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Spring Ahead
for a Fashionable Fall
Schizachyrium Standing Ovation
By Beth Engle, Assistant Product Business Manager, Perennials goodie) or any of the newer genetics of fall-flowering sedum. Other
candidates to consider are ornamental grasses (Miscanthus or
There are so many correlations between our industry and the fashion Panicum), Helenium (awesome fall colors), Rudbeckia hirta (while not
world. One of the biggest is the constant need to plan six months in truly perennial in many areas, it may reseed), Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’
advance – or more! – for each upcoming season. Perennial planning and more.
for fall should be twofold:
Four Tips to Increase Fall Sales
• Booking perennial product for fall sales alongside traditional fall 1. Make sure you’re showing people ideas and examples of how to use
crops like pansies and mums
them! One idea I love is the use of ornamental grasses in containers,
• Booking perennial liners and bare-root inputs to grow on for spring either as the central or side component. Grasses can pair well with
2017 sales a range of annuals and/or perennials, lending interesting habit,
form and texture, with the added bonus of colorful raceme when
If you haven’t already put in your orders for the items you’ll sell this the plant flowers. Examples of this, depending on your location,
fall, it’s really time to get crackin’. These might include late summer might include Pennisetum ‘Princess’, Miscanthus ‘Morning Light’,
and fall items such as Sedum telephium ‘Autumn Joy’ (an oldie but
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