Highlights from the 2009 Ornamental Trials

Visitor Favorites for mid to late August:

Cyperus papyrus ‘King Tut’ (PW)

Eryngium ‘Jade Frost’ (Ball)

Petunia ‘Pretty Much Picasso’ (PW)

Agastache ‘Bronze Foliage’ (AAS judging trial)

Coleus ‘Henna’ (Ball)

Delphinium ‘Diamonds Blue’ (PAS)

Best of New(er) Varieties:

Seed Coleus: ‘Versa Burgundy to Green’ (PAS)

Small-flowered petunias – ‘Picnic Amethyst’ (Syngenta) and ‘Shockwave Denim’ (PAS)

Nemesia – ‘Compact Pink Innocence’ (PW)

Rubeckia ‘Tiger Eye Gold’ (Goldsmith)

Trial Manager Favorites:

Lobularia ‘Snow Princess’ (PW)

Zinnias ‘Profusion Double Fire’ (Sakata) and ‘Zahara Fire’ (Ball)

Ocimum ‘Aristotle’ (Floranova)

Rudbeckia ‘Denver Daisy’ (Benary)

Gomphrena ‘Fireworks’ (PAS)