2018 Southeast Floriculture Field Trials: Louisiana State University

The Louisiana State University AgCenter’s Hammond Research Station Ornamental Plant Trial Program, located in Hammond, LA, presents a unique opportunity to trial plants in extreme climate conditions, with extreme heat, year-round high humidity, more than 60 inches of precipitation annually, and intermittent periods of drought.

This year also brought extreme prolonged freezes in December and January with frosts as late as mid-March. The Hammond Trials also provide a unique landscape-oriented trial setting, which allows ornamental plants to be trialed in the same manor they will be used in the landscape.

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The university trials more than 250 varieties annually. This year the Hammond Research Station Ornamental Trial Program has also undergone a change in leadership, as Dr. Jeb S. Fields has joined the team as the Ornamental Plant Trials Coordinator.

Top Performing Annuals

Impatiens ‘SunPatiens Spreading Tropical Orange’

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Impatiens ‘SunPatiens Spreading Shell Pink’

Pentas ‘Lucky Star Dark Red’

Pentas ‘Lucky Star White’

Coleus ‘Wasabi’

Coleus ‘FlameThrower Salsa Verde’

Coleus ‘Premium Shade Kong Jr. Scarlet’

Canna ‘Cannova Red Flame’

Canna ‘Cannova Bronze Scarlet’

Dianthus ‘Jolt Cherry’

Dianthus ‘Jolt Pink’

Spreading Petunia ‘Easy Wave Silver’

Begonia ‘Megawatt Rose Green Leaf’

Salvia ‘Skyscraper Dark Purple’

Salvia interspecific ‘Big Blue’

Viola ‘Sorbet XP Blue Blotch Improved’

Zinnia ‘Profusion Double Golden’

Zinnia ‘Profusion Fire’

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Firebush ‘Lime Sizzler’

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Echinacea ‘PowWow Wild Berry’

Petunia ‘Supertunia Vista Bubblegum’

Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Early Bird Gold’

Buddleia ‘CranRazz’

Coleus ‘Redhead’

Salvia farinacea ‘Rebel Child’

Variegated Loropetalum ‘Jazz Hands’

Pennisetum ‘Princess Caroline’

Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer Blushing Bride’

Hardy garden Gerbera ‘Scarlet’

See the 2017 field trial results from Louisiana State University.

Check out results from other field trials around the country during 2018.

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