The Gold Medal Plant Program was created by PHS in 1979 to celebrate and showcase beautiful, easy-to-grow plant species ideal for home gardening.

Check out some of the highlights we’ve posted so far, and watch for much more coverage, including on-site videos featuring breeders from across the industry.

We saw a ton of fabulous plants at Benary, Nir Nursery, and Syngenta Flowers. Here are a few of my favorites.

A recent e-GRO Alert highlights the factors influencing consumers’ perceptions of native plants and their personal importance.

At the 2023 California Spring Trials, Leslie Bayas at Dümmen Orange highlights the company’s new series of fuchsia that are day length neutral and named after French dance techniques.

Begonias are hot, as was evidenced by new introductions from a number of breeders at California Spring Trials. Here’s what we found from Benary and Syngenta Flowers.

Greenhouse Grower’s Julie Hullett and Allan Armitage get up close and personal with new Tecoma and Anigozanthos (Kangaroo paws) at Ball Ingenuity at California Spring Trials.

Visits to Sakata Ornamentals, Kientzler, American Takii, Danziger, and others included new series and updates to familiar names.

Here are a few plants that caught my eye on our third day of CAST 2023, when we visited Sakata, American Takii, and Danziger.

Today we visited PlantHaven, Pacific Plug and Liner (PP&L), Southern Living, and Dummen Orange, and were treated to the future, both in plant material and in programs being developed.

As investors and consumers seek sustainable corporate practices and products, this breeder incorporates new social responsibility strategies.

New offerings and series from PanAmerican Seed, Beekenkamp, and Green Fuse Botanicals made a great impression on the Greenhouse Grower team at California Spring Trials.

From standout calibrachoas and cupheas to a new groundcover series, here are some of Dr. A’s favorites from Green Fuse Botanicals, Ball FloraPlant, and others at CAST 2023.