More Info ]

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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln' Common Name: Dwarf Fountain Grass Bright green foliage, changing to fall color of yellow brown aging to almond. Greenish white bottle-brush blooms age to a creamy tan color.... [ More Info ]

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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Bunny' Common Name: Miniature Fountain Grass This is a very cute, annual cultivar. Light green foliage with with greenish-white bottle brush blooms that age to a creamy tan shade.... [ More Info ]

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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head' Common Name: Red Head Fountain Grass This 'Red Head' will get all the attention in the garden! Green foliage reveals gold tones with cooler fall temperatures. Begins to show its huge, bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer. Deep purple buds mature to long lasting smoky-purple plume... [ More Info ]

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Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose' PP12,909 Common Name: Oriental Fountain Grass Darker green foliage, much taller and upright than the species. Large, rich,smoky, rosy-red bottle-brush plumes in the summer. Dark seed heads are very ornamental on this variety of Pennisetum!... [ More Info ]

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Pennisetum setaceum 'Eaton Canyon' Common Name: Dwarf Purple Fountain Grass Burgundy foliage and flower of this annual cultivar (in the midwest) make it an dramatic addition to a container or garden situation. Slightly more compact than 'Rubrum'.... [ More Info ]

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Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' Common Name: Purple Fountain Grass Striking annual cultivar that provides a very long season of interest. Maroon foliage and flower are a wonderful accent in a container or garden setting.... [ More Info ]

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Phalaris arundinacea 'Dwarf Garters' Common Name: Dwarf Ribbon Grass Variegated foliage emerges white, pink and green and changes to only white and green through the season. This spreading, warm season variety of Ribbon Grass is not supposed to be as aggressive as the species.... [ More Info ]

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Schizachryium scoparium Common Name: Little Blue Stem This clump forming, warm season native is at its prime in the Autumn when the bronze to orange-red fall colors set off the seed heads. Emerges with blue-green foliage.... [ More Info ]

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Schizachyrium scoparium 'Carousel' PPAF Common Name: Little Blue Stem Blue-green blades with a purplish-bronze bloom. Dwarf, clump forming, warm season native was chosen for its unique rounded shape and resistance to lodging. A true kaleidoscope of autumn colors!... [ More Info ]

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Sorgastrum nutans Common Name: Indian Grass Foliage ranges from shades of light to medium green and may even vary from gray-green to almost blue. Great orange/yellow fall color. Very attractive, clumping, upright, warm-season grass. Flowers emerge in tan-yellow panicles 6-12" long on bright ... [ More Info ]

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Sorghastrum nutans 'Sioux Blue' Common Name: Indian Grass This clump forming grass exhibits blue-gray foliage that matures to yellow then a burnt orange color in the fall.... [ More Info ]

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Sporobolus heterolepsis Common Name: Prairie Drop Seed Grass This native prairie grass is a clump-forming warm season type. Green foliage matures to a creamy brown color in the fall. Fragrant, wheat colored airy panicles emerge in late summer.... [ More Info ]

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