Industry pros rate top picks at CSU Annual Flower Trials |
Written by James E. Klett, PhD and Sean Markovic |
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 03:00 AM |
More than 175 industry professionals and advanced master gardeners rated over 1,050 flowering and foliage plants at the Annual Flower Trial, Aug. 6, 2019. Featured here are some of the top-rated plants. All were ranked over a four on a five-point scale during the evaluation day. The garden is planned and maintained each year by the department of horticulture and landscape architecture with guidance from a committee of growers, flower seed companies and public garden horticulturists. For more information on these and other outstanding annuals from the 2019 trials, visit www.flowertrials.coloradostate.edu. Argyranthemum Beauty Yellow from Westhoff (pictured above left) Lantana Havana Sunrise from Dümmen Orange Petunia Crazy Tunia® Tiki Torch from Westhoff This story is an excerpt from an article that originally appeared in the November-December 2019 issue of Colorado Green magazine. See the full list in the digital edition. Read more in this issue of Colorado Green NOW:OSHA audits were up in 2019 |