Greenhouse Grower‘s Medal Of Excellence has become one of the premier recognition programs of plant breeding excellence. The Best Performing Variety award is selected by the varieties team at Greenhouse Grower magazine and is designed to recognize varieties that have proven themselves in university and grower trials. Sometimes this may be an older variety that’s really stood out in a given year – or we’ll get to see what recent introductions are made of.
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Basil 'Amazel' (Proven Winners)
'Amazel’ basil is the first Italian sweet basil on the market that is resistant to downy mildew. It is a vigorous, sterile Ocimum hybrid that produces leaves and shoots even after flower initiation.
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Begonia ‘Canary Wings’ (Ball Ingenuity)
‘Canary Wings’ offers a unique take on a plant that is a staple in gardens around the world. ‘Canary Wings’ has bright chartreuse foliage with beautiful red blooms all season long. It grows best in 60% shade and makes great shade baskets, pots, and combinations.
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Euphorbia ‘Diamond Mountain’ (Proven Winners)
'Diamond Mountain' is heat and drought tolerant, with clouds of airy white flowers all season. It is low maintenance, has a great landscape presence, and is perfect for mixing with other vigorous plants.
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Gomphrena ‘Truffula Pink’ (Proven Winners)
Gomphrena ‘Truffula Pink’ stands out in the landscape and combination baskets due to its fun, tufted flowers, bright color, and size.
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Salvia ‘Big Blue’ (PanAmerican Seed)
'Big Blue' is a vigorous flowering annual in a sales-inspiring clear blue color. It is super easy and super showy for both landscapers and home gardeners for their back-of-border plantings, sending out blue spires continuously from July to first frost with little to no extra care.
See the slideshow above for the varieties selected as finalists for Best Performing Variety award for 2019, and join us for Greenhouse Grower’s Medal of Excellence Evening on Monday, July 15 at Cultivate’19 to find out which variety is the overall winner.
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Brian Sparks is senior editor of Greenhouse Grower and editor of Greenhouse Grower Technology. See all author stories here.
June 19, 2019 
