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Webinar: Top Performing Annuals With Allan Armitage

Webinar: Top Performing Annuals With Allan Armitage

Are the varieties you are growing and selling true performers? Find out and maximize your spring offerings by registering for a free webinar hosted by Greenhouse Grower.

In the plant world, the key to repeat business is consumer success. That means plants that are easy to care for and will look great all summer. Greenhouse Grower’s resident varieties guru Dr. Allan Armitage of the University of Georgia (UGA) will present the top performing annuals based on responses from hundreds of visitors to UGA’s trial gardens in 2009.

UGA’s trial gardens have become the litmus test for plants that can withstand heat and humidity. Armitage will talk about annuals that have looked good for extended periods of time and award winners from the Trial gardens at UGA. As Armitage says, if the plant will perform well in Georgia, it will perform most anywhere.

To register for the December 2 webinar, click here.

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4 comments on “Webinar: Top Performing Annuals With Allan Armitage”

  1. Hello…I really enjoyed the webinar with Allan Armitage and have been talking it up at work. Was the webinar recorded and can I send a link to the recorded webinar to my colleagues at work? If a link is available I would love to have it. Thanks for a great webinar.

    Vicki

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  3. Hello…I really enjoyed the webinar with Allan Armitage and have been talking it up at work. Was the webinar recorded and can I send a link to the recorded webinar to my colleagues at work? If a link is available I would love to have it. Thanks for a great webinar.

    Vicki

    Reply
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