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TABLE OF CONTENTS

04) WELCOME 16) SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

05) SPONSORS 20) NEW TO THE MARKET

06) BOARD OF DIRECTORS 27) EXHIBITORS

07) SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 28) COMMITTEE

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A sincere thank you to every PLATINUM SPONSOR: NAME BADGE SPONSOR: volunteer who has helped make Griffin this week happen. It really is an amazing program and without the TUESDAY TRADE SHOW SOCIAL SPONSORS: financial and in-kind support of our NEW TO THE MARKET FORUM SPONSOR: Hinsdale Nursery Inc. fantastic sponsors, this program Intrinsic Perennial , Inc. would be cost prohibitive for many. Midwest Groundcovers HOFFIE NURSERY, part of the So please, help me thank each of our Rijnbeek and Son Perennials - Export B.V. Taste of Chicago Grower Tour generous sponsors and trade show The Growing Place vendors for their support and be sure TUESDAY/THURSDAY to scour the trade show floor for all SESSION SPONSORS: THURSDAY BAR SPONSORS: WELCOME to the National the new cool things our vendors have BASF New Moon Nursery Symposium of the Perennial Plant Elite Growers, Inc. Raker-Roberta’s Young to show. Association! A special welcome to Lurie Garden Swift Inc.

the National Garden Bureau and Millennium Park Foundation All-America Selections members! A final thank you goes to the MICHIGAN MARVELS This is a first-ever collaboration Perennial Plant Association MORNING & AFTERNOON TOUR SPONSOR: Walters Gardens, Inc. between these three organizations Foundation for providing funding BREAK SPONSORS: for five students to be with us this AG 3, Inc. to bring you the absolute BEST week. Welcome students, we are Colorblends Wholesale Flowerbulbs MEDIA PARTNERS horticultural experience Chicago GIE Media delighted to have you join us! Emerald Coast Growers has to offer! Gro ‘n Sell, Inc. Country Folks Grower Unex, Inc. Perennial Pulse Everyone who donates or bids As President of the PPA it is my Stonehouse Nursery honor to welcome you all, but I on items at the PPAF silent auction Cavanos Perennials, Inc. AAS TOUR & BANQUET

want everyone to know that Kyle is helping to support the next SPONSORS: American Takii Lambert deserves the lion’s share generation of horticulturists, so TOTE BAG SPONSOR: bid often and bid high! Jelitto Perennial Seeds Bejo Seeds of the accolades for the program PanAmerican Seed we are all here to enjoy. Kyle is WATER BOTTLE SPONSOR: Sakata the Local Site Chair, who led a This is the 36th National Gathering McHutchison Syngenta small cadre of people who gave of of this wonderful group that I call themselves to highlight the best family. We come together to learn the region has to offer, and put it new plants, ideas, techniques and all together for our education and share our passions about all things ® enjoyment. green. The education comes not just from the stage—it comes from conversations on the trade show floor, A special THANK YOU to Kyle, and his core team of: Diane Blazek, on the buses or at the bar—all you Jennifer Brennan, Laura Ekasetya, have to do is open yourself to the Beth Engle, Nina Koziol, Brenda chlorophyllic effervescence that is all McMahon and Susy Stone. There around you! Welcome to the family! are also many others to thank as It’s gonna be a fabulous week! it really takes a village to put on a program as complex as this one. JANET DRAPER PPA President

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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ALL BUS TOURS: Please arrive no later than 15 minutes prior to the bus departure times listed. Don’t forget to give yourself time to grab a coffee and some breakfast as well as fill your water bottles before you leave.

JANET DRAPER CHRISTA STEENWYK BETH ENGLE President President-Elect Treasurer SUNDAY JULY 28 Sunday Tours Gather in Concourse A WISCONSIN WONDERS TOUR 7:15 AM Depart Hotel 6:45 PM Arrive Back at Hotel Intrinsic Perennial Gardens (Hebron, IL) Northwind Perennial Farm (Burlington, WI) EMILY BIBENS CHUNG TONY POST SUSY STONE Lunch on the Bus Executive Director Canada Region Director Central Region Director Olbrich Botanical Gardens (Madison, WI) Rotary Botanical Gardens (Janesville, WI)

Insider Tip: At Rotary Gardens, visit the Giant Aquarium, a make-believe, underwater display featuring live plants and look for 30 large dragonfly silhouettes that are part of the Garden Art Project Exhibit.

PRAIRIE STATE TOUR PATTY STEINHAUSER TAYLOR PILKER CHRISTINE WILEY 8:00 AM Depart Hotel Great Lakes Region Director Mid-Atlantic Region Northeast Region Director 6:00 PM Arrive Back at Hotel Director Schulenberg Prairie at The Morton (Lisle, IL) Forest Preserve District of DuPage County (DuPage County, IL) Lunch & Tour Cantigny Park (Wheaton, IL) Russell R. Kirt Prairie at College of DuPage (Glen Ellyn, IL) Willowbrook Wildlife Center (Glen Ellyn, IL) Wannemaker’s Home and Garden (Downers Grove, IL)

SHANNON CURREY NANCI HOLLERITH ALLEN Insider Tip: Did you know that Cantigny was designed by famed Southern Region Director Western Region Director landscape architect Franz Lipp? Construction started in 1967 for what is now one of the largest display gardens in the Midwest.

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CASH CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE AT HOTEL: Located on Main Level outside of hotel restaurant, Chicago Fire Oven Breakfast: Mon. 6:30AM-8:30AM | Tue. 6:30-7:30AM | Wed. 6:00-8:00AM MONDAY CONTINUED Education Held in O’Hare 1 Ballroom Thu 6:30-8:00AM | Lunch: Mon. 12:15PM | Tue. 12:00PM | Thu. 12:45PM Lunch provided on tours only. EDUCATION TALLGRASS TO TODAY: MONDAY JULY 29 GATEWAY TO THE MIDWESTERN PRAIRIE Monday Tours gather in O’Hare 3 Ballroom TOURS 8:45-9:45 AM | Ed Lyon Going Native: A Balanced Perspective (APLD: 1 CREDIT) NORTH SHORE DESIGN TOUR 8:15 AM Depart Hotel 10:00-11:00 AM | Richard Hawke 5:00 PM Arrive Back at Hotel Hardy Grasses & Perennial Companions (APLD: 1 CREDIT) Mettawa Manor Private Garden (Mettawa, IL) Bergmann Private Garden (Lake Forest, IL) 11:15-12:15 PM | Kellie O’Brien Trends in Design: Then to Now Lunch & Tour Camp Rosemary Private Garden (Lake Forest, IL) Becker Private Garden (Deerfield, IL) 12:15-1:15 PM Cash Lunch Lenhardt Private Garden (Winnetka, IL) 1:15-2:15 PM | Randy Powers 6:00-7:00 PM Evening Social (Balmoral Ballroom) Plants for Birds (APLD: 1 CREDIT) Insider Tip: Try to guess how many types of plants are packed into Janice Becker’s ¼ acre lot! She keeps binders full of notes on everything 2:30-3:30 PM | Jack De Vroomen in the garden, which was featured in Fine magazine. Perennials & Bulbs for Pollinators (APLD: 1 CREDIT)

3:45-4:45 PM | Irvin Etienne WEST DESIGN AND RETAIL TOUR Tropicals for the Garden (APLD: 1 CREDIT) 7:30 AM Depart Hotel 5:15 PM Arrive Back at Hotel 6:00-7:00 PM Evening Social (Balmoral Ballroom) Henry Private Garden (Naperville, IL) The Growing Place (Aurora, IL) Rush Copley Medical Center (Aurora, IL) Lunch & Tour Gardens at Midwest Groundcovers (St. Charles, IL) Nau Private Garden (St. Charles, IL) Allen Private Garden (St. Charles, IL) 6:00-7:00 PM Evening Social (Balmoral Ballroom) THE GROWING PLACE, part of Insider Tip: Don’t miss The Growing Place’s gift shop located in a the West Design and Retail Tour historical landmark farmhouse (circa 1860) or their hidden garden just over the bridge.

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TUESDAY JULY 30 TUESDAY CONTINUED Education Held in O’Hare 1&2 Ballroom AAS-NGB Tour Gather in Concourse A EDUCATION TOUR 7:30-7:45 AM | Janet Draper ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS AND NATIONAL Welcome from PPA President GARDEN BUREAU TOUR 7:45-8:30 AM | Cathy Jean Maloney 11:40 AM Depart Hotel 10:00 PM Arrive Back at Hotel History of in Chicago (APLD: .75 CREDIT) Ball Trials & Gardens 8:30-9:30 AM | Piet Oudolf Cantigny AAS Display Gardens, Hummelo to Belle Isle: A Life in Gardens (APLD/LA CES: 1 CREDIT) Pond Garden and New Formal Garden AAS Awards & Dinner Banquet at Cantigny 9:30-10:15 AM Trade Show & Silent Auction Insider Tip: Try to get to the Hillside Garden area at Ball and take 10:15-10:30 AM a moment to view the 38 permanent containers from above and PPA Foundation Student Scholarship Awards below for different perspectives. 10:30-10:40 AM AAS Introduction & Awards WEDNESDAY JULY 31 10:40-11:40 AM | Laura Ekasetya Wednesday Tours Gather in O’Hare 3 Ballroom The Seasons of Lurie (APLD/LA CES: 1 CREDIT) TOURS 11:40-12:00 PM CHICAGO GARDENS WITH PURPOSE TOUR PPA Awards & Recognition 7:30 AM Depart Hotel 12:00-1:00 PM 9:00/11:30 PM Arrive Back at Hotel Cash Lunch, Trade Show & Silent Auction Gethsemane Garden Center (Chicago, IL) Live Wall at Whole Foods Market (Chicago, IL) 1:00-2:00 PM | Piet Oudolf, Laura Ekasetya, Christy Webber Landscapes (Chicago, IL) Roy Diblik, Austin Eischeid, Scott Stewart Lunch & Tour Garfield Park Conservatory (Chicago, IL) Riding the New Dutch Wave: A Panel Discussion (APLD/LA CES: 1 CREDIT) Farm on Ogden (Chicago, IL) 2:00-2:45 PM McCormick Place Rooftop Farm (Chicago, IL) Trade Show & Silent Auction Lurie Garden & Millennium Park 2:45-3:45 PM | Roy Diblik Dinner & Cash Bar Growing for Large Jobs (APLD/LA CES: 1 CREDIT) Fireworks (optional for those who pre-registered for the late bus)

3:45-4:45 PM Insider Tip: Ask the Staff at Gethsemane about their active philanthropic New to the Market Forum program and street beautification projects. You’ll take away fresh ideas about how to support your own community. 5:15-6:30 PM Social, Trade Show & Silent Auction

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WEDNESDAY CONTINUED THURSDAY AUGUST 1 Wednesday Tours Gather in O’Hare 3 Ballroom Education Held in O’Hare 1&2 Ballrooms TOURS EDUCATION CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN & CITY TOUR 7:45-8:30 AM 8:00 AM Depart Hotel Grower: Shannon Currey 9:00/11:30 PM Arrive Back at Hotel Success with Sedges (APLD: .75 CREDIT) Lurveys Garden Center (Des Plaines, IL) Trends: Nina Koziol Chicago Botanic Garden (Glencoe, IL) Midwestern Home Gardens (APLD: .75 CREDIT) Lunch & Tour Chalet Nursery & Garden Center (Wilmette, IL) Lurie Garden & Millennium Park (Chicago, IL) 8:30-9:15 AM

Dinner & Cash Bar Grower: Joanne Lutz Fireworks (optional for those who pre-registered for the late bus) Plagues of Perennials (APLD: .75 CREDIT) Trends: Dave MacKenzie Insider Tip: Chalet’s plants support numerous beehives, which produce 100% pure wildflower honey. Pick some up at the retail Living Walls (APLD: .75 CREDIT) store as a delicious souvenir! 9:15-10:00 AM Trade Show & Silent Auction 10:00-10:45 AM TASTE OF CHICAGO GROWER TOUR Grower: Laura Robles 7:00 AM Depart Hotel Baptisia and Hibiscus (APLD: .75 CREDIT) 9:00/11:30 PM Arrive Back at Hotel Hampshire Farms (Hampshire, IL) Trends: Susan Martin Hoffie Nursery & GET Group (Union, IL) Marketing to Create Loyalty (APLD: .75 CREDIT) Mariani Plants (Garden Prairie, IL) 10:45-11:30 AM Lunch on the Bus Trade Show & Silent Auction Countryside Shop, Nursery, and 11:30-12:30 PM | Kelly Norris Garden Center (Crystal Lake, IL) Reimagining the Perennial Palette from the Prairie Perspective (APLD: 1 CREDIT) Lurie Garden & Millennium Park 12:30-12:45 PM Dinner & Cash Bar PPA 2020 Perennial Plant of the Year® Announcement Fireworks (optional for those who pre-registered for the late bus) NGB 2020 Year of… Plant Announcements

What’s in a name? Try to identify the plant that is featured in 12:45 PM Insider Tip: Cash Lunch, Trade Show & Silent Auction the Hoffie Nursery logo. It’s the first plant they ever sold! And see if you can discover how they came up with GET Group. What do those letters 1:15 PM stand for? PPA Business Meeting (O’Hare 1 Ballroom) 2:00 PM Closing of Trade Show & Silent Auction

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FRIDAY AUGUST 2 Friday Tours Gather in Concourse A TOURS MICHIGAN MARVELS TOUR THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR, WALTERS GARDENS! 6:15 AM Depart Hotel 8:15 PM Arrive Back at Hotel Midwest Groundcovers (Fennville, MI) Lunch & Tour Walters Gardens (Zeeland, MI) Hansen Private Garden (Zeeland, MI) Martin Private Garden (Holland, MI) Sawyer Home & Garden Center (Sawyer, MI) WALTERS GARDENS, Sponsor and part of the Michigan Marvels Tour Dinner While on the Bus Insider Tip: Get ready to geek out on sustainable production at Walters Gardens – look for energy saving curtains in greenhouses, biodegradable Elle Plugs and be sure to ask how they recycle a quarter million pounds of THURSDAY CONTINUED paper, plastic and metal a year. EDUCATION SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST DESIGN TOUR 2:00-3:00 PM | Jeff Epping 7:00 AM Depart Hotel Creating Epic Designs (APLD/LA CES: 1 CREDIT) 5:30 PM Arrive Back at Hotel Koziol Private Garden (Palos Park, IL) 3:00-4:00 PM | Craig Bergmann Grigus Private Garden (Lemont, IL) Right Place, Right Plant (APLD/LA CES: 1 CREDIT) Adelmann Private Garden (Lockport, IL)

4:00-4:15 PM | John Friel, Ron Strasko Lunch on the Bus 2020 PPA National Symposium Announcement Morton Arboretum East Side Gardens (Lisle, IL) 4:15 PM | Janet Draper O’Brien Private Garden (Hinsdale, IL) Closing Remarks, Buses Depart Hotel for Ball Donovan Private Garden (La Grange, IL) 5:00-7:30 PM Insider Tip: Be on the lookout for the largest and oldest Austrian pine in Tour the Gardens at Ball followed by Dinner & Cash Bar Illinois when you visit this particular private garden which is planted around 7:30-8:15 PM | Anna Ball a stone house built in 1842. Trends and Challenges in Horticulture Today 8:30 PM Buses Depart Ball for Hotel

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ANNA BALL LAURA EKASETYA President and CEO, Ball Horticultural Company Director and Head Horticulturist, Lurie Garden; Speaker She oversees all aspects of the company including over 20 locations She joined Lurie in 2011 as a horticulturist to maintain the worldwide that specialize in everything from breeding, biotechnol- integrity of Oudolf’s design after tending to perennials under ogy, and production, to marketing of flower seeds and cuttings. Pri- research evaluation at the Chicago Botanic Garden. She became vately-held and now in its third generation of family management, the director in 2017 yet still enjoys stalking insects, birds, and Ball is known for setting lasting trends in the industry. other creatures that make the garden their home.

CRAIG BERGMANN JEFF EPPING Founder, Craig Bergmann Landscape Design, Inc.; Registered Owner, Jeff Epping Design & Consulting, LLC; Landscape Architect; Editor and Speaker Director of Horticulture, Olbrich Botanical Gardens He is a Registered Landscape Architect, , He and his staff have practiced and preached sustainable plantsman and lecturer and is uniquely self-taught, gardening gardening for years, and it is reflected in their environmentally since he was five years old with a gift of his own garden plot from friendly cultural practices and innovative award-winning garden his father. designs.

IRVIN ETIENNE SHANNON CURREY Horticultural Display Coordinator, Garden at Newfields at the Marketing Director, Hoffman Nursery Indianapolis Museum of Art; Writer and Speaker Her work at Hoffman has included coordinating the plant Working in the 152 acres of the Garden requires skill with all evaluation program, managing the sales team, and overseeing the manner of woody and herbaceous plants, but he loves the tropical marketing program. She writes articles for national trade publica- species most of all. He is the recipient of Gold and Silver awards in tions and speaks regularly about grasses. She currently serves as Electronic Media Writing from the Garden Writers Association for Southern Region Director for PPA. his blogging at the IMA.

JACK DE VROOMEN RICHARD HAWKE Marketing and Sales Director, De Vroomen Garden Products Plant Evaluation Manager and Instructor, He heads up the marketing of Perennials and Flower Bulbs in the Chicago Botanic Garden; Author USA and Canada and has been with the company since 1979. He In his role since 1986, he is also the author of Plant Evaluation is on the board for the Keukenhof Garden and Castle and is also Notes, and an author and contributing editor for Fine Gardening. Chairman of the Puntenburg Foundations where children with In 2005, Richard received the PPA’s Academic Award for teaching accessibility needs benefit from horse therapy. excellence.

ROY DIBLIK NINA KOZIOL Co-Owner, Northwind Perennial Farm; Perennial Plant Instructor, Chicago Botanic Garden; Writer Expert, Grower and Designer; Author and Speaker She has taught design and horticulture at the Chicago Combining his 35 years of knowledge growing traditional and Botanic Garden and The Morton Arboretum for 20 years. She Midwest native perennials, he specializes in highly aesthetic, was a long-time writer for the Chicago Tribune and her articles sustainable plant communities for all seasons, while reducing have appeared in Organic Gardening, Chicagoland Gardening maintenance through design. and many others.

AUSTIN EISCHEID JOANNE LUTZ Independent Consultant, Austin GGSPro Technical Support Specialist, Griffin Eischeid Garden Design and Nursery Supplies, Inc. His experience includes studying design projects in Germany, During her diverse career path, she owned an IPM scouting and England and the USA. He specializes in designing dynamic consulting business for 8 years, worked as a greenhouse grower, naturalistic plantings using strong perennials and grasses with customer care technical support and sales throughout the all season interest. greenhouse, nursery and landscape industry.

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PIET OUDOLF ED LYON Influential Dutch Garden Designer; Author; Leading Figure Director, Reiman Gardens at Iowa State University; Writer and of the “New Perennial” Movement Speaker His work is found throughout the world, from the Netherlands to the He teaches, lectures and has served as featured/keynote speaker United States. He has won a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show, for a number of conferences. He is emphatic about focusing on an award of distinction from the APLD, Honorary Fellowship of the gardening with regionalism as a primary focus. Most importantly, Royal Institute of British Architects, and a Lifetime Achievement Award he is an avid with dirt under his fingernails. from the Society of Garden Designers, among many others. RANDY POWERS DAVE MACKENZIE Owner, Prairie Future Seed Company; Reconstruction Owner and General Manager, Hortech, Inc. Ecologist; Environmental and Plant Inventory Consultant He is also an author, photographer, plant breeder, and product With a Masters degree in both and Zoology, he has thirty developer who focuses on logical, horticulturally sound green years of ecology field experience in natural area problem solving, infrastructure products. His specialty is in green roof plants and restoration and management. He also works as an environmental systems as well as planted wall systems. and plant inventory consultant and is a licensed Wisconsin Nursery Man and Propagator.

CATHY JEAN MALONEY LAURA ROBLES Senior Editor, Chicagoland Gardening; Author Trials Manager, Walters Gardens, Inc. She is a lifelong Chicago area resident! At the magazine, she She has been involved in the horticulture industry for nearly 20 researches and writes about hundreds of private and public years in various aspects including retail, public gardening, growing gardens. She is also the author of five books on horticultural history. and research. She is an alumnus of the Greenhouse Product News 40 Under 40 Class of 2013.

SUSAN MARTIN Freelance Horticultural Marketer, Writer, Speaker SCOTT STEWART and Consultant Executive Director, Millennium Park Foundation Over the past 20 years, she has gained experience in independent His goal is to create free, open, and culturally representative garden center and mass merchant sales, merchandising, landscape experiences for people in public spaces of artistic and architectural and container design and installation, new plant development, significance. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Horticulture and is branding, and marketing at the trade and consumer levels. deeply passionate about the value and role of public space.

KELLY NORRIS Director of Horticulture and Education, Greater Des Moines ; Author, Speaker and Photographer He is an award-winning author and plantsman from Iowa who many call a rising star of American horticulture. Throughout his career, his work has been featured in The New York Times, Better Homes and Gardens, Martha Stewart Living, and in numerous local and regional media appearances.

KELLIE O’BRIEN Owner, English Gardens Ltd.; Founder, O’Brien School for the Maasai Designing for nearly four decades, her home garden has been BECKER PRIVATE GARDEN, part featured on the cover of national magazines and is part of one of of the North Shore Design Tour the tours. She founded the O’Brien School for the Maasai in Sanya Station, Tanzania in 2006, and is actively involved in the school’s ongoing development, including its garden.

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SUMMER SPICE™ BLEU BRULEE™ PPAF BLUE PRELUDE Hibiscus x moscheutos ‘4387’ Nepeta hybrid -- EU PBRAF; PPAF J Berry Darwin Perennials The Multi-Award-Winning Summer Spice Hardy Hibiscus First-year-flowering, robust plant in the landscape with large Collection is ground-breaking breeding! Never Before Seen and medium controlled habit. Attracts pollinators Bloom Colors. with its fragrant foliage.

RADIANT RED™ BLACK DIAMOND® CRAPEMYRTLE PPAF PRIMA ANGELINA Lagerstroemia hybrid ppaf Sedum rupestre -- CPBRAF; EU PBRAF; PPAF J Berry Darwin Perennials Radiant Red is the latest debut in this drought and heat tolerant A sport of Angelina, this variety offers bright color that holds collection. A naturally vigorous growing habit with large, flawless throughout the season and a denser, more compact habit black foliage and profuse red flowers. and more vivid golden color. with its fragrant foliage.

VANILLA™ CABANA CANNA™ PPAF Canna flaccida x ppaf ASTILBE CHINENSIS ‘VISION INFERNO’; J Berry PP26012 The Vanilla Cabana Canna is a break-through in breeding! DeVroomen Garden Products This collection checks every box for and growers Very healthy and strong plant with large plumes. Sweet and looking for: Compact Habits, Repeat Blooms, Beautiful pleasant fragrance. Excellent Garden Plant. Foliage, Low-Maintenance, Virus Free Indexed.

TULIP PRIDE ROOTSMART™ PROPAGATION TRAY Darwin Pride Varieties A.M.A. Horticulture DeVroomen Garden Products Developed by Vineland Research and Innocation Centre and This Pride tulip give the most prestigious tulip display you A.M.A., the RootSmart™ propagation tray helps prevent root can dream about! Each Pride variety is a spore from defects during propagation and promotes healthier roots. the original tulip so they all are about the same height and flower at the same time!

VENTIGRA™ INSECTICIDE EPA Registration No. 7969-393 HOSTA ‘FUNNY MOUSSE’ BASF DeVroomen Garden Products In addition to its use over a wide range of greenhouse and Hostas are probably the most valuable perennials for any nursery ornamental plants, Ventigra can be used on vegeta- garden. Sport of Blue Mouse Ears. Great for small gardens ble transplants grown for the home consumer market only. and in containers for patios and balconies.

GOLDEN FOUNTAIN GRASS ARCTIC FOX ROSE Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Yellow Ribbons’; PPAF Digitalis hybrida -- EU PBRAF; PPAF Emerald Coast Growers Darwin Perennials Graceful upright/arching habit. Slender golden-yellow Winter hardy to zone 5, flowers throughout the summer, and foliage matures to chartreuse by fall. Light tan flowers appear unlike many Digitalis, is considered a true perennial. in August and persist til October.

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BLUEFLAG ANEMONE SPRING BEAUTY Iris versicolor ‘Purple Flame’ GardenWorld Inc. North Creek Nurseries Hot pink flowers are held above very upright growing ‘Purple Flame’ has a rich, more intense cast to stems and foliage. The flowers are sterile so they won’t re-seed. Plant flowers and irresistible foliage which emerges in March. grows best in moist, well-drained soil. Purple, flame-like fans provide vivid coloring followed by an encore of abundant flowers.

ECHIBECKIA SUMMERINA BLAZING FIRE ECHINACEA BUTTERFLY SERIES Rudbeckia hybrid 16-03; PPAF GardenWorld Inc. Pacific Plug & Liner The two-toned flowers are pink near the center and cor- Blazing fire holds up to the same standards as others in the al-orange and mature to a raspberry pink. Compact and Summerina series in that it is fast growing, can fill larger pots free-branching with sturdy stems; blooms mid summer to with only one liner and flowers last for many weeks without late fall. needing to be deadheaded.

HEMEROCALLIS DOUBLE PARDON; EUPHORBIA MINER’S MERLOT PP22799 Euphorbia KS01; PPAF GardenWorld Inc. Pacific Plug & Liner Mid season bloomer. Named after the popular Pardon Me, Euphorbia Miner’s Merlot is a super dark variety with Merlot large deep red flowers like its namesake, but double new growth. The habit is vigorous and propagation is not with as many as 18 tepals for a unique twist. challenging like other dark varieties on the market.

SUMMER’S SURRENDER IRONWEED Vernonia ‘Summer’s Surrender’ PP28, 475 CAREX FEATHER FALLS Chicagoland Grows, Inc. PP26,199 Dark purple florets are packed into nearly one-inch-wide Pacific Plug & Liner flower heads which are borne in profusion on airy inflores- Carex Feather Falls is super vigorous for growers and can cences from early September to early October in northern finish in pots in as little as 8 weeks. Plants are uniform with Illinois (USDA Zone 5). A diversity of butterflies, moths, and clean foliage so the can easily be row run. bees are attracted to the selection.

VERNONIA SUMMER’S SWAN SONG IRONWEE Vernonia ‘Summer’s Swan Song’ PP28,556 ALL SUMMER BEAUTY GERANIUM Chicagoland Grows, Inc. Geranium ‘All Summer Beauty’ The popular and durable selection adding to its display. The Plants Nouveau, LLC. third-inch-wide capitula with their dark purple florets are born Periwinkle blue flowers continue all summer with flushes of in profusion for 5 to 6 weeks from early September to blooms. Foliage and flowers are more dainty and graceful, mid-October in northern Illinois. A diversity of butterflies, yet also more floriferous than Rozanne. moths, and bees are attracted to the selection.

SUMMER SNOW JOE-PYE WEED Eupatorium maculatum ‘Summer Snow’ PPAF Chicagoland Grows, Inc. DIANTHUS ‘PINK FIRE’ Plants Nouveau, LLC. Like the species, our selection attracts a variety of pollinators. Enormous fully double fiery pink carnation flowers emerge Both the stout stems and the bold foliage are a handsome from a steely blue base of foliage. Flowers do not flop. A green. It has also exhibited excellent resistance to powdery super strong clove fragrance. mildew. The white flowers are an excellent contrast to the species typical mauve-pink.

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CROCOSMIA ‘ORANGE PEKOE’® Rijnbeek and Son Perennials - Export B.V. A great plant to use in the landscape. The 3 different tones of color in the flower is very attractive. Flowers are also attractive to bees. Thanks JBerry Nursery . FOR SPONSORING THE NEW TO THE MARKET FORUM!

GEUM TEMPO ROSE PPAF (‘TNGEUTY) Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. Produces a plethora of dark, rose-pink floswers on short, Radiant Red™ Black dark stems. Long time bloom allows pollinators to enjoy for Diamond® Crapemyrtle PPAF months. Deer resistant pollinator.

HEUCHERA NORTHERN EXPOSURETM SIENNA PPAF (‘TNHEUNESI’) Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. Newest addition to the Northern ExposureTM series - bred specifically for colder climates but have had tremendous success in some of the warmesst trialing enviornments.

HEUCHERELLA ‘PEACH TEA’ PPAF (‘TNHERPT) Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. Naturally rust resistant, prefers well-drained, humus rich soils. Beautiful clean colors on a tough garden favorite. Vigorous Summer Spice™ Bleu and compact. Naturally rust resistant. Brulee™ PPAF

SPIGELIA ‘LITTLE RED HEAD’ Spigelia marilan dica ‘Little Red Head’ Vanilla™ Cabana Walters Gardens Canna™ PPAF Little Red Head’ is a superior selection to the species with dark green foliage uniformity and beautiful dark red tubular flowers.

W: jberrynursery.com SEDUM ‘BOOGIE WOOGIE’ PPAF 903.962.6590 Walters Gardens P: Fantastic summer flowering variegated ground cover sedum. E: [email protected]

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