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The weather outside is frightful, and spring seems far off. It's not. The days are getting longer, and the time is getting shorter. Now is your chance to steal a march on Mother Nature and hit the ground running when winter finally fades away. It's the perfect time to plant....Ground Hugging Veronica.Say Veronica and most of us picture flower spikes rising a foot or two above the border, but another category of "speedwell" keeps a lower profile. These varieties charm as groundcovers and edg

Say Veronica, and many of us picture flower spikes rising a foot or two in mid-border. But another category of “speedwell” keeps a lower profile. These varieties charm as groundcovers and edging, or planted as a “spiller” in containers or beside stone walls. Here’s the lowdown.Veronica peduncularis ‘Georgia Blue’Mats of small round leaves disappear under a slathering of tiny blue flowers with white eye zones. The foliage turns dark green in summer, then bronze in fall. The name is from Eura

Pantone Color of the Year 2022The color gurus at Pantone have anointed “Very Peri” as THE color for 2022. In their trademark breathless prose, Pantone describes Very Peri as a “red violet infused blue hue” that inspires “carefree confidence” and “bold curiosity.” It’s so cool, it’s “a symbol of the global zeitgeist.” Wow!At ECG, we pay attention to this annual decision. Why? Because your customers do.Confidently, curiously or unconsciously, home gardeners will see, and buy, Veri Peri even if the