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Introduction
Greenhouse
& Garden
Trial Results
North Texas
Winner's Circle Awards
People's
Picks
Weather
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WELCOME TO THE EAST TEXAS BEDDING PLANT PACK & GARDEN
TRIALS
These trials
are designed to generate information on greenhouse and field performance of bedding plants
for both industry and consumers.
I welcome your comments on how the usefulness of the information
presented can be improved.
--Brent Pemberton
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NORTH TEXAS
WINNER’S CIRCLE AWARDS
Dr.
Brent Pemberton
Texas AgriLife Research and
Extension Center at Overton
Jimmy Turner
Dallas Arboretum and
Botanical Garden
Each year plants are chosen
which are outstanding performers at
these three locations.
2007 Winners
Celosia New Look Dark Red - Benary
Coleus Tiny Toes -
Proven Winners®
Dorotheanthus Mezoo
Trailing Red - S&G
Euphorbia 'Burgundy Wine' - Proven Winners®
Iresine Blazin Lime -
Ball FloraPlant
Juncus Blue Arrows - PanAmerican
Lantana Luscious Tropical Fruit - Proven Winners®
Talinum Limon -
PanAmerican
Zinnia, Profusion
Knee-High Red - Sakata
Zinnia Solcito - PanAmerican
Vinca Cora Series - Goldsmith
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THE 2008 FIELD DAY
WILL BE
THURSDAY,
JUNE 26 !!!
See Map and Schedule
Download press release
(PDF, Adobe Reader required)
THE PEOPLE’S PICKS: Field
Day 2007
Last year over 240 visitors participated in voting for their favorite
plant entry at the 2007 Horticulture Field Day
in Overton. Although there were several hundred entries to
choose from, the following plants were this year's winners. All of these
selections received
six or more votes:
(see voting tally here)
Purslane Rio Scarlet
Cascadia Bicolor Fantasy
Perilla Magilla Purple
Coleus Electric Lime
Coleus Big Red Judy
Impatiens Fusion Glow Improved Ornamental-
Pepper Black Pearl
Anagallis Angie Blue
Gomphrena-
All Around Purple
Hibiscus Copper King
New Guinea Impatiens Riviera Orange
Euphoria Burgundy Wine
Rudbeckia Autumn Sun
Thunbergia battescombei
Trailing Petunia Opera Supreme Pink Morning
Dorotheanthus Mezoo Trailing Red
Gold Star
Jatropha gossypifolia
Trailing Petunia-
Baby Duck Yellow
Vinca Nirvana Cascade-
Pink Splash
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Check out the
March 2007
Texas Highways
magazine
for an article
about us!
HOW DO WE DO IT?
Our trials have
been featured in
HortTechnology, a publication of the American Society for
Horticultural Science. Click here
to download the article
(PDF, 143 KB).
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