December 12, 2014

National Plant Trials Database Updated

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The National Plant Trials Database now includes more than 30,000 ratings on thousands of varieties of annuals. The idea for an online repository of trial data came from a collaboration between All America Selections and the University of Georgia. The project began in 2012. Trial details by year: 2012 – 1,655 varieties with more than 5,600 ratings from 8 trial grounds 2013 – 2,463 varieties with more than 9,400 ratings from 12 trial grounds 2014 – 3,651 varieties with more than 15,500 ratings from 19 trial grounds The following breeding companies support the system : • American Takii • Danziger “Dan” Flower Farm • Dummen Group • Ernst Benary of America • Floranova Ltd. • PanAmerican Seed/Ball Horticultural Co. • Proven Winners • Sakata Ornamentals • The Suntory Collection • Syngenta Flowers To view the trial data, visit www.planttrials.org and click on the Register to View button.