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NEW, OR NEW TO YOU…



                                          Perennial Suggestions for

                                          your Summer Production

                                          and Fall Sales






















                    By Beth Engle, Green Goods Business Manager                    1. ARALIA SUN KING
                    While you are busy ramping up for spring   Need to bring some sun into the shade? The Perennial
                    sales, take some time to plan your summer    Plant Association’s 2020 Perennial Plant of the Year,
                    production. Here are some new and some not     grown for the golden yellow to chartreuse foliage,
                    so new perennials to consider that can add   also flowers with cream-colored umbels attractive to
                    depth to your fall sales. Your Griffin rep can   pollinators. Flowers later develop into tiny dark berries
                                                                enjoyed by birds. Typically seen at about four feet tall
                    find the right product form and vendor to fit   and wide, it can get larger with age. Hardy in USDA
                    your needs.                                         zones 3 to 9. Photo from Walters Gardens.




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