Pennisetum alopecuroides JS Jommenik PP 27435 Dwarf Plants and you have Salvia 'Santa

and you have Salvia 'Santa Barbara'

In five years

Liatris pycnostachya is an amazing Central US (Canada south to Texas) prairie native that's one of the most stunning of the blazing star species

but will eventually make a 15" tall x 18" wide

Bigger's amazing hybrid was the 1959 winner of the American Peony Society's Gold Medal Award

Pennisetum alopecuroides JS Jommenik PP 27435 Dwarf Plants and you have Salvia 'SantaFinally, a gold foliaged fountain grass a delight for garden designers. Pennisetum 'JS Jommenik' was discovered in Jan Spruyt's Belgium Nursery as a solid gold sport of Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Gelbstiel'. The 1' tall x 2' wide clumps emerge bright gold in spring, but ages to chartreuse, then green as summer heat arrives. In late summer, the clumps are topped with 2' tall stalks of bunny tail like plumes.