Ideal growing conditions at Ohio State’s two trial sites in 2023 contributed to great performances of new plants.

This year is the 75th anniversary of Welby Gardens, and despite weather issues, the company produced some of the best-grown plants it’s ever turned out.

It was nice to see some things thriving no matter how hot it was, but the weather also cut short the lives of many beautiful plants.

Every year, the Young’s Plant Farm team uses landscape beds to illustrate current garden trends, how homeowners can accomplish them, and how to make plants thrive.

Temperatures were in the 90s for a long stretch this summer, but occasional downpours brought some relief. Here are the plants that stood out this year.

This year’s trials put more attention into houseplant varieties, with different forms to show customers how they look as they mature.

This year the trials team at the Dallas Arboretum did plantings in both spring and summer to observe whether or not the time of establishment affected the plants’ survival rate.

Trial managers say they are seeing a growing trend in the number of annual flowers that are bred for containers, which is likely due to the rise in consumer demand for container annuals.

Close to 1,000 cultivars were tested in 2022 from 32 companies including firms from the U.S., Germany, The Netherlands, Israel, Thailand, the Czech Republic, and Japan.

Keeping plants watered was a challenge in an unusually dry year, but in spite this, some outstanding plants emerged from the trials.

Despite early hot weather and two major rainfall events, a number of edibles, caladiums, and other plants led the way at the JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University.

The University of Tennessee Gardens in Jackson trialed more than 225 varieties of annuals, perennials, vegetables, and herbs in 2022.

The growing season received average heat and precipitation, with breezy conditions up until August when it became very still and humid with warm nighttime temperatures.