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Looking to enhance your ornamental grass selection? Native to the American prairie, Sorghastrum makes itself at home in any sunny border.Golden Sunset™ is a warm-season grass that forms neat clumps of wide, olive-green blades. Shapely and graceful, it has an upright/arching habit. Full, rich golden plumes rise to an impressive, but not overwhelming, height. Golden Sunset™ is a warm-season grass that forms neat clumps of wide, olive-green blades. Shapely and graceful, it has an upright/archi

Back in 1997, Emerald Coast Growers was just six years old. Bill Clinton was in the White House. A new Honda Civic cost $10,000. The Marlins beat the Indians in the World Series, and the Packers whupped the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI.But the big news that year? The Perennial Plant Association chose Salvia May Night as its Perennial Plant of the Year. All other phenomena were just fighting for silver.May Night is a classic best-seller thanks to its long-lasting violet-purple flower spikes in lat

Stop looking. They’re right here!Are your customers pleading, “Give Me Just A Little More Thyme?” You can satisfy them, Thyme After Thyme, with two highly ornamental, fragrant choices.  Love Me Two ThymesThymus praecox ‘Highland Cream’ Aromatic carpets of tiny green leaves, generously splashed with creamy white accents. Very pale pink/lavender flowers appear from late spring to midsummer. Height: 2 – 4”  Hardy in USDA Zones 3 - 8Thymus vulgaris ‘Hi Ho Silver’ A brightly varie

Ever since ‘Walker’s Low’ was named Perennial Plant of the Year back in 2007, “catmint” has become increasingly popular as a sturdy, low-maintenance ornamental.We grow 8 varieties of this interesting genus. Our latest addition: ‘Purrsian Blue’.  This Midwestern-bred variety forms neatly mounded clumps of tiny, toothy, aromatic leaves. The foliage is all but hidden by the prolific bloom of periwinkle blue flowers with dark purple calyxes, produced in abundance from early summer into early

What comes to mind when someone says “groundcover?”First, you picture the two or three species you see everywhere. Next, you yawn. Right? Wake up and smell the coffee! Groundcovers don’t have to be the same old ho-hum stuff. There are fantastic choices in our perennial lineup. Let’s look at a couple. Iberis sempervirens ‘Purity’ Most of the year, this is a low-profile, semi-woody groundcover with small, leathery, dark green leaves. In early spring, when it smothers itself in clusters