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
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.
The
American Garden Award is a unique opportunity for the gardening public to vote
on a specific flower that they think has the most appealing garden
characteristics. Some of the world’s most prestigious flower breeders have
chosen their best varieties to enter in this competition. Then, in cooperation with
public gardens throughout the United
States, we present the entries so consumers
can view the plants in person, then vote on their favorite. For those consumers
and home gardeners who are unable to make it to view these flowers in person,
voting can be done on this website.
The
American Garden Award program is administered by the All-America Selections
Display Garden
program. AGA entries have not been trialed nor awarded a winner status by the
AAS Trial Judges.
Follow American
Garden Award on Twitter and
Facebook
to keep up with the voting results.
Many
thanks to the 2011 American
Garden Award
Display Gardens:
DallasArboretum & Botanical Garden
MassachusettsHorticultural Society
OklahomaState University-Oklahoma City