Horticulture: Extension: Gold Medal Plants

1994 Gold Medal Winners at a Glance

• Annual spreading to 18 inches, forming colorful ground cover.
• Sold as an annual but will overwinter in many parts of Georgia.
• Combines rich purple flowers, early blooming, persistant flowering and superior performance.
• Single flower head contains numerous florets, blooming for up to two weeks (spring to frost).
• Homestead Purple does well in containers and hanging baskets.
• Looks great with complementary flowers having white, yellow or pink blooms.
• Prefers full sun and well-drained soils; butterflies love it.
• Plant 12-18 inches apart; cut it back to stimulate new growth and flowering.
• Fertilize lightly two to three times during the growing season with 16-4-8 or 10-10-10.

• Herbaceous perennial ideal for sunny locations.
• Named for Jane Bath of Stone Mountain, Georgia, who discovered it.
• Plant 12-18 inches apart; nice and full within two to three seasons.
• Gray/green foliage about 4-6 inches high.
• Attractive year-round; tolerant of heat and cold.
• Covered with bright pink flowers in spring.
• Very low maintenance --
  • fertilize 2-3 times a year with 16-4-8
  • divide and thin plants when too thick.

• Deciduous shrub preferring sun or partial shade.
• Superior selection of fotherfilla with larger blooms and brilliant fall color.
• Creamy-white bottle-brush type flowers with honey fragrance.
• Flowers on naked stem before the foliage emerges.
• Flowers followed by blue-green leaves 2-3 inches long (pest resistant).
• Great display of orange, yellow and red fall color.
• Grows to about 5-6 feet tall and equally as wide.
• Best planted against an evergreen background.
• Little pruning necessary and fertilize lightly two to three times a year.

• Low-growing evergreen shrub; maintains deep green color year-round.
• Both sun and shade tolerant; excellent substitute for junipers (shade).
• Groups of three or more look great.
• Adapted to many soil types; needs good drainage.
• Deer resistent.
• Set plants about 4 feet apart.
• Fertilize three to four times about every other month, spring through fall.
• Requires little or no pruning.
• Two common forms in the industry -- drupacea and 'Prostrata.'

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