Garden retailers stray the trade show floor as part of the Retailers ’ Choice Awards Awards ™ and choose 15 different product that caught their middle as evaluator at the 2023 Farwest Show in Portland , Oregon .
The award chosen by the judges were presented Thursday afternoon ( August 24 ) at the show in a presentation emceed by Danny Summers , managing director of The Garden Center Group . Both live goodness and hard goods were eligible .
“ judge based their decisions on whether or not they were concerned in carrying the products , ” Summers said . “ Some of the Cartesian product were also honored at other patronage upshot , echoing the sentiment of other retailers about the likely popularity of the production with consumers . ”
For instance , the Eclipse ® Hydrangea ( Hydrangea macrophylla ‘ Eclipse ’ PP35544 , USPP , CPBRAF ) was voted by Farwest Show attendees as the People ’s Choice winner in the 2023 New Varieties Showcase .
The plant , spawn by Bailey Innovations ™ and infix by Bailey Nurseries based in St. Paul , Minnesota , is one of 59 outstanding new selections on video display at the 2023 Farwest Show and available from at least one show exhibitor . The show resolve today — Friday , August 25 — at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland , Oregon .
“ young plant add excitement to the greenhouse industry and to gardening , ” suppose Mary Claire Lamm , manager of events and breeding for the Oregon Association of Nurseries , which produces the show . “ We had 59 fresh plants on display this year at the New Varieties Showcase , so it was a portion of excitement and a capital mode to see some of the top - performing flora of the future . ”
occultation is the first true dark - leaf Hydrangea macrophylla on the market . Its vivid , sorry purple foliage holds its color even in sunny , warm clime . The striking foliage , paired with gorgeous dreary - purple- or cranberry - color blooms , will make a big impact at retail , in the garden , and in a cosmetic container . occultation is a grower - friendly flora that offers splendid mildew and Cercospora fungus resistance , holds up well in a garden center , and is a standout in the landscape painting . It grows to 3–5 feet wide of the mark by 3–5 foot tall and is unfearing in zones 5a–9b .
It is available as # 2 and # 5 containers and JumpStarts from Everde Growers ( Booth # 14037 ) , Kraemer ’s Nursery ( Booth # 15031 ) , Means Nursery ( Booth # 15011 ) , J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. ( Booth # 19026 ) , Oregon Pride Nurseries ( Booth # 8032 ) , Robinson Nursery ( Booth # 18028 ) , Sester Farms ( Booth # 16025 ) , and Woodburn Nursery & Azaleas Inc. ( Booth # 14043 ) .
Oregon Association of Nurseries ( OAN)www.oan.org
