Terra Nova Nurseries announced that legion motley receive high honors at the Trial Gardens at the University of Georgia ( UGA ) , the Perennial Flower Trial Garden at Colorado State University ( CSU ) and Smith Gardens New Product Showcase in Marysville , Washington . The global stock breeder ’s Echinacea Kismet White received UGA ’s “ Classic City Award ” for its long - lasting nature , flower power and color . Penstemon Dakota ‘ Burgundy ’ receive CSU ’s “ Top Performer ” award for its foliage , prolific blooms and reliableness . Terra Nova ’s Agastache Poquito series experience the “ Best Pollinator - well-disposed Perennial ” award at Smith Gardens New Products Showcase .
The select and awarded mixed bag at UGA was nibble by the test gardens ’ faculty , and their conclusion was based on yr - beat performance and eye - catch looker . This year marks the second consecutive class a Terra Nova Nurseries plant has received the Trial Gardens at UGA “ Classic City Award . ” Terra Nova ’s Agastache Poquito Butter Yellow won the award in 2019 . Terra Nova trialed select variety show at the Trail Gardens at UGA from May to October 2020 .
“ One of the more important factors when selecting plants for the Southeastern United States is they last the whole season , and this average - sized Kismet White tics the loge on long - lasting colour , ” according to the UGA Trial Gardens ’ staff . “ Terra Nova has expunge a chord with this coneflower . ”
Terra Nova Nurseries ’ Echinacea Kismet White was trialed in the American Southeast at UGA ’s trial gardens and live on a live summer season while keep its appearance . It is vernacular for white - flowering plant life to fade to brownness very quickly and not be long - blooming ; Echinacea Kismet White move the stave at UGA trial garden as it trended in the opposite direction of blanched - flowered challenger by keeping its colour and pastime longer into the time of year .
Terra Nova ’s Penstemon Dakota ‘ Burgundy ’ was selected by member of the CSU trial run garden ’s faculty as a ‘ Top Performer . ’ It is a very reliable works and had 100 % survival over three seasons it was trialed . The plant ’s dark burgundy leaf was a key reason for the higher-ranking paygrade given by administers of the CSU trial garden .
“ Multiple shades of burgundy add sake to the dark foliage and helped make the white / lilac flower colour really stand out , ” said James Klett of CSU ’s Flower Trial Garden stave . “ Although the flowers were very telling , the flora looked very showy even when not in efflorescence , due to the attractive dark foliage that stay on sporting all time of year . ”
All Terra Nova ’s plants drop back at CSU ’s Flower Trial Gardens were found in May 2018 . Penstemon Dakota Burgundy have the ‘ Top Performer ’ award following its potent 3 - yr performance at this test garden , which included two winter seasons .
Three varieties from Terra Nova ’s Agastache Poquito were categorized and awarded as the “ in force pollinator - well-disposed ” perennial variety at the Smith Gardens New Products Showcase . Agastache Poquito Butter Yellow , Agastache Poquito Lavender and Agastache Poquito Orange were well - branched and loose to care for , and bees were drawn in high number to the plant ’ continuous hot flash of flowers . Terra Nova trialed prime kind at Smith Gardens from May to October 2020 .
“ Bees love agastache and [ Terra Nova ’s ] Poquitos are no elision , ” said Melissa Maguire , trial garden manager at Smith Gardens . “ Terra Nova created a basket concept with their Poquito line of business , and we were loving them this yr in the garden . ”
Terra Nova ’s Agastache Poquito series lineament showy , dense head of flowers spikes from spring to come down . Varieties in the serial publication has a low , compact and bushy habit , and they make for groovy border perennial , container color spots or function in mixed beds . plant in the Agastache Poquito series are deer repellent in addition to their reputation for attracting pollinator .
The Trial Gardens at UGA are place on the University of Georgia ’s south campus in Athens , Ga. The garden ’ stave and students run thousands of varieties from major breeding company and botanical garden from across Asia , South American , South Africa , and Europe . Learn more : http://ugatrial.hort.uga.edu/.
The CSU Perennial Flower Trial Garden evaluates the performance of unlike recurrent flora cultivar under the unique Rocky Mountain environmental and grow conditions , characterize by high altitude , acute solar radiotherapy , drying winds , spartan hailstorms , large fluctuations between day and night temperatures , and a season - long want for irrigation . see more : http://www.flowertrials.colostate.edu/.
Smith Gardens ’ New Product Showcase is locate at their Marysville , Washington , facility . The test garden was built in 2013 and is approximately two estate in size , with 18 raised beds adequate to of holding up to 1,300 varieties . Learn more : https://sginewproductshowcase.com/2020/.
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