Vaughn’s View

Novelty Window Box Planters

I have been attending the Mast Young Plants annual trial in Michigan for over 15 years and have incorporated many of their new varieties in my trial a... more »

Petunia Extravaganza

It is important to put the evolution and development of seed and vegetative petunias in historical perspective. The breeding and improvements in habit... more »

Plant Celebration in the Northland

In August, I attended the annual Plantpeddler flower trial in northeast Iowa to evaluate many current and new introductions for 2021. I returned three... more »

Bold and Bright 2021 Annual Introductions

I attended the Colorado State University flower trial the last week of July this year. This was the 26th year of the summer trial, and 22 internationa... more »

A Midwest Backyard Flower Trial

For the past four years, industry consultant Vaughn Fletcher has been providing insight into new variety introductions and evaluating various plant tr... more »

Vaughn’s Midwest Sampler Container Trial

Since 2017 I have focused on the performance of new annual and perennial introductions in regional trials. This month, I will highlight specific plant... more »