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Nandina domestica ‘Gulf Stream’ Gulf Stream Nandina

The ever-changing foliage of Gulf Stream will be flush with bronze in the Spring, Summer color is a deep blue green, while the Fall color can range from orange to red with more intense colors occurring in colder weather. With its upright growth habit it can reach 4 ft tall with an equal spread.  The […]

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Nandina domestica ‘Compacta’ Compact Nandina, Heavenly Bamboo

Compacta may be more low growing than other Nandina varieties, but it really stands out in a crowd! It has more numerous leaflets giving the foliage a lacey appearance. Compacta blooms in the spring and the new flush of growth is a beautiful coppery color, turning  green in the summer. In the fall  it will produces […]

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Nandina domestica ‘AKA’ Blush Pink™ Nandina PP# 19,916

This Nandina is a Magnolia Gardens Nursery original! discovered by 3 employees at our tissue culture facility, Blush Pink stays true to its name with a unique, blush-colored young foliage from spring until fall, brightening to a deep red over winter. It’s compact, dwarf habit Nandina lends itself to many projects from mass planting to […]

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Muhlenbergia lindheimeri Lindheimer’s Muhly

Muhlenbergia lindheimeri is a Texas Native grass that grows around streams in the Edward’s Plateau area in the warm season months. Lindheimer’s Muhly has an upright growth habit and blue/green foliage. This grass can get up to 4-5′ in height. In the fall this grass will bloom, the flowers are at first pink-tinted then later […]

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Muhlenbergia capillaris Gulf Muhly, Purple Muhly

An extraordinarily beautiful and low maintenance grass in all seasons. The wispy, pink-purple blooming tufts can double the size of the plant when in full bloom. The billowy inflorescence will move weightlessly in the wind, giving an appearance of brightly colored, rolling waves. Gulf Muhly Grass can grow to 4 ft tall with a 3 ft […]

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Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’ Maiden Grass

Gracillimus Maiden Grass is one of the most striking ornamental grasses. This elegantly shaped grass has narrow leaves can grow to 6 feet tall. It becomes bronze autumn color and can stand throughout winter to provide architectural interest. Feathery copper-colored plumes appear in fall and will flower until frost.

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Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’ Compact Maiden Grass

Bring the light and airy feel of Adagio to your landscape! dense clump of silver green arching foliage become a fountain of orange, gold and burgundy in fall. Showy plumes will emerge above the foliage in bronze-pink colors, fading to white. Adagio will quickly reaches 5 ft tall with a 3 ft spread. The Fall […]

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Hesperaloe parvifolia Red Yucca

This long blooming, great looking succulent is incredibly adaptable and virtually maintenance free. It’s amazingly drought tolerant AND cold hardy to Zone 5, making it perfect for any landscape!  Red Yucca’s foliage forms in fountaining clumps of thin, dark green leaves, with a spread of 3 feet. The beautiful flower stalks can grow to be 5 feet […]

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Festuca ovina var. glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ Blue Fescue

The eye catching icy blue coloration to this clumping ornamental grass holds up even through the summer heat. Elijah Blue is perfectly suited for edging borders or mass planting as a groundcover. It’s especially drought tolerant once established. This unique grass is topped by upright flower plumes in the summer.

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Equisetum hyemale Horsetail Reed

 This extraordinary shrub, with a very vertical growth habit, tolerates an extremely wide range of soils and will grow in up to 4” of standing water. Horsetail reed can spread to form large colonies if given the space. Its evergreen stalks are cylindrical, hollow, with tiny leaves joining together around stem. This reed is a […]

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