Trial Garden Updates
Link to Open House Comments from the Chair
(scroll down to Aug..28)
2011 Open House Favourites
The following list reflects public and industry opinions of what was looking nice in the trial gardens between Aug.12 and Aug.17/ 2011. As such it is simply a snapshot of that moment in time and must be interpreted as such. A more comprehensive list of good garden performers will be published in the near future.
We have a field grown cutflower trial associated with the Guelph trial beds. Visitors to the garden were enamoured with these two cutflower cultivars as garden plants:
1) Celosia 'Tornado Red' - a cockscomb type that was stunning
2) Eustoma 'ABC 2-4 Misty Blue' - a tall lisianthus that never fails to catch the attention of visitors.
Here are some other favourites
Perennials
Eritrichium 'Baby Blues' (alpine forget-me-not)
Hibiscus 'Luna Red Improved'
Rudbeckia maxima
Top Coleus
Solenostemon 'Henna'
Top Petunia
Petunia 'Sweetunia Black Satin'
Top Combos
Tied for First
Confetti Liner 'Water Colors'
Kwik Combo 'Grape Expectations'
Top Zinnia
'Zowie Yellow Flame'
Top Verbena-Tied for First
Verbena 'Temari Blue'
Verbena 'Twister Pink'
Other Frist in their categories
Capsicum 'Black Pearl'
Dahlia 'Durango'
2011 Trial Garden Events
Open House Dates Set for the Landscape Ontario Trial Garden Site in Milton
August 12, 2011 - Horticultural Industry Day
August 13, 2011 - Public Open House
Public Open House Day at the Guelph Trial Garden
August 17, 2011 - from noon until 8:0 pm
2010 Trial Garden Events
Upcoming Trial Garden Events (see below for important links and fliers)
1) Click Here for a map to Guelph Trial garden
2) Click Here for a map to the LO Trial garden
3) Public Open House in Guelph (Aug.17) - for information click here
4) For Horticultural Plant and Design Show click here
5) Industry Day (Aug.20) - click here
6) Public Open House in Milton at the Landscape Ontario office - click here
Guelph Trial Garden Open House for the Public on August 17, 2010
Come and see more new annuals and perennials for next year’s gardening. Vote on your favourites. See our All-America Selections judging trial, vegetables for small urban spaces, cut flowers and more! (click here for the flyer)
NEW this year is our invitation to you to participate in the 1st Annual Trial Garden Horticulture and Design Show. (click here for entry rules)
POSTED July 19, 2010
Thanks to some folks from Landscape Ontario for directing me to this Google site. The picture was taken in the summer of 2009. The bright colours you see in the trial beds are petunias and geraniums (pelargoniums).
POSTED January 20,2010
POSTED DECEMBER 4, 2009
Looking back at the 2009 trial season
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| Visitors to the Horticultural Industry Open House at the Trial Gardens in Milton on August 20, 2009 | |
POSTED MARCH 21, 2009
To download a "pdf" copy of the "New Plants" presentation given at Canada Blooms by Rodger Tschanz on March 20, 2009 , click here! [2.45 MB]
POSTED MARCH 18, 2009
Trial Garden Open House for the Public at the University of Guelph, August 18, 2009 from noon until 8:00pm
Trial Garden Open House for the horticultural industry on August 20, 2009 ( at Milton and Guelph)
posted December 15, 2008
Plans are being finalized for the 2009 trial season; a greenhouse pack trial, a garden and container trial and a landscape trial will be part of 2009 opportunities. To find out more about the upcoming landscape trial, click here - LO2009Trial
posted October 17, 2008
A number of selections from the joint ornamental Trial Gardens at the University of Guelph and Landscape Ontario, Milton will be on display at this year's Garden Expo. To find out more about these plants, follow this Garden Expo Plants link.
posted August 22, 2008
On Aug.19, the public visited the Guelph Trial Garden. Approximately 200 visitors spent time viewing the trials and taking part in the speaker program and workshops. Those visiting the garden had the opportunity to vote on their favourite plants in the garden. The following is a list of the top 10 public choices for that day.Zinnia 'Uproar Rose'
Digitalis 'Camelot Lavender'
Rudbeckia 'Tiger Eye Gold'
Sedum 'Xenox'
Coleus 'Mint Mocha'
Coleus 'Henna'
Agastache 'Bronze Foliage' (this is an entry in the All-America Selections judging trial)
Verbena 'Lanai Blue'09'
Cleome 'Sparkler Lavender'
Zinnia 'Swizzle Scarlet and Yellow'
postedJuly25,2008
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Southern Ontario has experienced record levels of rainfall and as result the grass is very green and weed pressure in the flower beds is ever present. It is a good season to see what flowers stand up well to rainfall. Petunia flowers have traditionally fared poorly under pounding rain. Those petunia and calibrachoa cultivars that recover flower form quickly after a rain do stand out. |
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Sunflowers in the field-grown cutflower trial are in full bloom |
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Asiatic and LA hybrid lilies in the lily perennialization trial have established well in their second season of growth and are in peak bloom this week. The orientals are at the puffy bud stage. |
