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Georgia Gold Medal Winner facts
To be a winner
To be a Georgia Gold Medal
Winner, a plant has to excel in five
criteria: consumer appeal, low
maintenance, survivability, ease of
propagation and seasonal interest.
And the winners are (so far):
• 2001 Autumn fern
(Dryopteris erythrosora), chastetree
(Vitex agnus-castus), inkberry (Ilex
glabra) and ornamental sweet pota
to (Ipomoea batatas).
• 2000 Sun-loving coleus
(Coleus X hybridus), David and
Robert Poor phlox (Phlox panicula
ta), Alice oakleaf hydrangea
(Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Alice’) and
Little Gem magnolia (Magnolia
grandiflora ‘Little Gem’).
• 1999 Nova pentas (Pentas
lanceolata ‘Nova’), lenten rose
(Helleborus orientalis), Mohawk
viburnum (Viburnum x burkwoodii
‘Mohawk’) and American yellow
wood (Cladrastis kentukea).
• 1998 Athens Gem plectran
thus (Plectranthus ‘Athens Gem’),
Japanese aster (Kalimeris pinnatifi
da), bottlebrush buckeye (Aesculus
parviflora) and trident maple (Acer
buergeranum).
• 1997 New Wonder blue fan
flower (Scaevola aemula ‘New
Wonder’), three-lobed coneflower
(Rudbeckia triloba), pink Chinese
loropetalum (Loropetalum chinense
var. rubrum) and Yoshino Japanese
cedar (Cryptomeria japonica
‘Yoshino’).
• 1996 Purple Wave petunia
(Petunia sp.), wild indigo (Baptisia
spp.), Hummingbird clethra or
summersweet (Clethra alnifolia
‘Hummingbird’) and Lipan, Sioux,
Tonto and Yuma crape myrtles
(Lagserstroemia indica x L. fau
riei).
• 1995 Blue anise sage
(Salvia guaranitica), New Gold lan
tana (Lantana camara ‘New Gold’),
Annabelle hydrangea (Hydrangea
arborescens ‘Annabelle’) and
Athena elm (Ulmus parvifolia
‘Athena’)
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Gold Medal winners
break vicious cycle
Experts say it takes up to 10
years for a plant to be well accept
ed in the landscape trade, no mat
ter how great it may be.
A vicious supply-and-demand
cycle can keep superior plants in
short supply, said Gary Wade, a
University of Georgia Extension
Service horticulturist.
The demand is low, so growers
don’t supply many, so few people
try it, so the demand is low.
That’s why the Georgia Plant
Selection Committee promotes
four new “Georgia Gold Medal”
selections each year.
The 2001 Georgia Gold Medal
Winners are ornamental sweet
potatoes (Ipomoea batatas),
autumn fern (Dryopteris erythoso
ra), inkberry (Ilex glabra) and
chastetree (Vitex agnus-castus).
They, like every year’s selec
tions since 1994, are proven,
superior but underused plants.
The plants were revealed to
growers early so they could propa
gate ample supplies, Wade said.
Now they’ve been formally
announced and are showing up in
retail outlets.
When they make it to Georgia
landscapes, their beauty and spe
cial appeal will make home own
ers happy for years to come.
Plant selection
committee
The Georgia Plant Selection
Committee is a group of about 30
nurserymen, flower growers, land
scape architects and contractors,
garden center managers, University
of Georgia research and Extension
horticulturists and county Extension
agents, botanical garden directors
and others.
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Association.
Next year and the
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To become future Georgia Gold
Medal selections, plants have to be
tested at four Georgia sites: the
University of Georgia Experiment
Stations in Tifton, Athens and
Blairsville and the Coastal
Extension Center in Savannah.
Herbaceous plants will be tested
for one to two years and woody
ornamentals for three to five years.
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