Hardy Plants

By Robert Burns, Texas Agrilife Research and Texas A&M System
Published on June 28, 2011
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Carol Moczygemba, executive editor of Texas Co-op Power magazine in Austin, interviews Sue Adee, Smith County Master Gardener. Approximately 180 international seed company representatives, professional growers and Master Gardeners attended the 2011 East Texas Horticultural Field Day at Overton.
Carol Moczygemba, executive editor of Texas Co-op Power magazine in Austin, interviews Sue Adee, Smith County Master Gardener. Approximately 180 international seed company representatives, professional growers and Master Gardeners attended the 2011 East Texas Horticultural Field Day at Overton.
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This row of petunias was just a small sample of the more than 400 bedding plant varieties tested at the 2011 East Texas Horticultural Field Day.
This row of petunias was just a small sample of the more than 400 bedding plant varieties tested at the 2011 East Texas Horticultural Field Day.
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Express Dark Red Charme Verbena was one of the varieties on display at the 2011 East Texas Horticultural Field Day in Overton.
Express Dark Red Charme Verbena was one of the varieties on display at the 2011 East Texas Horticultural Field Day in Overton.

Overton, Texas — If you want to select for hardy bedding plants,
forget New York; think East
Texas.

“If they can
make it here, they can make it anywhere,” says John Antonelli, a Michigan-based
representative with Proven Winners, a company that sells to retail garden

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