Posts Tagged ‘Proven Winners’
Grand Gardens Shows are Unequaled!
There is NOTHING like the Grand Garden Shows hosted by Proven Winners. These extravaganzas are over-the-top in quality, content, settings and participant giveaways. Sheer luxury and garden euphoria! You have two GRAND choices. The first up on the calendar is the Grand Garden Show at The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island (northern Michigan) taking place…
Read MoreSlendid Spillers from Proven Winners
Container gardening is more popular than ever so let’s take a peek at some fun and unusual spillers dazzling patio pots, hanging containers and window baskets. The common recipe for designing containers is that they should include a thriller (tall, bold plant in the center or back – depending on where the pot is viewed…
Read MoreRiveting Annuals from Proven Winners
Superbells ‘Evening Star’ Riveting! That’s the reaction you will have as you stare at Proven Winner’s new hybrid Calibrachoa ‘Evening Star’. This continuous blooming annual (commonly called million bells) pumps out lovely lavender flowers featuring a yellow star pattern and deep purple throat. ‘Evening Star’ will get 6” – 12” tall with flower-laden stems that…
Read MoreNew Annuals from Proven Winners
Proven Winners Superbena ‘Sparkling Ruby’ I trialed this prize-winning Superbena in my Kennebunk gardens last summer. It was one of the first plants that folks asked me about when touring my gardens. ‘Sparkling Ruby’ has a neat mounded habit – 6” to 10” tall – but sports flower-laden stems that trail to 14”. This blooming…
Read MoreNew Annuals for 2016
‘Night Sky’ Petunia. I did a double-take when I saw ‘Night Sky’ petunia on the trade show floor while speaking in Columbus Ohio earlier this month. I’m a sucker for new plants. This unusual Petunia gets 10”-16” tall and like most in this family, thrives in full sun. This trailing beauty will be the talk…
Read MoreNEW Grand Garden Shows by Proven Winners
Many of you may remember me raving about my experience at the Proven Winner’s annual Grand Garden Show last August at The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island (northern Michigan). Well, here I go again, but now there are TWO GRANDIOSE events in 2016. The 2016 Grand Garden Show at the regal Grand Hotel (named the…
Read MoreGarden Myth Busters from Proven Winners
P. Allen Smith and Proven Winners will be producing short videos titled ‘Garden Myth Busters’ to shed light on some common garden lore that you want to have ‘busted’. They want YOUR input for garden myths that you’ve heard and/or practiced. Please send your input to Jeanine@provenwinners.com. To thank you for your help with this…
Read MoreProven Winners Annuals as Houseplants
Two for the price of one! I like to stretch my dollar – who doesn’t? That’s why I ‘double my pleasure’ with some Proven Winner annuals that are especially prized for their showy foliage. These entertain the eye from late spring through fall and then double as attractive houseplants during the winter months. A few…
Read MoreRock’N Grow Sedum is a Thriller
Sedum has always been a mainstay for fall color – in the garden as well as containers. Rightly so. The succulent, broccoli-like foliage jazzes up gardens as soon as it emerges in spring and continues the excitement through fall. Add to these kudos that it is highly drought tolerant, is beloved by butterflies, provides winter…
Read MoreProven Winner’s New 2016 Annuals
Each year I have the incredible opportunity to trial plants that Proven Winners will be introducing to the market the following season. When the big brown box thumps down on my front porch, I feel like it’s Christmas morning! I plant the sweet little things in both the gardens and containers to see how they…
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