2017 Dallas Arboretum Field Trials Results

Posted by Janeen Wright|November 23, 2017

Trials at the Dallas Arboretum in Dallas, TX, are conducted year round and include annuals, perennials, and bulbs, with roughly 1,300 entries this year (111 perennials, 180 summer annuals, 118 All-America selections, 445 spring annuals, 341 fall/winter annuals, and 105 vegetables). The trials experienced an unusual amount of rain this summer, which caused changes in humidity and temperature. New to the trials this year was the addition of more vegetable varieties.

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2017 Dallas Arboretum Field Trials

Panicum 'Prairie Winds Apache Rose'
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2017 Dallas Arboretum Field Trials

Pennisetum 'Red Rocket'
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2017 Dallas Arboretum Field Trials

Pennisetum 'Red Rocket' (close-up)
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2017 Dallas Arboretum Field Trials

Pentas 'Graffiti Lipstick'
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2017 Dallas Arboretum Field Trials

Pentas 'Graffiti Lipstick' (close-up of blooms)
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Portulaca 'Colorblast Double Magenta'
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Portulaca 'Colorblast Double Magenta' (close-up of blooms)
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2017 Dallas Arboretum Field Trials

Rudbeckia 'Prairie Sun'

Top Performers: Portulaca Colorblast Single and Double Series (Westhoff)

Best of Show
Cannas Cannova Series (Proven Winners)
Impatiens x hybrida Sunpatiens (Sakata Ornamentals)

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Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ (Benary)
Cannas Cannova Series (Proven Winners)
Portulaca Colorblast Single and Double Series (Westhoff)
Impatiens x hybrida Sunpatiens (Sakata Ornamentals)
Luffa Gourd (Baker Creek)

Best Overall Performance Annual: Portulaca ‘Colorblast Double Magenta’ (Westhoff)

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