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Cultivate with Us in Columbus!

Cultivate with Us in Columbus!

Posted by Emerald Coast Growers on Jun 28th 2024

Cultivate is one of the industry’s top-tier events, with a world-class trade show and valuable educational opportunities. Here at ECG, we have another reason to love Columbus: It’s where we get to hand out our freshly released, brand-new 2025 starter plant catalog.You'll find us in our usual spot, Booth #2313, showcasing exciting Fresh Picks and the program standards you know and need. Please, drop by and say hello. We want to connect with you!If you can't make it to Ohio, we will bring the
Easy Care, Colorful, Carex ColorGrass®

Easy Care, Colorful, Carex ColorGrass®

Posted by Emerald Coast Growers on Apr 3rd 2024

We're big fans of Carex. Our 32 varieties - yes, 32 varieties! - occupy four pages of our catalog. We're hooked!Irresistible at retail, the trademark foliage structure and clump-forming habit of the ColorGrass® Collection means they can anchor stand-alone patio pots or serve as vibrant fillers or spillers in mixed containers.Comfortable in full sun to part shade, this quartet offers easy care color and motion for a variety of modern, unique uses.Let's take a look at four versatile beauties
Miscanthus Bandwith™ & High Frequency™

Miscanthus Bandwith™ & High Frequency™

Posted by Emerald Coast Growers on Mar 15th 2024

From the breeding wizardry of North Carolina State University and the team at Darwin Perennials, we offer two stellar grasses that have a unique advantage: They're infertile - functionally sterile - so you won't need to block any pesky pop-ups. Miscanthus sinensis Bandwidth™ PP29460Will Bandwidth™ magically endow the garden with Wi-Fi? Probably not, but the broad bands of bright gold on its stiff, upright blades guarantee great garden and retail reception.No other ornamental grass c
Carve an Easy Edge with Versatile Carex morrowii

Carve an Easy Edge with Versatile Carex morrowii

Posted by Emerald Coast Growers on Feb 29th 2024

Icy cool, variegated, Carex morrowiiIt looks, grows, and sells like a grass, but it's actually a sedge, in the Cyperaceae family.Easy to grow.Adaptable to a wide range of conditions.Versatile! Useful as a border, groundcover, or in containers. Well suited for full sun to part shade, both varieties are hardy for Zones 5-9. Carex m.'Ice Dance'Wide, graceful leaves with prominent creamy-white margins.Height: 12-18"Carex m. 'Ice Ballet'  PP20228Green-centered leaves with crisp, clean white ed
Big, Graceful, Gracillimus

Big, Graceful, Gracillimus

Posted by Emerald Coast Growers on Feb 22nd 2024

Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'This IS your grandfather's ornamental grass!An original, and still a champion.An oldie, and still a goodie.One of the earliest cultivars of Miscanthus, 'Gracillimus' has graced American gardens since the early 1900s. All these years later, it is still swoon-worthy, still a top seller, and still the standard.Stately clumps of slender green leaves with gleaming silver midribs grow to 7 feet tall. In October, the reddish bronze inflorescences gradually turn to silve

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