Hoffman Nursery Blog

Did you know? Many grasses and sedges provide for and protect our pollinator friends. They supply nesting space and shelter away from predators and bad weather as well as provide a place to raise their young and forage for food. Grasses and sedges can also serve as the foundation for a designed plant community. Check out a few of the grasses and sedges below that support pollinators.

When we think of the color of sedges, we often think of a light green but the shades of sedges are much more than that. Sedge grows in blues, silvers, dark greens, golds, browns, oranges, and everything in between. In this post, we have selected various sedges from our collection that have lovely color.

Though sedges are primarily known for their foliage, many produce a delightful and often unique bloom/seed pod. Here are a few of our favorites.

Some like it hot, some like it cool—Do you know which of your grasses are cool-season and which are warm-season? It makes a difference. Get a look at this important factor in growing grasses.

April 14th is National Gardening Day! It was developed to celebrate gardening and its benefits as well as to inspire individuals to get outside, start planting, and make our world a greener place. In this blog post, we cover why National Gardening Day is important, ways to celebrate, and grasses to try in your garden.