Plant Trials

Set Your GPS for Michigan

The 14th annual Michigan Garden Plant Tour will take place July 23 through Aug. 4 at five different locations in Michigan. During the two-week event, growers, landscapers and retailers will have the opportunity to visit... more »

Top Trial Performers at Costa Farms

In the June and July issues of GPN, columnist and industry consultant Vaughn Fletcher reported on the top-performing 2018 introductions at Costa Farms' Trial Garden in Miami, Florida, the first trial of the season. He... more »

Bayer to Highlight New Insecticide at Cultivate’17

Environmental Science, a business unit of the Crop Science division of Bayer, will focus on providing growers with education and information about Altus insecticide at Cultivate ’17, July 15-18 in Columbus, Ohio. Altus insecticide, which... more »

The Power of Color: 2018 Introductions at the Costa Trial Garden

I visited the Costa Trial Garden in its early stages in week 4, and I followed up with a later visit in week 12 when the varieties were mature and at their peak. The trial... more »

Dallas Arboretum Announces Dates for Plant Trials Field Day

The Dallas Arboretum Plant Trials Field Day will take place June 28. Online registration is now open through June 19. The Field Day is an industry-only event that shares the Arboretum's trial evaluations from the past year. It is... more »

Southern Garden Tour to Take Place Next Month

The 2017 Southern Garden Tour will take place June 6-8, at three different locations in Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina. This year’s tour is comprised of three hosted sites: Young’s Plant Farm, Sakata Seed America... more »

Five Plants to Watch from the Costa Farms Trial Garden

Each December, the Costa Farms R&D team plants more than 500 varieties in row beds in the company’s Trial Garden in Miami, Florida. These plants are unveiled at Season Premier — the annual open house... more »

A Closer Look at Plant Trials

I know it seems like I've been talking about the California Spring Trials for months — well, I probably have been. But today, I'd like to take a break from the Spring Trials to highlight... more »