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NATIONAL Symposium
2019 PERENNIAL PLANT
NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
SHOW GUIDE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS · JULY 28 - AUGUST 2, 2019
PERENNIAL PLANT ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL GARDEN BUREAU • ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS
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SALVIA ROSE
& BLUE MARVEL
Location: Room Love B | Time: Sat. 4:00PM-7:00PM
Location: Concourse A | Time: Sun. 6:30AM-8:00AM &
1:00PM-7:00PM | Mon. 6:30AM-7:00PM | Tues. 6:30AM-7:00PM GROW A GARDEN SHOWSTOPPER
Wed. 6:00AM-8:30AM | Thurs. 7:00AM-2:00PM | Fri. 5:45-7:00AM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
04) WELCOME 16) SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
05) SPONSORS 20) NEW TO THE MARKET
06) BOARD OF DIRECTORS 27) EXHIBITORS
07) SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 28) COMMITTEE
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WELCOME THANKS, SPONSORS
A sincere thank you to every PLATINUM SPONSOR: NAME BADGE SPONSOR:
volunteer who has helped make Griffin
this week happen. It really is an
TUESDAY TRADE SHOW
amazing program and without the SOCIAL SPONSORS:
NEW TO THE MARKET
financial and in-kind support of our
FORUM SPONSOR: Hinsdale Nursery Inc.
fantastic sponsors, this program Intrinsic Perennial Gardens, Inc.
would be cost prohibitive for many. Midwest Groundcovers
HOFFIE NURSERY, part of the
So please, help me thank each of our Rijnbeek and Son Perennials - Export B.V.
Taste of Chicago Grower Tour
generous sponsors and trade show The Growing Place
vendors for their support and be sure TUESDAY/THURSDAY
to scour the trade show floor for all SESSION SPONSORS: THURSDAY BAR SPONSORS:
WELCOME to the National BASF New Moon Nursery
Symposium of the Perennial Plant the new cool things our vendors have
Elite Growers, Inc. Raker-Roberta’s Young Plants
Association! A special welcome to to show. Lurie Garden Swift Greenhouses Inc.
the National Garden Bureau and Millennium Park Foundation
All-America Selections members! A final thank you goes to the MICHIGAN MARVELS
This is a first-ever collaboration Perennial Plant Association MORNING & AFTERNOON TOUR SPONSOR:
between these three organizations Foundation for providing funding BREAK SPONSORS: Walters Gardens, Inc.
for five students to be with us this AG 3, Inc.
to bring you the absolute BEST Colorblends Wholesale Flowerbulbs MEDIA PARTNERS
horticultural experience Chicago week. Welcome students, we are
Emerald Coast Growers GIE Media
has to offer! delighted to have you join us! Country Folks Grower
Gro ‘n Sell, Inc.
Unex, Inc. Perennial Pulse
As President of the PPA it is my Everyone who donates or bids Stonehouse Nursery
honor to welcome you all, but I on items at the PPAF silent auction Cavanos Perennials, Inc. AAS TOUR & BANQUET
is helping to support the next SPONSORS:
want everyone to know that Kyle
Lambert deserves the lion’s share generation of horticulturists, so TOTE BAG SPONSOR: American Takii
bid often and bid high! Jelitto Perennial Seeds Bejo Seeds
of the accolades for the program PanAmerican Seed
we are all here to enjoy. Kyle is WATER BOTTLE SPONSOR: Sakata
the Local Site Chair, who led a This is the 36th National Gathering
McHutchison Syngenta
small cadre of people who gave of of this wonderful group that I call
themselves to highlight the best family. We come together to learn
the region has to offer, and put it new plants, ideas, techniques and
all together for our education and share our passions about all things
enjoyment. green. The education comes not ®
just from the stage—it comes from
A special THANK YOU to Kyle, conversations on the trade show floor,
and his core team of: Diane Blazek, on the buses or at the bar—all you
Jennifer Brennan, Laura Ekasetya, have to do is open yourself to the
Beth Engle, Nina Koziol, Brenda chlorophyllic effervescence that is all
McMahon and Susy Stone. There around you! Welcome to the family!
are also many others to thank as It’s gonna be a fabulous week!
it really takes a village to put on a
program as complex as this one. JANET DRAPER
PPA President
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS SCHEDULE
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ALL BUS TOURS:
Please arrive no later than 15 minutes prior to the bus departure times
listed. Don’t forget to give yourself time to grab a coffee and some breakfast
as well as fill your water bottles before you leave.
JANET DRAPER CHRISTA STEENWYK BETH ENGLE
President President-Elect Treasurer
SUNDAY JULY 28
Sunday Tours Gather in Concourse A
WISCONSIN WONDERS TOUR
7:15 AM Depart Hotel
6:45 PM Arrive Back at Hotel
Intrinsic Perennial Gardens (Hebron, IL)
Northwind Perennial Farm (Burlington, WI)
EMILY BIBENS CHUNG TONY POST SUSY STONE Lunch on the Bus
Executive Director Canada Region Director Central Region Director Olbrich Botanical Gardens (Madison, WI)
Rotary Botanical Gardens (Janesville, WI)
Insider Tip: At Rotary Gardens, visit the Giant Aquarium, a make-believe,
underwater display featuring live plants and look for 30 large dragonfly
silhouettes that are part of the Garden Art Project Exhibit.
PRAIRIE STATE TOUR
PATTY STEINHAUSER TAYLOR PILKER CHRISTINE WILEY 8:00 AM Depart Hotel
Great Lakes Region Director Mid-Atlantic Region Northeast Region Director
6:00 PM Arrive Back at Hotel
Director
Schulenberg Prairie at The Morton Arboretum (Lisle, IL)
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County (DuPage County, IL)
Lunch & Tour Cantigny Park (Wheaton, IL)
Russell R. Kirt Prairie at College of DuPage (Glen Ellyn, IL)
Willowbrook Wildlife Center (Glen Ellyn, IL)
Wannemaker’s Home and Garden (Downers Grove, IL)
SHANNON CURREY NANCI HOLLERITH ALLEN Insider Tip: Did you know that Cantigny was designed by famed
Southern Region Director Western Region Director landscape architect Franz Lipp? Construction started in 1967 for what
is now one of the largest display gardens in the Midwest.
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SCHEDULE SCHEDULE
CASH CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE AT HOTEL:
Located on Main Level outside of hotel restaurant, Chicago Fire Oven
Breakfast: Mon. 6:30AM-8:30AM | Tue. 6:30-7:30AM | Wed. 6:00-8:00AM
MONDAY CONTINUED
Thu 6:30-8:00AM | Lunch: Mon. 12:15PM | Tue. 12:00PM | Thu. 12:45PM Education Held in O’Hare 1 Ballroom
Lunch provided on tours only. EDUCATION
TALLGRASS TO TODAY:
MONDAY JULY 29 GATEWAY TO THE MIDWESTERN PRAIRIE
Monday Tours gather in O’Hare 3 Ballroom
8:45-9:45 AM | Ed Lyon
TOURS
NORTH SHORE DESIGN TOUR Going Native: A Balanced Perspective (APLD: 1 CREDIT)
8:15 AM Depart Hotel 10:00-11:00 AM | Richard Hawke
5:00 PM Arrive Back at Hotel Hardy Grasses & Perennial Companions (APLD: 1 CREDIT)
Mettawa Manor Private Garden (Mettawa, IL)
11:15-12:15 PM | Kellie O’Brien
Bergmann Private Garden (Lake Forest, IL)
Lunch & Tour Camp Rosemary Private Garden (Lake Forest, IL) Trends in Design: Then to Now
Becker Private Garden (Deerfield, IL) 12:15-1:15 PM Cash Lunch
Lenhardt Private Garden (Winnetka, IL)
1:15-2:15 PM | Randy Powers
6:00-7:00 PM Evening Social (Balmoral Ballroom)
Plants for Birds (APLD: 1 CREDIT)
Insider Tip: Try to guess how many types of plants are packed into
Janice Becker’s ¼ acre lot! She keeps binders full of notes on everything 2:30-3:30 PM | Jack De Vroomen
in the garden, which was featured in Fine Gardening magazine. Perennials & Bulbs for Pollinators (APLD: 1 CREDIT)
3:45-4:45 PM | Irvin Etienne
WEST DESIGN AND RETAIL TOUR
Tropicals for the Garden (APLD: 1 CREDIT)
7:30 AM Depart Hotel
5:15 PM Arrive Back at Hotel 6:00-7:00 PM Evening Social (Balmoral Ballroom)
Henry Private Garden (Naperville, IL)
The Growing Place (Aurora, IL)
Rush Copley Medical Center (Aurora, IL)
Lunch & Tour Gardens at Midwest Groundcovers
(St. Charles, IL)
Nau Private Garden (St. Charles, IL)
Allen Private Garden (St. Charles, IL)
6:00-7:00 PM Evening Social (Balmoral Ballroom)
THE GROWING PLACE, part of
Insider Tip: Don’t miss The Growing Place’s gift shop located in a the West Design and Retail Tour
historical landmark farmhouse (circa 1860) or their hidden garden just
over the bridge.
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SCHEDULE SCHEDULE
TUESDAY JULY 30 TUESDAY CONTINUED
Education Held in O’Hare 1&2 Ballroom AAS-NGB Tour Gather in Concourse A
EDUCATION TOUR
7:30-7:45 AM | Janet Draper ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS AND NATIONAL
Welcome from PPA President GARDEN BUREAU TOUR
7:45-8:30 AM | Cathy Jean Maloney 11:40 AM Depart Hotel
10:00 PM Arrive Back at Hotel
History of Horticulture in Chicago (APLD: .75 CREDIT)
Ball Trials & Gardens
8:30-9:30 AM | Piet Oudolf Cantigny AAS Display Gardens,
Hummelo to Belle Isle: A Life in Gardens (APLD/LA CES: 1 CREDIT) Pond Garden and New Formal Garden
9:30-10:15 AM AAS Awards & Dinner Banquet at Cantigny
Trade Show & Silent Auction
Insider Tip: Try to get to the Hillside Garden area at Ball and take
10:15-10:30 AM a moment to view the 38 permanent containers from above and
PPA Foundation Student Scholarship Awards below for different perspectives.
10:30-10:40 AM
AAS Introduction & Awards WEDNESDAY JULY 31
10:40-11:40 AM | Laura Ekasetya Wednesday Tours Gather in O’Hare 3 Ballroom
The Seasons of Lurie (APLD/LA CES: 1 CREDIT) TOURS
11:40-12:00 PM CHICAGO GARDENS WITH PURPOSE TOUR
PPA Awards & Recognition 7:30 AM Depart Hotel
12:00-1:00 PM 9:00/11:30 PM Arrive Back at Hotel
Cash Lunch, Trade Show & Silent Auction Gethsemane Garden Center (Chicago, IL)
Live Wall at Whole Foods Market (Chicago, IL)
1:00-2:00 PM | Piet Oudolf, Laura Ekasetya,
Christy Webber Landscapes (Chicago, IL)
Roy Diblik, Austin Eischeid, Scott Stewart
Lunch & Tour Garfield Park Conservatory (Chicago, IL)
Riding the New Dutch Wave: A Panel Discussion (APLD/LA CES: 1 CREDIT)
Farm on Ogden (Chicago, IL)
2:00-2:45 PM McCormick Place Rooftop Farm (Chicago, IL)
Trade Show & Silent Auction Lurie Garden & Millennium Park
2:45-3:45 PM | Roy Diblik Dinner & Cash Bar
Growing for Large Jobs (APLD/LA CES: 1 CREDIT) Fireworks (optional for those who pre-registered for the late bus)
3:45-4:45 PM Insider Tip: Ask the Staff at Gethsemane about their active philanthropic
New to the Market Forum program and street beautification projects. You’ll take away fresh ideas
about how to support your own community.
5:15-6:30 PM
Social, Trade Show & Silent Auction
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SCHEDULE SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY CONTINUED THURSDAY AUGUST 1
Wednesday Tours Gather in O’Hare 3 Ballroom Education Held in O’Hare 1&2 Ballrooms
TOURS EDUCATION
CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN & CITY TOUR 7:45-8:30 AM
8:00 AM Depart Hotel Grower: Shannon Currey
9:00/11:30 PM Arrive Back at Hotel Success with Sedges (APLD: .75 CREDIT)
Lurveys Garden Center (Des Plaines, IL)
Trends: Nina Koziol
Chicago Botanic Garden (Glencoe, IL)
Midwestern Home Gardens (APLD: .75 CREDIT)
Lunch & Tour Chalet Nursery & Garden Center (Wilmette, IL)
Lurie Garden & Millennium Park (Chicago, IL) 8:30-9:15 AM
Dinner & Cash Bar Grower: Joanne Lutz
Fireworks (optional for those who pre-registered for the late bus) Plagues of Perennials (APLD: .75 CREDIT)
Trends: Dave MacKenzie
Insider Tip: Chalet’s plants support numerous beehives, which
produce 100% pure wildflower honey. Pick some up at the retail Living Walls (APLD: .75 CREDIT)
store as a delicious souvenir! 9:15-10:00 AM
Trade Show & Silent Auction
10:00-10:45 AM
TASTE OF CHICAGO GROWER TOUR Grower: Laura Robles
7:00 AM Depart Hotel
Baptisia and Hibiscus (APLD: .75 CREDIT)
9:00/11:30 PM Arrive Back at Hotel
Trends: Susan Martin
Hampshire Farms (Hampshire, IL)
Hoffie Nursery & GET Group (Union, IL) Marketing to Create Loyalty (APLD: .75 CREDIT)
Mariani Plants (Garden Prairie, IL) 10:45-11:30 AM
Lunch on the Bus Trade Show & Silent Auction
Countryside Flower Shop, Nursery, and 11:30-12:30 PM | Kelly Norris
Garden Center (Crystal Lake, IL) Reimagining the Perennial Palette from the Prairie Perspective (APLD: 1 CREDIT)
Lurie Garden & Millennium Park
12:30-12:45 PM
Dinner & Cash Bar PPA 2020 Perennial Plant of the Year® Announcement
Fireworks (optional for those who pre-registered for the late bus) NGB 2020 Year of… Plant Announcements
12:45 PM
Insider Tip: What’s in a name? Try to identify the plant that is featured in
Cash Lunch, Trade Show & Silent Auction
the Hoffie Nursery logo. It’s the first plant they ever sold! And see if you
can discover how they came up with GET Group. What do those letters 1:15 PM
stand for? PPA Business Meeting (O’Hare 1 Ballroom)
2:00 PM
Closing of Trade Show & Silent Auction
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SCHEDULE SCHEDULE
FRIDAY AUGUST 2
Friday Tours Gather in Concourse A
TOURS
MICHIGAN MARVELS TOUR
THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR, WALTERS GARDENS!
6:15 AM Depart Hotel
8:15 PM Arrive Back at Hotel
Midwest Groundcovers (Fennville, MI)
Lunch & Tour Walters Gardens (Zeeland, MI)
Hansen Private Garden (Zeeland, MI)
Martin Private Garden (Holland, MI)
Sawyer Home & Garden Center (Sawyer, MI)
WALTERS GARDENS, Sponsor and
part of the Michigan Marvels Tour Dinner While on the Bus
Insider Tip: Get ready to geek out on sustainable production at Walters
Gardens – look for energy saving curtains in greenhouses, biodegradable
Elle Plugs and be sure to ask how they recycle a quarter million pounds of
THURSDAY CONTINUED paper, plastic and metal a year.
EDUCATION SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST DESIGN TOUR
2:00-3:00 PM | Jeff Epping 7:00 AM Depart Hotel
Creating Epic Designs (APLD/LA CES: 1 CREDIT) 5:30 PM Arrive Back at Hotel
Koziol Private Garden (Palos Park, IL)
3:00-4:00 PM | Craig Bergmann
Grigus Private Garden (Lemont, IL)
Right Place, Right Plant (APLD/LA CES: 1 CREDIT)
Adelmann Private Garden (Lockport, IL)
4:00-4:15 PM | John Friel, Ron Strasko Lunch on the Bus
2020 PPA National Symposium Announcement
Morton Arboretum East Side Gardens (Lisle, IL)
4:15 PM | Janet Draper O’Brien Private Garden (Hinsdale, IL)
Closing Remarks, Buses Depart Hotel for Ball
Donovan Private Garden (La Grange, IL)
5:00-7:30 PM Insider Tip: Be on the lookout for the largest and oldest Austrian pine in
Tour the Gardens at Ball followed by Dinner & Cash Bar Illinois when you visit this particular private garden which is planted around
7:30-8:15 PM | Anna Ball a stone house built in 1842.
Trends and Challenges in Horticulture Today
8:30 PM
Buses Depart Ball for Hotel
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SPEAKERS SPEAKERS
LAURA EKASETYA
ANNA BALL
Director and Head Horticulturist, Lurie Garden; Speaker
President and CEO, Ball Horticultural Company
She oversees all aspects of the company including over 20 locations She joined Lurie in 2011 as a horticulturist to maintain the
worldwide that specialize in everything from breeding, biotechnol- integrity of Oudolf’s design after tending to perennials under
ogy, and production, to marketing of flower seeds and cuttings. Pri- research evaluation at the Chicago Botanic Garden. She became
vately-held and now in its third generation of family management, the director in 2017 yet still enjoys stalking insects, birds, and
Ball is known for setting lasting trends in the industry. other creatures that make the garden their home.
CRAIG BERGMANN JEFF EPPING
Founder, Craig Bergmann Landscape Design, Inc.; Registered Owner, Jeff Epping Design & Consulting, LLC;
Landscape Architect; Editor and Speaker Director of Horticulture, Olbrich Botanical Gardens
He is a Registered Landscape Architect, garden designer, He and his staff have practiced and preached sustainable
plantsman and lecturer and is uniquely self-taught, gardening gardening for years, and it is reflected in their environmentally
since he was five years old with a gift of his own garden plot from friendly cultural practices and innovative award-winning garden
his father. designs.
IRVIN ETIENNE
SHANNON CURREY Horticultural Display Coordinator, Garden at Newfields at the
Marketing Director, Hoffman Nursery Indianapolis Museum of Art; Writer and Speaker
Her work at Hoffman has included coordinating the plant Working in the 152 acres of the Garden requires skill with all
evaluation program, managing the sales team, and overseeing the manner of woody and herbaceous plants, but he loves the tropical
marketing program. She writes articles for national trade publica- species most of all. He is the recipient of Gold and Silver awards in
tions and speaks regularly about grasses. She currently serves as Electronic Media Writing from the Garden Writers Association for
Southern Region Director for PPA. his blogging at the IMA.
JACK DE VROOMEN RICHARD HAWKE
Marketing and Sales Director, De Vroomen Garden Products Plant Evaluation Manager and Instructor,
He heads up the marketing of Perennials and Flower Bulbs in the Chicago Botanic Garden; Author
USA and Canada and has been with the company since 1979. He In his role since 1986, he is also the author of Plant Evaluation
is on the board for the Keukenhof Garden and Castle and is also Notes, and an author and contributing editor for Fine Gardening.
Chairman of the Puntenburg Foundations where children with In 2005, Richard received the PPA’s Academic Award for teaching
accessibility needs benefit from horse therapy. excellence.
ROY DIBLIK NINA KOZIOL
Co-Owner, Northwind Perennial Farm; Perennial Plant Instructor, Chicago Botanic Garden; Writer
Expert, Grower and Designer; Author and Speaker She has taught design and horticulture at the Chicago
Combining his 35 years of knowledge growing traditional and Botanic Garden and The Morton Arboretum for 20 years. She
Midwest native perennials, he specializes in highly aesthetic, was a long-time writer for the Chicago Tribune and her articles
sustainable plant communities for all seasons, while reducing have appeared in Organic Gardening, Chicagoland Gardening
maintenance through design. and many others.
AUSTIN EISCHEID JOANNE LUTZ
Independent Garden Design Consultant, Austin GGSPro Technical Support Specialist, Griffin
Eischeid Garden Design Greenhouse and Nursery Supplies, Inc.
His experience includes studying design projects in Germany, During her diverse career path, she owned an IPM scouting and
England and the USA. He specializes in designing dynamic consulting business for 8 years, worked as a greenhouse grower,
naturalistic plantings using strong perennials and grasses with customer care technical support and sales throughout the
all season interest. greenhouse, nursery and landscape industry.
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SPEAKERS SPEAKERS
PIET OUDOLF
ED LYON
Influential Dutch Garden Designer; Author; Leading Figure
Director, Reiman Gardens at Iowa State University; Writer and
of the “New Perennial” Movement
Speaker
His work is found throughout the world, from the Netherlands to the
He teaches, lectures and has served as featured/keynote speaker
United States. He has won a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show,
for a number of conferences. He is emphatic about focusing on
an award of distinction from the APLD, Honorary Fellowship of the
gardening with regionalism as a primary focus. Most importantly,
Royal Institute of British Architects, and a Lifetime Achievement Award
he is an avid gardener with dirt under his fingernails.
from the Society of Garden Designers, among many others.
RANDY POWERS
DAVE MACKENZIE Owner, Prairie Future Seed Company; Reconstruction
Owner and General Manager, Hortech, Inc. Ecologist; Environmental and Plant Inventory Consultant
He is also an author, photographer, plant breeder, and product With a Masters degree in both Botany and Zoology, he has thirty
developer who focuses on logical, horticulturally sound green years of ecology field experience in natural area problem solving,
infrastructure products. His specialty is in green roof plants and restoration and management. He also works as an environmental
systems as well as planted wall systems. and plant inventory consultant and is a licensed Wisconsin Nursery
Man and Propagator.
CATHY JEAN MALONEY LAURA ROBLES
Senior Editor, Chicagoland Gardening; Author Trials Manager, Walters Gardens, Inc.
She is a lifelong Chicago area resident! At the magazine, she She has been involved in the horticulture industry for nearly 20
researches and writes about hundreds of private and public years in various aspects including retail, public gardening, growing
gardens. She is also the author of five books on horticultural history. and research. She is an alumnus of the Greenhouse Product News
40 Under 40 Class of 2013.
SUSAN MARTIN
Freelance Horticultural Marketer, Writer, Speaker SCOTT STEWART
and Consultant Executive Director, Millennium Park Foundation
Over the past 20 years, she has gained experience in independent His goal is to create free, open, and culturally representative
garden center and mass merchant sales, merchandising, landscape experiences for people in public spaces of artistic and architectural
and container design and installation, new plant development, significance. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Horticulture and is
branding, and marketing at the trade and consumer levels. deeply passionate about the value and role of public space.
KELLY NORRIS
Director of Horticulture and Education, Greater Des Moines
Botanical Garden; Author, Speaker and Photographer
He is an award-winning author and plantsman from Iowa who many
call a rising star of American horticulture. Throughout his career, his
work has been featured in The New York Times, Better Homes and
Gardens, Martha Stewart Living, and in numerous local and
regional media appearances.
KELLIE O’BRIEN
Owner, English Gardens Ltd.; Founder, O’Brien
School for the Maasai
Designing for nearly four decades, her home garden has been BECKER PRIVATE GARDEN, part
featured on the cover of national magazines and is part of one of of the North Shore Design Tour
the tours. She founded the O’Brien School for the Maasai in Sanya
Station, Tanzania in 2006, and is actively involved in the school’s
ongoing development, including its garden.
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In addition to its use over a wide range of greenhouse and Hostas are probably the most valuable perennials for any
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GOLDEN FOUNTAIN GRASS
ARCTIC FOX ROSE
Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Yellow Ribbons’; PPAF
Digitalis hybrida -- EU PBRAF; PPAF
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Hot pink flowers are held above very upright growing ‘Purple Flame’ has a rich, more intense cast to stems and
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ECHIBECKIA SUMMERINA BLAZING FIRE
ECHINACEA BUTTERFLY SERIES Rudbeckia hybrid 16-03; PPAF
GardenWorld Inc.
Pacific Plug & Liner
The two-toned flowers are pink near the center and cor-
Blazing fire holds up to the same standards as others in the
al-orange and mature to a raspberry pink. Compact and
Summerina series in that it is fast growing, can fill larger pots
free-branching with sturdy stems; blooms mid summer to
with only one liner and flowers last for many weeks without
late fall.
needing to be deadheaded.
HEMEROCALLIS DOUBLE PARDON; EUPHORBIA MINER’S MERLOT
PP22799 Euphorbia KS01; PPAF
GardenWorld Inc. Pacific Plug & Liner
Mid season bloomer. Named after the popular Pardon Me, Euphorbia Miner’s Merlot is a super dark variety with Merlot
large deep red flowers like its namesake, but double new growth. The habit is vigorous and propagation is not
with as many as 18 tepals for a unique twist. challenging like other dark varieties on the market.
SUMMER’S SURRENDER IRONWEED
Vernonia ‘Summer’s Surrender’ PP28, 475 CAREX FEATHER FALLS
Chicagoland Grows, Inc. PP26,199
Dark purple florets are packed into nearly one-inch-wide Pacific Plug & Liner
flower heads which are borne in profusion on airy inflores- Carex Feather Falls is super vigorous for growers and can
cences from early September to early October in northern finish in pots in as little as 8 weeks. Plants are uniform with
Illinois (USDA Zone 5). A diversity of butterflies, moths, and clean foliage so the crop can easily be row run.
bees are attracted to the selection.
VERNONIA SUMMER’S SWAN SONG IRONWEE
Vernonia ‘Summer’s Swan Song’ PP28,556 ALL SUMMER BEAUTY GERANIUM
Chicagoland Grows, Inc. Geranium ‘All Summer Beauty’
The popular and durable selection adding to its display. The Plants Nouveau, LLC.
third-inch-wide capitula with their dark purple florets are born Periwinkle blue flowers continue all summer with flushes of
in profusion for 5 to 6 weeks from early September to blooms. Foliage and flowers are more dainty and graceful,
mid-October in northern Illinois. A diversity of butterflies, yet also more floriferous than Rozanne.
moths, and bees are attracted to the selection.
SUMMER SNOW JOE-PYE WEED
Eupatorium maculatum ‘Summer Snow’ PPAF
DIANTHUS ‘PINK FIRE’
Chicagoland Grows, Inc.
Like the species, our selection attracts a variety of pollinators.
Plants Nouveau, LLC.
Enormous fully double fiery pink carnation flowers emerge
Both the stout stems and the bold foliage are a handsome
from a steely blue base of foliage. Flowers do not flop. A
green. It has also exhibited excellent resistance to powdery
super strong clove fragrance.
mildew. The white flowers are an excellent contrast to the
species typical mauve-pink.
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CROCOSMIA ‘ORANGE PEKOE’®
Thanks J.Berry Nursery
Rijnbeek and Son Perennials - Export B.V.
A great plant to use in the landscape. The 3 different tones
of color in the flower is very attractive. Flowers are also
attractive to bees.
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GEUM TEMPO ROSE
PPAF (‘TNGEUTY)
Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
Produces a plethora of dark, rose-pink floswers on short, Radiant Red™ Black
dark stems. Long time bloom allows pollinators to enjoy for Diamond® Crapemyrtle PPAF
months. Deer resistant pollinator.
HEUCHERA NORTHERN EXPOSURETM SIENNA
PPAF (‘TNHEUNESI’)
Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
Newest addition to the Northern ExposureTM series - bred
specifically for colder climates but have had tremendous
success in some of the warmesst trialing enviornments.
HEUCHERELLA ‘PEACH TEA’
PPAF (‘TNHERPT)
Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
Naturally rust resistant, prefers well-drained, humus rich soils.
Beautiful clean colors on a tough garden favorite. Vigorous Summer Spice™ Bleu
and compact. Naturally rust resistant. Brulee™ PPAF
SPIGELIA ‘LITTLE RED HEAD’ Vanilla™ Cabana
Spigelia marilan dica ‘Little Red Head’
Canna™ PPAF
Walters Gardens
Little Red Head’ is a superior selection to the species
with dark green foliage uniformity and beautiful dark
red tubular flowers.
W: jberrynursery.com
SEDUM ‘BOOGIE WOOGIE’ PPAF P: 903.962.6590
Walters Gardens
Fantastic summer flowering variegated ground cover sedum. E: info@jberrynursery.com
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Booth #105
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PRODUCTS PINDSTRUP
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Booth #314 PERENNIALS - EXPORT B.V.
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GARDENWORLD, INC.
Booth #213 SKAGIT HORTICULTURE
Booth #107
GREEN LEAF PLANTS
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Booth #315
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