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Warm Season Grasses ~ Pennisetum alopecuroides(Post)
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 g ...
Geography Lessons in the Garden, Part 4(Post)A good mixed perennial garden contains a trip around the world – or at least across a continent or two. Today’s tour guides: a native that sounds exactly like where it came from, and an immigran ...
ROCK STARS for December, 2020 A one, and a two, and…(Post)About the Rock Star AwardOur Rock Star award honors ECG employees who demonstrate a sustained high level of performance and inspire others. This month, we have a first: A Rock Star winner who ...
Meet our November Rock Star(Post)Meet our November Rock StarAbout the Rock Star AwardOur Rock Star award honors ECG employees who demonstrate a sustained high level of performance and inspire others.This month, let’s hear it for Rya ...
Meet our April Rock Star... Luis Villarreal (Post)About the Rock Star AwardOur Rock Star award honors ECG employees who demonstrate a sustained high level of performance and inspire others.This month’s award goes to assistant grower Luis Villarreal.
Meet Our October Rock Star...Gwyn Engle. (Post)About the Rock Star AwardOver the past several years, our Rock Star award has honored ECG employees who demonstrate a sustained high level of performance and inspire others. This month we bestow ...
POP THIS BUBBLE IN YOUR LINEUP! Veronica spicata Bubblegum Candles PP29780(Post)The name says it all: Pink and sweet like bubblegum, upright and bright like a candle!Bubblegum Candles brings a tasty POP! of color to the sunny garden. Its reblooming character means it keeps its ...
POP THIS BUBBLE IN YOUR GARDEN(Post)Veronica spicata Bubblegum Candles (‘Verspi’) PP29780The name says it all: Pink like bubblegum, upright and bright like a candle!Bubblegum Candles brings a sweet POP! of color to the sunny garden.
Stop Screaming! We Hear You! (Carex oshimensis ‘Ice Cream’ PP#21463)(Post)If there’s a sedge worth screaming about, it may just be ‘Ice Cream’.This garden confection’s winning recipe features minty green stripes alternating with creamy white stripes. Its neat, mounded, sph ...
Euphorbia xmartinii ‘Ascot Rainbow’ PP21401(Post)We’re euphoric about this Euphorbia, and that’s no euphemism. ‘Ascot Rainbow’ is a riot of ever-changing color. Blue-green leaves with creamy yellow edges are its summer wardrobe. Cool weather inspir ...
The Midas Touch Trifecta! (Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Early Sunrise’)(Post)Everywhere you plant ‘Early Sunrise’ turns to sunny golden glory. No wonder it’s a multiple award-winner -- a gold medalist on three continents!● AAS Flower Award (USA)● RHS Award of Garden Merit (UK ...
Where in the World Did We Get This Plant? Catmint Comrade? (Post)Geography Lessons in the GardenA good mixed perennial garden can be a trip around the world – or at least across a continent or two. Today’s tour involves a plant whose name sounds deceptively like a ...
There’s nothing shy about these wallflowers! ERYSIMUM Glow™ series (Post)Their Latin name changed from Cheiranthus to Erysimum years ago, but gardeners still call them “wallflower.” By any name, they’ve adorned our borders for decades.The Glow™ series updates the genus wi ...
Meet our March 2022 Rock Star...Jessica Hyler.(Post)About the Rock Star Award Our Rock Star award honors ECG employees who demonstrate a sustained high level of performance and inspire others. Standing atop the podium this month i ...
January 2020 Rock Star Award(Post)Emerald Coast Growers would like to introduce you to our first 'Rock Star Award' winner for 2020, Jake Verlinde - our Facilities Manager and project leader. Jake has done an outstanding job of leadin ...
The Lowdown on Veronica(Post)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 t ...
Shhh! Please don’t tell our Echinacea it’s time to flower.(Post)(We’re keeping it in the dark!)Sales Opportunity: Late summer/early fall market for fresh, flowering perennials. Sales Barrier: Perennial fave Echinacea is flowered out, way past “fresh” by th ...
Hardiness Zone Map(Page)The 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. The map is based on the average annual minimu ...