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A hanging basket story

June 8, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 4 Comments

A couple of weeks back, I received my yearly trial pack of Proven Winners annuals: a giant box filled with six new introductions. Here they are, clockwise from top left: Superbena® Royale Chambray (Verbena hybrid), Golddust™ (Mecardonia hybrid), Lucia™ Lavender Blush (Lobelia hybrid), Supertunia® Pretty Much Picasso™ (Petunia hybrid), Slightly Strawberry™ (Anisodontea hybrid), Superbells® Blackberry […]

Filed Under: Annuals, How To Tagged With: hanging basket, proven winners

Six new annuals from Proven Winners

August 12, 2009 by Andrea Bellamy 14 Comments

One of the best things about being a garden writer is receiving plants to trial. Nurseries and growers send writers and other horticultural industry types their newest plant introductions so we can try them in our own gardens, provide feedback, and—hopefully—fall in love with them and rave about them to others. I especially like receiving […]

Filed Under: Annuals, My garden Tagged With: Diascia, Flirtation Orange, Illusion Emerald Lace, Illusion Midnight Lace, Ipomoea, Lobelia, Lobularia Snow Princess, Lucia Dark Blue, Petunia, Pretty Much Picasso, proven winners

Buddleia ‘Blue Chip’ a solid investment

September 11, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 9 Comments

Earlier this summer, Proven Winners and Gardenimport kindly sent me a selection of new shrubs to trial. One of those was Buddleia Lo & Behold ‘Blue Chip’ – a new miniature butterfly bush. By name alone, I wasn’t totally stoked on this plant. I’ve always wanted to like buddleia (also spelled buddleja). What’s not to […]

Filed Under: Perennials Tagged With: blue chip, buddleia, butterfly bush, lo & behold, proven winners

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