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The Festival of Flowers is pleased
to announce out 2008 Festival's Choice plant selection.
This program was conceived by the
Mobile Horticulture community for selection of
plants of outstanding merit for home gardeners
in our distinctive region. Their shared characteristics
include hardiness, disease and pest resistance,
and ease of growing.
These plants will be sold exclusively
on site at the Festival's Choice Booth in the
vendor area.
Horticulture Committee:
Dr. Bill Barrick- Executive Director, Bellingrath
Gardens and Home Marion Drummond- Executive Director,
Mobile Botanical Gardens Bill Finch- Mobile Register
John Olive- Auburn University Ornamental Horticulture
Research Center Bobby Green- Green's Nursery Maarten
and Colleen Van der Giessen- Van der Giessen Nurseries
Helene Hassell- Chairman, Festival of Flowers
Helen Childers- Director Festival of Flowers.
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Camellia
Stephanie Golden
C. Sasanqua 1980’s
• Description: A magnificent shrub,
very compact, upright with dense
growth
• Mature height: 8’ to 10’
• Bloom: a strong, pink and fragrant
profusion. Winter bloom, profuse
and prolonged flowering habit, increased sun
tolerance with ample moisture.
• Foliage: attractive dark green foliage
year round.
• Heat and disease resistant |
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Camellia
Tiny Princess Japonica
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Bloom: delicate pink peony form fragrant flower
• Foliage: slow, spreading distinctively
bronze
• Grows well under evergreen
trees, near buildings
• Perfect
for a border or against a fence wall |
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Camellia
High Fragrance
• Flowers are medium size and are
full flowers are medium size
and are full
• Fragrance can be ascertained from
20'-30'
• Light to medium shade and can even
withstand full sunlight
• Very strong grower for vigorous
upright growth
• Blooms January-February |
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Acanthus
Summer Beauty
• Mature height: 30” spread: 4’-6’
• Blooms: purple calyces on 6’
spikes surrounded by
white flowers
• Foliage: deep green, shiny with deep
lobes
• Growth habit: clump forming
• Sun: full or partial shade
• Soil: humus rich, moist, well drained
• Feeding: side dress with compost or
manure
• Characteristics: heat tolerant, attractive
to butterflies and bees, found
in southern Europe esp. Turkey, England, Asia
and the tropical forests of Africa
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Dianthus
First Love
• Mature height: 1’ to 1.5’
spread: 1’ to 1.5’
• Blooms: continuous from spring to
frost. white, pink and rose at
once very fragrant
• Sun: full to partial shade
• Water: medium wet
• Maintenance: low, insect and heat
resistant
• Drought tolerant. |
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Veronica
Georgia Blue
Veronica p. ’Georgia Blue’
Veronica "Georgia Blue" is one
of those few perennials at their peak in
early spring, is reddish-green in spring,
fading to dark green and turning bronze
to ruddy purple in autumn and winter.
• Mature prostrate height 4-6",
spacing 8-12".
• Creeps and spreads quickly to two
feet wide or more to
form a dense, compact mat.
• It prefers moist, slightly to moderately
acidic soil with excellent drainage
• Highly attractive to butterflies
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• Profuse showy brilliant violet-blue
flowers with white
centers
• Full, Part sun
Zones: 4-9
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