Emerald Coast Growers, one of the industry’s largest suppliers of ornamental grass liners to North American growers and retailers, has released the latest version of its trend-tracking new variety Resource Guide.

For Millennials and other new gardeners, the features of plants such as natives aren’t terribly important. It’s the benefits that are paramount.

With breeders adding dozens of nativars and with public opinion so high, many more perennials, trees, and shrubs are natives/nativars than there were 14 years ago.

Grasses and sedges provide food, shelter, and support for pollinators and the birds and mammals that keep insect populations in balance.

The popularity of native plants is rising as gardeners become conscious of the need to plant more pollinator gardens. The challenge is to select the right plants to put in them.

Native plants are becoming a bigger part of living green, as consumers become more aware of the role regional native plants play in promoting biodiversity in the garden, in urban landscapes, and in habitat restoration. Here are 13 new native plants breeders are offering to consider for your product mix.