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Pretty plant. Not so pretty name! (Lamium maculatum) (Post)
Lamium maculatum: Please, learn the Latin!Gardeners and designers know Lamium as a lovely shade friendly groundcover. Retailers cringe at its common name: “Spotted dead nettle.” Try and build a market
Do You See What I See?(Post)Describing a color is like naming shapes in the clouds: No two viewers see exactly the same thing. A beautiful example: Living Coral, the Pantone Color of the Year for 2019.Coral pink with gold undert
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
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
IT’S A GRASS GRASS GRASS! (Festuca)(Post)Jumpin’ Jack jumped for joy when he saw not one, not two, but three varieties of Festuca on current Availability. Consistently among our best-selling genera, “fescue” is a compact, easy-care, multi-pu
Lewisia- at the corner of Native and Succulent. (Post)Native perennial plants are all the rage, and the demand for water-wise, easy-care succulents shows no sign of letting up. Or maybe you're into flowering houseplants. These sizzling sales categories m
Monarda Bee-You® for Pollinator Week 2024 (Post)Monarda didyma Bee-You® seriesThese chic varieties of this North American native species come from a selection program in the Netherlands. The results: Lots of large blooms Outstanding mildew resist
IT’S A GRASS GRASS GRASS! Carex ColorGrass® Series(Post)Jumpin’ Jack jumped for joy when he saw these at the garden center. Picked precisely for perfect pot performance, the ColorGrass® collection is irresistible at retail.Their trademark upright/cascading
Miscanthus s. Mystal™ Collection (Post)These easy-to-grow grasses set the landscape, and sales, ablaze with blades that emerge green and transform into fiery autumnal shades.Miscanthus s. Mystal™ 'Fire Dragon' PP30374Upright, vigorous gree
Sesleria caerulea - Cool, With a Twist.(Post)"Blue moor grass" is about as cool as cool-season grasses get. It's neat, dense tufts seldom grow more than a foot tall. Each clump is made up of slender blades, glaucous blue-green on top, and deep g
Timeless. Resilient. Fabulous Hardy Ferns.(Post)A staple for shaded and partly shady spaces, hardy ferns offer softening, unifying textures for the landscape. These perennials are pleasantly deceptive: Their timeless beauty disguises their rugged,
Sweeten up Sales with Monarda Sugar Buzz®(Post)Curate a crave-worthy collection with Sugar Buzz®! Pollinator-friendly bee balm serves up a sweet lineup of vibrant colors that catch the eye and keep the garden buzzing. Shown above: Sugar Buzz® Roc
Lamiastrum galeobdolon ‘Herman’s Pride’(Post)That which we call a weasel snout, by any other name...Lamiastrum ‘Herman’s Pride’ is a lovely ground cover that excels even in one of the toughest landscape niches: The dreaded dry shade.Colorful and
Pins & Needles! Scabiosa columbaria ‘Butterfly Blue’ & ‘Pink Mist’(Post)Cheerful, sun-loving and easy to grow – what’s not to like? Award-winning British breeder David Tristram (UK) gave the world’s gardeners many lovely varieties in multiple species. These two are probab
A Calamagrostis Built for Summer!(Post)Feather reed grasses offer some of the most recognizable and sought after flower plumes in the ornamental grass kingdom. Reliable and very attractive, this easy to grow genus offers multi-seasonal bea
Pretty Plant. Noxious Name(Post)Lamium maculatum: Please, learn the Latin!Gardeners and designers know Lamium as a lovely shade-friendly ground cover. Retailers despair at its cringe-worthy common name: “Spotted dead nettle.” Try an
Built for Heat, Calamagrostis a. var. brachytricha Caspian(Post)Feather reed grasses offer some of the most recognizable and sought after flower plumes in the ornamental grass kingdom. Reliable and attractive, this easy to grow genus offers multi-seasonal beauty t
Mmmmm… What’s that smell? Lavandula angustifolia (Post)Wait, don’t tell me – it’s lavender, of course!Photo courtesy of Running Creek Lavender Farm in Locust, North Carolina.Yes, it’s Lavandula, all right. Nothing else can match the calming, clean fragran