All-America Selections - Winners in the Garden

The 2005 All-America Selections Flower Award Winners are Gaillardia aristata 'Arizona Sun', Vinca 'First Kiss Blueberry', and Zinnia F1 'Magellan Coral'. Vegetable Awards went to Eggplant F1 'Fairy Tale', Winter Squash F1 'Bonbon', and the delectable Tomato F1 'Sugary'. These new garden introductions have been chosen for their superior performance in side-by-side comparison trials.

New seed varieties have been introduced to North American gardeners by All-America Selections since 1933. Independent AAS Judges evaluate new unsold cultivars at AAS test gardens located throughout the USA and Canada. The UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research operates one of these trial grounds at its Totem Field Experimental Plots.

Link: All-America Selections The AAS website. View past winners and find out more about this year’s winners.

Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 4:58 PM on February 2, 2005

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