84-Lancaster Fanning, Friday, January 9, 1998 All Gardens Great & Small by York Co. Horticultural Agei Tom Becker Outstanding Annuals In 1997 Last week we looked at sever al outstanding perennials that Dr. Robert Berghage evaluated at the University Park Trial Gardens in 1997. They included Echinacea Magnus, Heuchera Purple Palace, Eryngium Blaukappe, and Digitalis Apricot. This week we will look at several out standing annuals including verbenas, marigolds, petunias, begonias and others In all, Dr Berghage, staff and volunteers planted over 800 cultivars in the 1997 trial gardens Their results are reported in "Friends of the Garden, Fall, 1997 Real standouts, in 1997 were Verbena Romance Pink, and Romance Deep Rose They performed very well, with numerous bright flowers in July and August Heirloom Apple blossom and Heirloom Light Blue produced pastel flower colors that make a nice display combined and other bedding plants Verbena Imag ination, a former AAS winner grew well, but flowered poorly It was also a very good year for the seed geraniums like the cultivar Marvick Star, was outstanding with vigorous growth, and good flower produc tion The gazama were very nice this year too Daybreak Bright Orange and Daybreak Red Stripe were both vigorous and flowered profusely. Many annual plants started slowly last May but finished strong by September the fibrous begonia performed well late into the season Victo ry Greenleaf Rose was one of the nicest, with outstanding flower color and contrasting foliage The cultivar Lima White was especially uniform. Nierembergia Mont Blanc an AAS selection grew more slowly than usual early in the season, but as it has in the past, was an outstanding groundcover by mid to late August, and performed well right into September. The zinnia cultivars Profusion Rose and Profusion Orange entered by the All American Selections program “Quattty is remembered bony after price is forgotten" 1925 West Main Street, Ephrata, PA 17522 717-788-3781 Fax 717-733-2826 SSff*' s * iai r s l&fe&cts, womrn over ssBo ; {gjp** and aia?fst 3 ? 6doi>«Jk food atom; grocery wowolpt stores aH over tie S£2te^”’ 4 in o " r p °“ i Brok « 8 «*!* S^. - ■