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Best-of-Class Floral Display |
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Winter 2003-2004 |
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When we have time in between our variety trial and plant breeding research, we plant a small display of best-of-class selections in front of the main entrance to the research center. This season's display was planted 5 Dec. It contains a number (but not all) of the many good performers evaluated in past trials. We will try and display pictures of this landscape project over time. Much grander and comprehensive displays my be found at the public gardens. |
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Click on specific dates to view garden development or scroll down the page. |
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21 Dec. - Beginnings: plants and color are just beginning to develop. We will see how it progresses as these best-of-class cultivars develop in the cool and sunny days ahead. |
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The landscape in front of the main building. |
Snapdragons & verbena (back) | Violas, alyssum and pansies among palms and and palm-like coonties (native cycads). | |||||
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24 Jan. - Cool nights, mild days, conservative use of water, and the water-holding and temperature moderating affect of mulch help these plants as growth and color are now much more noticeable. Visit again, as these plants fill up the landscape with their beauty. Click on the cultivar names to view their development in their trials. |
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The landscape in front of the main building. |
The sweet smell of white alyssum 'Snow Crystals' can be detected as you approach the sidewalk leading to the main entrance. |
Pansy 'Panola Yellow Blotch'. | Pansy 'Iona Purple & Yellow w/Blotch'. | ||||||
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| Pansy 'Nature Yellow'. | Viola 'Sorbet Coconut Swirl' flanked by an existing vinca and alyssum. | Viola 'Sorbet Coconut Swirl' | Creeping viola 'Erlyn Purple Yellow' contrasts the white colored alyssum. | Orange and blue pansies 'Panola Orange' and 'Nature Blue' in the foreground. | Viola 'Penny Azure Twilight', white flowers changing color with age.. | ||||
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| Pansy 'Bingo Rose White' and 'Nature White' and dianthus 'Melody Blush Pink' with its flowers changing color from white to pink with age. | Pansy 'Karma Red Blotch'. | Viola 'Penny Orange Jump-Up'. | Pansy 'Whiskers Purple White'. | Pansy 'Iona Purple & Yellow w/Blotch'. | |||||
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| Snapdragons ' Floral Showers Red & Yellow Bicolor' and 'Montego Purple'. | |||||||||
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29 Feb. - The garden matures and brightens up the landscape with these best-of-class selections. No pesticides were required in this location with these cultivars. Plants received two teaspoons of Osmocote [(15-9-12 (5-6 mo.) slow release type with micronutrients; The Scotts Co., Maryville, Ohio)]/plant directly after planting. |
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| The landscape in front of the main building. Color flows through the garden. | Impatiens planted as best-of-class annuals in spring 2003, now established perennials. | Dianthus 'Melody Blush Pink' and viola 'Penny Azure Twilight'. | ||||||
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Alyssum 'Snow Crystals'. |
Pansies 'Nature Blue' and 'Panola Orange' in the foreground with 'Iona 'Iona Purple & Yellow W/Blotch' in the background. Dianthus 'Melody Blush Pink' and viola 'Penny Azure Twilight' follow the outer perimeter. |
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Viola 'Sorbet Coconut Swirl' in the foreground. |
Creeping viola 'Erlyn Purple Yellow'. | Viola 'Penny Orange Jump-Up'. |
Viola 'Penny Azure Twilight' Pansy 'Nature Yellow' and Angel Cream. |
Pansy 'Whiskers Purple White'. |
Pansy 'Panola Yellow Blotch'. |
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Alyssum 'Snow Crystals', viola 'Penny Azure Twilight', pansies 'Nature Yellow' and Angel Cream. |
Snapdragons ' Floral Showers Red & Yellow Bicolor' and 'Montego Purple'. | Pansies 'Bingo Rose White' and 'Nature White' |
Dianthus 'Melody Blush Pink'. |
Dianthus 'Melody Blush Pink' and pansies 'Bingo Rose White' and 'Nature White' | ||||
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View these and many more best-of-class flowers in the Current & Recent Trials and the Trial Archives. Also visit the four best-of-class displays at four of Florida's premier public gardens. Visit all of Florida's public gardens to take in the natural and exotic floral beauty, and to learn more about these plants and and their importance. This is a part of Florida you really want to make yours. Click on the gator to find other gardens:
Best-of-class (BC) may perform significantly better than others in the same class, other flowers not selected as BC my have similarly good evaluations. Sometimes best-of-class does poorly, because no cultivar in the class has done well in the trials we conduct in this environment. We only recommend and display those flowers that perform well here. To read the thorough evaluations of all the cultivars, visit Articles, Papers & Reports to get the details on all the good selections. A simple list of all the good cultivars will appear on our website in the near future. |
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To Spring 2004 (coming soon) |
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Note The information in this pictorial display shows landscaping results and does not provide recommendations for crop production. Where trade names are used, no discrimination is intended or endorsement implied. |
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