Garden Retailers ID Their Favorite Findings At Farwest
The Retailers’ Choice Awards at the 2016 Farwest Show were presented to nine exhibiting companies during a presentation on the Farwest Idea Stage. The Garden Center Group’s Sid Raisch led the retailer search.
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Green Goods Award Winner: Sunflare Japanese Forest Grass
Bright yellow leaves tipped with rich burgundy. Cool weather infuses green and orange highlights. 12 to 18 inches.
JRT Nurseries (JRTnurseries.com) -
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Green Goods Award Winner: Gaultheria procumbens Cherry Berry
Cherry Berries offer the most exceptionally large red berries you can find on a wintergreen. It bears fruit from fall through spring. Its evergreen, glossy-green foliage turns merlot-colored in the cool of winter. Use as a ground cover or as a cascading plant over hardscape features. It prefers part shade and acidic, humidic, well-drained soil. This low, spreading moderate grower reaches 8 to 10 inches tall and 3 feet wide.
Briggs Nursery (BriggsNursery.com) -
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Green Goods Award Winner: Hydrangea Fire Island
Long-lasting, white blooms edged in rich, rosy red atop remarkably tough stems make this compact mophead variety perfect for massing, in pots, and as cut flowers. Expect a harmonious parade of color, with blooms a deeper pink or blue tones, depending on soil pH. A new exclusive introduction for 2017. Deciduous.
Monrovia (Monrovia.com) -
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Green Goods Award Winner: Tiger Stripe Fig
Late harvest, light yellow, small to medium, pear-shaped fig with unique green dark stripes and crimson red interior fruit. One of the most flavorful varieties available.
Hines Growers Inc. -
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Green Goods Award Winner: Elegant Feather Joe Pye Weed
Joe Pye Weed prefers a medium to moist soil in full sun, though there are reports of it working in shade while being smaller and flowering less. Butterflies flock to the mid- to late-summer blooms, and birds love perching on the tall stems in winter.
Skagit Gardens (SkagitGardens.com) -
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Allied Award Winner: Eco Bee Living Roof
Wholesale nursery with a unique ability to create new products such as their bird feeders and houses with eco-roof tops (eco-feeders and eco-nesters). Living Roof Bee House also available.
Little Prince of Oregon (LittlePrinceOfOregon.com) -
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Allied Award Winner: Melon Patio Planter
Garden Gallery Iron Works is a privately owned and operated family business located south of Portland, OR. Their products decorate yards and gardens throughout the Northwest. All of the iron works are made of hand-welded steel.
Garden Gallery Iron Works (GardenGalleryIronworks.net) -
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Allied Award Winner: Plant Success Organics Plant Biotics
Plant Success Organics Soluble contains mycorrhizae, bacteria, and trichoderma. It is well-suited to a variety of soils, climates, and plants. It is easily applied to existing landscapes and yards by mixing with water and using a hose-end sprayer or watering can. Plant Success Organics Soluble will create a thriving and diverse soil capable of supporting maximum root and plant growth.
Plant Revolution Inc. (Plant-Success.com) -
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Allied Award Winner: Blowfish Metal Art
Fun, funky, and always unique, Fred Conlon’s award-winning metal art has appeared in art festivals across the nation. His pieces can also be found in art galleries across the country and are available for purchase directly from Sugar Post.
Sugar Post (Sugarpost.com)
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Green Goods Award Winner: Sunflare Japanese Forest Grass
Green Goods Award Winner: Gaultheria procumbens Cherry Berry
Green Goods Award Winner: Hydrangea Fire Island
Green Goods Award Winner: Tiger Stripe Fig
Green Goods Award Winner: Elegant Feather Joe Pye Weed
Allied Award Winner: Eco Bee Living Roof
Allied Award Winner: Melon Patio Planter
Allied Award Winner: Plant Success Organics Plant Biotics
Allied Award Winner: Blowfish Metal Art
Products were selected specifically for garden retailers in search of the best new products — both live goods and hard goods — for their stores. Check out the photo gallery above for a look at each product that received recognition, and go to each company’s website for more information.
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Brian Sparks is senior editor of Greenhouse Grower and editor of Greenhouse Grower Technology. See all author stories here.