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The A-Team Benchwarmer (Heuchera Melting Fire) (Post)
Nothing heats up your Heuchera selection like 'Melting Fire'. Smoldering red foliage makes it a hot property -- on the bench and in the border.Seed production means it’s an economical option compared
Let’s Cover Some More Ground! (Hypericum calycinum) (Post)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 t
Emerald Coast Growers 2023-2024 Resource Guide(Post)Coming soon to a mailbox near you!Our hot-off-the-press 2023-2024 edition features an appealing assortment of hot new Fresh Picks. With six brand-new ornamental grasses and grass-like plants, and twel
Grant Wishes with Cholorphytum Starlight!(Post)Flowers that shine like stars! Bring a touch of magic to your customers with Chlorophytum ‘Starlight’, a dazzling plant known for its lily white, star-shaped flowers. Wispy stemmed, even a gentle bree
Gardens of the Gods Phlox "Amazing Grace" (Post)How sweet the sight! This lovely bicolor's namesake hymn, widely associated with the Civil War, was actually written before the Revolution by an English slave-trader turned abolitionist and minister
HUG A GROUND-HUGGER: Part 2 How low can you go? (Post)When you hear the word “groundcover,” what comes to mind? After “Ho-hum,” probably a few too-familiar genera, right?It doesn’t have to be that way. There are strikingly different, even fascinating, pe
A Bread-&-Butter Garden Gem Panicum (Switch grass)(Post)Indigenous American grasses aren’t just for native plant enthusiasts. Tough and carefree, clump-forming, warm-season “switch grass” is perfectly at home in any sunny landscape. Its surprisingly formal
Pop all you want, we’ll sow more...Platycodon grandiflora ‘Astra Blue’(Post)“Balloon Flower”Here’s a garden plant that’s fun for all ages. Growers and gardeners love the flower color, about as close to true blue as a perennial gets. And your customers’ customers’ kids will lo
What’s so low about Nepeta ×faassenii ‘Walker’s Low’? Nothing!(Post)The word “Low” does not describe the height of this lovely, fragrant perennial. It stands 2½ – 3’, which makes it a good fit mid-border, or even back-of-the-border in smaller settings. It brings a che
HELLO, COLUMBUS! The Clock is Ticking!(Post)It’s that time again -- time for the green industry to converge on Columbus, Ohio for Cultivate ’22! It’s coming up quickly. Are you packed and ready to roll?Cultivate is one of the industry’s major e
Salvia nemorosa May Night (‘Mainacht’) Flashback! (Post)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 whupp
Coreopsis Lil Bang™ - Big Punch! (Post)Don't let the name fool you: These compact beauties pack a big punch!Li'l Bang™ is a subset of the best-selling Big Bang™ Series, from breeder Darrell Probst. Darrell's done a bang-up job of fitting t
Start Smart with Miscanthus Bandwidth™ and High Frequency™(Post)From the breeding wizardry of North Carolina State University and the team at Darwin Perennials, we offer two stellar ornamental grasses that have a unique advantage: They're infertile - functionally
Mmmmm… What’s That Smell? (Lavandula Hidcote) (Post)Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’Absolutely nothing else smells like “English lavender” -- which is, of course, not English; the genus is of Mediterranean origin. It acquired its nickname because it gr
A Bread-&-Butter Garden Gem (Panicum) (Post)Panicum (Switch grass)Indigenous American grasses aren’t just for native plant enthusiasts. Tough and carefree, clump-forming, warm-season “switch grass” is perfectly at home in any sunny landscape. I
Hear ye! Hear ye! ROYAL COLLECTION PENNISETUM(Post)Every ornamental grass makes a garden statement.The Royal Collection issues proclamations.It’s time to plant big, bold, fast-growing, traffic-stopping Royal Collection grasses – and stand back, these
Big Bluestem: Where Pretty Meets Tough(Post)Andropogon gerardii, the North American native grass known as “big bluestem” is about as tough a plant as you can grow. But there’s a lot more to its story.For centuries, this genus dominated the tall
Blades of Glory (Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’)(Post)Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’: Graceful as a Salchow‘Ice Dance’ has long been one of the most popular and versatile varieties in our ornamental grass lineup. Carex, of course, is not a true grass; it’s a