If you have been waiting to hear what plants are the winners for the All-America Selections, here they are. For the Best Bedding Plants, Snapdragon F1 'Twinny Peach' and Zinna 'Zahara Starlight Rose' won the awards. Gaillardia F1 'Mesa Yellow' won as the best Flower Award. Viola F1 'Endurio Sky Blue Martien' was the winner for the 2010 Cool Season Award.
If you would like to read more on each of these award winners, check out the links section of my blog for the All-America Selections or www.all-americaselections.org/winners.asp. Complete growing information, store locations and flower pictures are all available.
Happy Gardening and have a wonderful New Year!
The Creative Gardener
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Showing posts with label 2009 Award Winning Plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2009 Award Winning Plants. Show all posts
2009 Perennial Plant of the Year
The 2009 Perennial Plant of the Year that has been chosen by the Perennial Plant Association is a Japanese forest grass named 'Aureola'. This grass grows 12 to 18 inches tall and about 24 inches wide. It does bloom in late summer to fall, but the flowers are nothing particularly showy.
The grass is cascading with half inch wide bright yellow blades with green stripes. In fall the blades take on a pinkish hue. In cold climates this plant will die back during the winter. It is hardy in zones 5-8 and in warmer climates may be evergreen. Forest grass does best with 4 to 6 hours of sun or part shade. I have tried forest grass in my gardens and I really like this plant. The grass just gets better each year it grows and it is far easier to maintain than larger grasses. Forest grass is very colorful in any perennial garden or Japanese garden. I like this plant added into gardens with Hostas, Heuchera (coral bells) or Tiarellas (foam flowers) because it give a different texture and great color to the shade garden. For more information on this plant go to: http://www.perennialplant.org/.
The Creative Gardener
The grass is cascading with half inch wide bright yellow blades with green stripes. In fall the blades take on a pinkish hue. In cold climates this plant will die back during the winter. It is hardy in zones 5-8 and in warmer climates may be evergreen. Forest grass does best with 4 to 6 hours of sun or part shade. I have tried forest grass in my gardens and I really like this plant. The grass just gets better each year it grows and it is far easier to maintain than larger grasses. Forest grass is very colorful in any perennial garden or Japanese garden. I like this plant added into gardens with Hostas, Heuchera (coral bells) or Tiarellas (foam flowers) because it give a different texture and great color to the shade garden. For more information on this plant go to: http://www.perennialplant.org/.
The Creative Gardener
All American Selection Winners for 2009
Every year the All American Selection winners are announced. These are plants that have been tested and judged nationally as outstanding plants for the flower and vegetable garden. The 2009 winners are as follows:
- The winner for AAS Cool Season Bedding Plant Award is:
Viola F1 "Rain Blue and Purple"
- The winners for the AAS Vegetable Award are the following:
Eggplant F1 "Gretel"
Melon F1 "Lambkin"
Squash F1 "Honey Bear"
For more information on All-American Selection Winners go to their web site at http://www.all-americaselections.org/.
Plan to give these plants a try in your garden this year. I hope you will continue to follow this blog for more information on what is new for the gardener. Happy gardening!
The Creative Gardener