2019 Gardening Trends and Hot Landscape Plants - Dr. Sue Hamilton The UT Gardens 'Flame Thrower' Redbud

2019 Gardening Trends
and Hot Landscape Plants
                           ‘Flame Thrower’ Redbud
   Dr. Sue Hamilton
   The UT Gardens

Why should
you care about
TRENDS

Rooted Together

Rooted Together
   The Future for Gardening
                Looks Joyful

From Me to She

Joy IN NATURE

The Future is POSITIVE

Self Care to EARTH CARE

Help spread the word about the power of plants:

#1

Who is the
INDOOR GENERATION?

From Farm
to OFFICE

Indoors is the new
     OUTDOORS

Plant PARENTS

#2

Turn off the
BLUE LIGHTS

Teach Our
CHILDREN WELL

Grow
NATURE LOVERS

#3

Breaking
GOOD

The Return To
VOLUNTEERISM

Earth
GUARDIANS

#4

What is the
MOVEMENT?

Upcycling
EXPECTATIONS

Make Soil,
Not WASTE

#5

Global Insect
COLLAPSE

Yet, Invasives are
      THRIVING

Defensive
GARDENING

Changing HABITS

Go a Little
WILD

#6

RoboTECH

RoboSMART

RoboBEE

#7

More than just a
PHASE

Gardening by
   the MOON

Design for the
MOON

2019: Year of the Pumpkin

2019: Year of the Snapdragon

‘Candy Showers’

                    ‘Rose Rocket’

2019: Year of the Salvia nemorosa

2019: Year of the Dahlia

2019 National Plants of the Year

Done through:
Spring Meadows Nursery
Proven Winners
Walter’s Garden

           • 2019 National Plant of the Year Program

Grows 3-5’ tall and blooms on new
wood, so a quick trim in late winter
or early spring will encourage fresh
growth and an abundance of buds.
Performs best in full sun or part
shade. From Proven Winners

Grows 3-5’ tall and blooms on new
wood, so a quick trim in late winter
or early spring will encourage fresh
growth and an abundance of buds.
Performs best in full sun or part
shade. From Proven Winners

Grows 3-5’ tall and blooms on new
wood, so a quick trim in late winter
or early spring will encourage fresh
growth and an abundance of buds.
Performs best in full sun or part
shade. From Proven Winners

The National Plant Trials Database has more
than 50,000 plant ratings after five trialing
seasons. The UT Gardens is 1 of the 33 trial
sites.
• American Takii
• Danziger Flower Farm
• Dummen Group
• Ernst Benary of America
• Floranova Ltd.
• PanAmerican Seed
• Proven Winners
• Sakata Ornamentals
• The Suntory Collection
• Syngenta Flowers

2019 Hot New Plants

 Begonia Viking™ XL Red on
         Chocolate

                             "Tested Nationally & Proven Locally™"

Marigold ‘Big Duck Gold’

Petunia Wave® Carmine

Melon ‘Orange SilverWave’

Pepper ‘Just Sweet’

Tomato
 ‘Chef’s Choice Black’

Beefsteak type, early to set
and meaty interior with great
flavor. Prolific yield of 8-
ounce fruits. You’ll harvest
30 or more blemish-free
fruits throughout the season
from this disease-resistant
plant.

Tomato ‘Fire Fly’

Sweet, low acidity,
pale white flesh.

Tomato ‘Red Torch’

Striped, early, sweet
and disease
resistant.

Tomato ‘Sparky XSL’

Extended shelf life,
super sweet and
disease resistant.

Endless Summer Hydrangea ‘Summer Crush’

                        Bailey Nurseries

‘Panther’ Ninebark

                     Bloomin’ Easy

‘Superbells Doublette Love Swept’
Double Calibrachoa by Proven Winners

Saunders Brothers Nursery introduces NewGen boxwood

Three selections of boxwood boasting better tolerance of boxwood
   blight and better resistance to boxwood leafminer are being
          introduced this month with availability this fall.

Redbud ‘Flame Thrower’

                         Jackson Nursery

Redbud 'Golden Falls'

                        Jackson Nursery

Redbud ‘Black Pearl'

               Jackson Nursery

Redbud ‘Summer Tower'

                        Jackson Nursery

‘Golden Sunshine’ Willow
   Salix sachalinensis

                           Garden Debut®
                           Greenleaf Nursery

Lavender ‘Blue Spear’
Lavandula angustifolia

                         Pan American Seed

City Slicker® River Birch

Powder Keg® Sugar Maple
       Amazing fall foliage continues for 2 weeks or
       longer with an explosion of color beginning at
       the top and progressing slowly downward with
       shades of yellow, light orange, then dark
       oranges and reds. Matures at 45 feet tall and 40
       feet wide. Resists leaf scorch during the
       summer.

       Greenleaf Nursery

Acer truncatum x A. platanoides Ruby Sunset® Maple

                    • Heat and tatter resistant through the heat of
                      summer.
                    • Deep ruby red in autumn.
                    • Cold hardy (Zone 4b) and drought-tolerant.
                    • Broadly oval in youth and rounded as it matures to
                      a height and spread of approximately 25’ x 20,’
                    • A great choice for sites requiring a more compact
                      tree.

                     J.F. Schmidt Nursery

Distylium Swing Low™

                  Bailey Nurseries

Cornus alba Neon Burst™ Dogwood

           Bailey Nurseries

Camellia sasanqua October Magic®

                          Plants Nouveau

Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra
‘Burning Hearts’ and ‘Bleeding Hearts’

                                         Jellito Seed

Lagerstroemia indica Double Dynamite® Crapemyrtle

                             Blooms continuously on the same panicle!

                    Spring Meadow Nursery

Salvia microphylla x greggii
‘Heatwave Breeze’ and ‘Heatwave ‘Brilliance’

                                Pride of Place Plants

Gardenia jasminoides ‘Prince Charles’

Upshoot Nursery

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Looking for Inspiration?
Visit the UT Gardens:
•Spring Plant Sale – April 11

•Gardens Gala – May 1

•Blooms Days – May 9 & 10

•Summer Celebration – July 9