2008 Award Winning Plants

By RUTH BENNER on January 1, 2008 10:18 AM |

Each year, in an effort to promote gardening, many organizations related to our industry recognize specific plants that display exceptional performance. Often these award winners are written about in magazines, newspapers and online gardening columns. If you feel your customers can succeed with the variety, take advantage of the advertising being done. For example, when displaying an award winner, post a laminated magazine article next to them. Then make a sign that reads ‘Award Winner (fill in the blank) as seen in (name of a magazine)!’


Here are some winners for 2008:

• The Perennial Plant Association’s Perennial Plant of the Year 2008: Geranium ‘Rozanne’

• The International Herb Association’s Herb of the Year 2008: calendula (Calendula officinalis)

• Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Medal Plants 2008 (5 winners): Buxus sempervirens 'Dee Runk', Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon', Carpinus japonica, Cephalotaxus harringtonii 'Duke Gardens’ (zones 6-8) and Magnolia virginiana 'Jim Wilson' Moonglow™

• All American Selections: Osteospermum ‘Asti White’, Viola ‘Skippy XL Plum-Gold’ and Eggplant ‘Hansel’

• All American Rose Selections: ‘Mardi Gras’ and ‘Dream Come True™’

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