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Reloaded! 3 Fresh from the Oven...Panicum(Post)
April showers bring May flowers.Mayflowers bring Pilgrims.Winter production brings April liners.April liners bring spring and summer profits. Our prolific production teams kept the beat going all wint
Easy to Grow, Hard to Beat - Stokesia laevis (Post)Stokesia laevis is a rugged, low-maintenance perennial that thrives in a variety of conditions—perfect for both busy growers and new gardeners. It’s a pollinator magnet! Large, frilly flowers make it
Bestseller Pennisetum xa. 'Rubrum' (Post)A retail staple, purple fountain grass routinely tops our list of best-selling ornamental grasses.'Rubrum' is so well-known and loved, that it barely needs an introduction. A rapid grower with prolifi
Energy Efficient Early Blooming Aquilegia(Post)In the rush of holiday excitement, it can be hard to focus on spring blooms. But as you know, that's exactly what's on an experienced grower's mind.Modern breeding offers a helping hand for an earlier
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
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
Warm Season Grass - Pennisetum alopecuroides(Post)Pennisetum alopecuroides (commonly known as fountain grass) thrives in late summer and early fall due to the long daylight hours and warm temperatures, which stimulate active growth and fuller foliag
Native Stokesia - Easy to Grow, Hard to Beat(Post)Stokesia laevis is a rugged, low-maintenance perennial that thrives in a variety of conditions—perfect for both busy growers and new gardeners. It’s a pollinator magnet! Large, frilly flowers make it
A Native Gem - Panicum virgatum (Post)Native to the North American prairie, and yet still a stylish and ornamental vertical landscape element, Panicum virgatum is perfectly at home in any sunny landscape.(Pictured above) 'Heavy Metal'Glau
AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR ~ 2022 Perennial Plant of the Year! (Little Bluestem) (Post)It’s a Grass Grass Grass!The Perennial Plant Association has picked a Perennial Plant of the Year every year for over three decades. In all that time, only three grasses were so honored... until now!N
Gorgeous Gaura lindheimeri(Post)This North American native adds an airy, elegant charm, beautifully disguising its heat-tolerant, tough-as-nails nature. Pollinators and gardeners can't resist!Gaura produces dainty blooms in white, p
IT’S A GRASS GRASS GRASS! (Carex ColorGrass® Series)(Post)Jumpin’ Jack hopped right to it when he found these at the garden center. Picked precisely for perfect performance in pots, the ColorGrass® collection is irresistible at retail.Their trademark upright
We get misty whenever it’s near... ColorGrass® Amazon Mist (Post)Carex comans Amazon Mist™A hint of variegation on slender light green blades lends an appealing soft-focus “misty” look to this proud member of our ColorGrass® collection. Arching habit and intriguing
Have you EverColored? (Carex) (Post)EverColor®: The pot at the end of the rainbow!Kilkenny, Ireland is a destination city, famed for arts, crafts, music festivals, ancient castles -- and modern Carex! The breeders at Fitzgerald Nursery
The Royal Collection of Napier Grasses(Post)A Royal Flush is the highest possible poker hand. You can play for a lifetime and never draw that perfect combo.But when you deal in ornamental grasses, a winning handful is yours for the asking. Just
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 then.Win
From the Dawn of Time ~ Autumn Ferns(Post)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 du
Try A Little Tenderness (Ruellia and Salvia) (Post)Even Our Soft Side is Pretty ToughWe’re proud to be your go-to source for sturdy ornamental grasses and hardy herbaceous perennials. But we also have a tender spot for tender plants. Two of our favori