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Lower Energy Costs with Cool Season Calamagrostis

Lower Energy Costs with Cool Season Calamagrostis

Posted by Emerald Coast Growers on Oct 31st 2024

Calamagrostis, a.k.a '"Feather reed grass" is a classic cool-season grass that thrives with sunny days and easy-to-maintain night temperatures.Like the superstar of the genus, 'Karl Foerster', these similar, easy-to-grow variegated options merit top-billing on your spring stage.Calamagrostisxa. Hello Spring!®An Emerald Coast Growers Introduction.Variegated form and a refined habit. The foliage has uniform green centers with white edges.Zones 4-10Mature height 3-4' Whether they are used as a sta
Warm Season Grasses ~ Pennisetum alopecuroides

Warm Season Grasses ~ Pennisetum alopecuroides

Posted by Emerald Coast Growers on Aug 14th 2024

Mother Nature provides optimum outdoor conditions for bulking fountain grasses in late summer and fall. Pennisetum alopecuroides is light-sensitive and needs these long, warm days to promote active growth.Tips for Overwintering Warm Season GrassesWe recommend a fungicide drench before dormancy.In a greenhouse:Keep temps above 23F.Remove dead foliage.Turn up the heat and add light in February.Overwintering outside:Clean up dead debris to mitigate moisture issues.Keep the plants from freezing/thaw
Let's Hear it For Briza media

Let's Hear it For Briza media

Posted by Emerald Coast Growers on Mar 7th 2024

This fun, long-lived, easy-to-grow beauty deserves a little noise.The botanical embodiment of "easy, breezy, beautiful",Briza media engages the admirer with whimsical heart-shaped pendant flowers swaying from spikes a foot or more above the clump-forming foliage. So appealing, the highly decorative flowers are often used as cut stems or in dried arrangements.Fun and functional, Briza media is a cold-friendly, long-lived grass. Hardy for Zones 4-10, mature plants are nicely sized, growing to just
Calamagrostis Caspian- Hiding in Plain Sight

Calamagrostis Caspian- Hiding in Plain Sight

Posted by Emerald Coast Growers on May 17th 2023

That’s Calamagrostis arundinacea var. brachytricha Caspian, if you want to get technical. By any name, it’s among the most underappreciated grasses we grow.Caspian is a full figured, fat flowering phenomenon. Unlike other feather reed grasses, this one’s a warm season, fall blooming form that flourishes in heat and has great salt tolerance too.The rest of the genus has pretty flowers, but these top ‘em all. Its generously sized plumes start pale pink and mature to a bright clean white. Caspian g
Another ... Crave Worthy Carex Collection - CAREX oshimensis

Another ... Crave Worthy Carex Collection - CAREX oshimensis

Posted by Emerald Coast Growers on Apr 19th 2023

We're big fans of Carex. Our 32 varieties - yes, 32 varieties! - occupy four pages of our catalog. We're hooked!The EverColor® Series brings year-round color to market with these cold hardy, evergreen selections. Versatile, and easy to grow, for ever-colorful containers, living walls, and gardens.Indulge us as we brag on a trio of our favorite Japanese sedge. Pictured above - Carex o. EverColor® 'Everest' PP20955 Shapely green blades with snowy white edges. Low maintenance, mounding f

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