An evergreen as the centerpiece of a container garden is elegant, classic, and low maintenance. The reasons for including evergreen groundcover plants in your garden are many. Depending on the climate, hair grass is an evergreen grass with airy plumes in shades of golden, silver, purple, and green. Bamboo naturally grows in warm climates, but you can also find cold-hardy varieties, such as Bisetti (hardy to zone 4), Nuda (hardy to zone 4), Giant Leaf (hardy to zone 5), and Spectabilis (hardy to zone 5). During the summer displays lilac colored flowers. Very hardy - will adapt to most soil types. It serves guests from Evergreen, Colo., and the Denver metropolitan area. One of the few ornamental grasses that grows well in moderately shady locations, Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair Grass) is a clump-forming, cool season, semi-evergreen grass forming a low and dense tussock of narrow, dark green leaves, up to 18 in. 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A good option is 'Emerald Green' arborvitae, a semi-dwarf cultivar that grows in a narrow pyramid shape to around 7 to 15 feet tall. Choose one that will hold its shape nicely without a lot of pruning. Pheasant's-medium grass is a semi-evergreen grass known for it's distinctive amber coloration of it's foliage. Evergreen / semi evergreen (71) Fast growing (1) Flowering (70) Long flowering (1) Low maintenance (43) Makes a good hedge or screen (8) Non invasive (5) Non poisonous (70) Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (13) Plants that will cope with the odd football (26) Resistant to diseases (41) Suitable for containers (22) Variegated Mondo Grass is a perennial evergreen grass with fine textured striped foliage year round. Ornamental grasses are the hot-rods of landscaping. Dies back in cold winters, but evergreen in mild winters. !----- A true classic when it comes to ornamental grasses. 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