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Coming soon to a mailbox near you!Our hot-off-the-press 2023-2024 edition features an appealing assortment of hot new Fresh Picks. With six brand-new ornamental grasses and grass-like plants, and twelve unique perennials and succulents, our complete collection has grown to an impressive offering of more than 700 selections. You are sure to find favorites you've trusted for years and interesting new options just waiting for a space at your place.Designed with the user in mind, our complete c

Native perennial plants are all the rage, and the demand for water-wise, easy-care succulents shows no sign of letting up. Or maybe you're into flowering houseplants. These sizzling sales categories meet beautifully in the genus Lewisia. Like other American phenomena, Lewisia found fame overseas sooner than here at home. It is celebrated in Europe not just as a sturdy garden inhabitant, but also as a low-maintenance flowering house plant.Rosette-shaped flowers appear in spring through early sum

What can it be?Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro' & 'Happy Returns'!The cheerful daylily, native to the Far East, has been a breeder's favorite for over a century. The genus name means "beauty for a day," each flower's lifespan.Out of tens of thousands of varieties, 'Stella de Oro' and 'Happy Returns', both bred in the USA, are the favorites of gardeners and designers worldwide. Even beginners know them by name. They're the real must-have daylilies for retailers and growers. Hemerocallis 'Ha

Oh, yeah...Everywhere! We grow so much 'Pennisetum xadvena 'Rubrum' – bench after bench, whole greenhouses full of it – that we sometimes wonder where it all goes. And then we take a drive, anywhere in North America, and there it is!‘Rubrum’ barely needs an introduction. It’s that gorgeous annual grass you see wherever you go. There it is -- waving burgundy blades and matching foxtail flowers in big containers on Main Street, in landscapes public and private, surrounding fountains and flag

Ready for a refresh? Bring on the summer bloomers!Rudbeckia SmileyZ® are Dutch bred to be more uniform than seed varieties for consistent cropping. Naturally well branched for superior pot performance and available in a wide range of interesting colors and textures to adorn the garden or patio.SmileyZ® Sunny PP30657 A brilliant blast of clear, solid yellow with a brown button center.SmileyZ® Tiger PP32962Semi-double flowers with golden tips and rich, chocolatey middles. High impact blooms, compa