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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

Advance your perennial program with a host of low-maintenance, easy-to-grow Hosta varieties. Available in a broad spectrum of sizes, forms, and gorgeous foliage colors, this landscape essential is one of the top-selling genera in North America.Don't miss this hot commodity! Great growers and gardeners know warm season planting allows time for full, mature development before winter rest. Next spring, you'll reap the rewards of planning and planting ahead with fat, retail-ready gallons bursting f

Here's a versatile garden plant that's fun for all ages. Growers and gardeners love the flower color, almost as close to true blue as a perennial gets. Your customers and theirs will delight at the inflated buds of this sun-loving, shade-tolerant, border beauty.'Astra Blue' buds are irresistible. Please, don't stop 'em from poppin'! Having fun in the garden is the ultimate draw. A few burst buds are a small price to pay for a host of happy new gardeners. Consider it a tiny investment in the gree

Senecio candicans Angel Wings® PP28830This oh-so-popular, tender perennial is an exciting design option for mixed containers.Soft to the touch, broad, velvety leaves in dazzling matte silver steal the spring show with Senecio. Rarely flowering, it's all about that silky, serrated foliage. The large, bright leaves are impressive as a stand-alone specimen and sparkle as a side piece to blooming perennials in mixed containers.Senecio c.Angel Wings® is a tender plant that thrives in full sun to

From the dawn of time, ferns have seen it all. Many of our best-sellers graced the world's gardens over a century ago. Before that, their foliar ancestors shared the planet with really big reptiles during the Jurassic era, a likely inspiration for the newest cultivar to catch our attention.Both Dryopteris varieties shown here grow to a mature height of 18-24" and are hardy for Zones 5-9. Let's explore more. Dryopteris erythrosa(Autumn fern)New fronds emerge warm coppery-bronze and mature to bri