Looking to add some stellar selections to your perennial lineup? You’re in the right place. 

These proven all-stars always come shining through.

Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Little Goldstar’ PP22397 

You’re probably thinking, “How does it compare to the gold standard, ‘Goldsturm’?” Right? A fair question. The short answer: it’s a lot like ‘Goldsturm’, only less so – and more so. The long answer: This German-bred variety packs even more flowers onto a shorter, more compact, better-proportioned chassis. Aren’t you glad you asked?

Height 24” 

Hardy in USDA Zones 3 – 10

Schizachyrium scoparium Shining Star™ PP33433 

Detected, selected and elected right here at ECG, this brightly variegated variety upgrades and updates the species. Green blades are striped with pale yellow early in the season, segueing to white and then pale pink in cool weather. Like all the other “little bluestems,” it’s a tough, self-sufficient customer.

Height: 18 foliar clumps topped by 30” flowering stems. 

Hardy in USDA Zones 4 – 10

Gaming the Names

Rudbeckia is among the earliest names coined by Carolus Linnaeus. It honors his patron Olof Rudbeck the Younger, whom Linnaeus said “shone among savants like the sun among the stars.” Wow. Olof the Elder, physician and naturalist who founded Sweden’s first botanic garden, was no slouch, either.

Schizachyrium used to be considered part of the same genus as “big bluestem,” until the taxonomists apparently decided that Andropogon was too easy to pronounce.

The Botanical Garden of Uppsala University is the oldest in Sweden.

There’s nothing nebulous about it! You can grow a constellation of star performers when you start with quick-planting, fast-rooting liners from Emerald Coast Growers – your easy choice!