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Foxglove makes our heart go pit-a-patJust in time for Valentine’s Day, we’ll have fresh crops of all our gorgeous varieties of Digitalis, a.k.a. foxglove, ready to ship. Why is February 14 the perfect time for this particular garden beauty? See “Data and Digressions” below.Let’s forget matters of the heart and get to the heart of the matter. Here are our favorite selections from this traditional genus.Digitalis Arctic Fox RosePP31900Dark, rose-pink trumpets with paler speckled throats bloom from

Watch your portfolio grow!Duranta erecta Cuban Gold™“Dewberry” is a tender, shrubby upright plant, perfect for containers or border edging. It’s a shining standout among our “soft side” selections. Bright golden foliage brightens up the scene wherever it’s deployed. Clustered light blue/lavender flowers appear in late summer and continue into fall.Native to the Americas, from Mexico south, Duranta has been selected as aTexas Superstar® plant. Height: 10 – 18”. Hardy in Zones 10 – 11. Make a mod

The just-ended MidAtlantic Nursery Trade Show is the premier green industry event on the East Coast. It’s the winter show that jumpstarts the new season.Those who attended know that the 2022 show was like, and unlike, all previous editions. As usual, it was big, upbeat and optimistic. As always, Emerald Coast Growers was there with our industry-standard grass and perennial liners.Yes, attendance numbers were down, and numerous booths vacant, for several reasons: Travel restrictions, flight cance

Most ornamental grasses thrive in full sun. But most gardens include spots the sun never finds. Must those places remain grassless? Fortunately, no!The shaded landscape can also enjoy the graceful form and movement that only grasses bring. The go-to genus: Hakonechloa, Japanese forest grass.This sinuous beauty grows as water flows, welling up and cascading down in layers of pendant bamboo-like leaves. It’s happiest in shade, dappled or full. Northern growers can get away with brighter plantings,

Not every plant can look its Sunday best, covered in flowers, every day. Besides, smart gardeners know that the best time to buy is before a plant blooms, so they get to watch it come into its glory.That’s when a picture tag is at its most valuable: It tells a customer what that plant will become, right before their eyes, even if the pot in front of them isn’t loaded with color.We carry full-color, bilingual picture tags for every variety we grow. In addition to that eye-catching image, consumer