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PR alert! If you haven't heard about our amazing new introduction, Panicum 'Cape Breeze', you need to read this! Our March crop is nearly sold out, but go ahead and reserve your liners for our next crop in June.

Paul Miskovsky & North Creek Nurseries to Introduce
Panicum 'Cape Breeze'
Outstanding Cape Cod selection found by celebrated landscape designer

LANDENBERG, PA – Paul Miskovsky, owner of Miskovsky Landscaping, Inc., has selected Pennsylvania-based native plant propagator, North Creek Nurseries, to bring new switchgrass selection, Panicum 'Cape Breeze', to market. “It was a natural fit to team up with Steve Castorani and the talented growing team at North Creek,” Miskovsky said. “They consistently put out reliable, uniform liners and I am confident this selection will impress from production to retail to the landscape.”

A graduate of UMass Stockbridge, Mr. Miskovsky holds a bachelor of science in Commercial Floriculture. Upon graduation his namesake landscape design, installation and maintenance company took hold. Currently, Paul is celebrating his pearl anniversary with thirty successful years of creating high-quality gardens. Miskovsky, a renowned New England landscape designer, is referred to by many as the master of “Naturescaping” and known for his natural ability to create harmonious landscape designs that create a sense of place. One such garden from which he gleans inspiration is his handcrafted and carefully maintained 4 acre property in Falmouth, MA. It is here he gains inspiration and it was here that he discovered the sport of Panicum virgatum that has become the celebrated selection 'Cape Breeze'.

The Research & Development staff at North Creek Nurseries has been evaluating the garden worthiness of 'Cape Breeze' for the past 5 years. “As growers, we take a personal responsibility to offer our customers and the marketplace plants we can firmly stand behind,” says Director of Marketing, Carrie Wiles. “Our extensive Trial & Demonstration Gardens afford us the opportunity to observe ornamental & habit traits, cultural adaptability, disease & pest resistance, and winter hardiness.”

“Switchgrass is gaining momentum in the trade as homeowners are seeking to replace nonnatives such as Pennisetum orientale with grasses such as Panicum,” says Miskovsky. 'Cape Breeze' has demonstrated remarkable adaptability, excellent salt & drought tolerance, and a strong capability to control erosion while remaining upright. Flowering a bit earlier than other varieties, seed heads are held above compact, two foot tall foliage. The panicles and seed capsules persist late into the season with the foliage color remaining green until Halloween. Panicum 'Cape Breeze' has exhibited outstanding late season rust resistance and outperforms other more susceptible varieties. Happiest in full to filtered sunlight, 'Cape Breeze' makes it look like a breeze to garner so much attention.