Vote for Your Favorite Flower!

Summer
is in full swing, and flowering annuals are at their peak in many gardens.
Now’s the perfect time to take a minute and vote for your favorite flower in
the American Garden Award flower competition. Think of it as the American Idol
for flowers!

Twenty-four
participating public gardens are displaying seven stunning new varieties for
the gardening public to choose as their favorite. All the display gardens are listed below,
and they also can be found listed on the AGA website.

You
have three ways to participate in the voting: By texting a given code to a
polling number found on signage in the gardens; by going to the AGA website tovote;
or by using postage-paid voting postcards located at most gardens.

The
seven entries are: Dahlia ‘Dahlinova Hypnotica Lavender’; Dianthus ‘Kahori’;
Ornamental Pepper ‘Uchu’; Petunia ‘Easy Wave Neon Rose’; Petunia milliflora
‘Picobella Rose Star’; Scaevola ‘Surdiva Light Blue’; and ‘SunPatiens
Variegated Spreading White’.

Any
or all of these flowers are available at your local garden retailer.

Voting
is open through August 31, and winners will be announced in September. Visit
the American Garden Award website to vote and to view
the 2009 and 2010 winners.