Plant Chat with Dr. A

PLANT CHAT 
Dr. Allan Armitage
 
New Hellebores that hold their heads up. 
Well behaved Coreopsis!
 
Yes, this and so much more from Dr. Armitage, who wows us with new plant information and, as always, adds loads of fun to gardening.
 
 
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DR. A's FAVORITE NEW PLANT LIST...
 
PERENNIALS...
 
Hellebores with upright flowers! 
Frostkiss Variegated Hellebores There are almost a dozen cultivars with tough beautiful foliage and colorful upright flowers.  
Ice & Roses Hellebore series (not variegated, but good performers)
 
Rudbeckias: The new rudbeckias bred by Brent Horvath of Intrinsic Perennials in Hebron, IL.  An upgrade to ‘Goldsturm’.
 
Coreopsis: Uptick series, the best is ‘Gold & Bronze’
 
Roses: Brindabella series of roses and the nicely-behaved ‘Winner’s Circle’ climbing rose
 
 Aralia: 'Sun King’, as good as the press claims it to be.
 
ANNALS...
 
Gomphrena: 'Truffula Pink’ - I love it, flowers forever, and ho can you not like Dr Seuss?
 
Begonia: ‘Canary Wings’, the golden form of ‘Dragon Wings’. Absolutely brightens the shade.
 
SHRUB...
Deutzia ‘Chardonnay Pearls’, not new but extraordinary
 
TREE... 
Any Japanese maple
 
 
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ABOUT DR. ARMITAGE:
 
Dr. Allan Armitage is a well known writer, speaker, and horticulturist. Born and raised in Quebec and Ontario, he later lived in East Lansing, MI and now resides in Athens, GA. He has worked with landscape plants and greenhouse crops in the North and South, and travels the world speaking and sharing his passion for plants.
 
OUR HOSTS:
 
Chris VanCleave - www.RedneckRosarian.com
Creator of the Rose Chat Podcast. Mr. VanCleave is a nationally known rosarian, speaker and advocate for the rose.
 
Teresa Byington - www.TheGardenDiary.com
Co-Host Teresa Byington is a Consulting Rosarian, Master Gardener, writer, and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Rose Society. Teresa's large cottage garden weaves together her love of roses - from the oldest to the most modern shrubs and their garden companions.
 
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ARTS ROSE TRIALS

Today our guest is  Dr. David Zlesak - Distinquished Professor at the University of Wisconsin and a very accomplished Rose Breeder.
 
Our topic today is the American Rose Trials for Sustainability — also known as ARTS
 
 
ABOUT ARTS
 
Our mission is to identify, through regional evaluation and testing under low input conditions, the most disease and pest resistant, hardiest and most garden-worthy rose cultivars and to provide objective, accurate and reliable information about the cultivars tested for each region to industry professionals and the gardening public. For more information go to TrustedRoses.com.
 
See the all the beautfiul award winning roses... here. 
 
Here are a few of the beauties...
 
Brindabella ... read more
 
Farruca Courtyard ... read more
 
Kashmir ... read more
 
Petit Pink ... read more
 
 
OUR HOSTS:
Chris VanCleave - www.RedneckRosarian.com
Creator of the Rose Chat Podcast. Mr. VanCleave is a nationally known rosarian, speaker and advocate for the rose.
Teresa Byington - www.TheGardenDiary.com
Co-Host Teresa Byington is a Consulting Rosarian, Master Gardener, writer, and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Rose Society. Teresa's large cottage garden weaves together her love of roses - from the oldest to the most modern shrubs and their garden companions.
 
SUBSCRIBE:
Subscribe to Rose Chat Podcast Updates: http://bit.ly/subscribeROSE
 
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