Plant Select plants

Whether you are an experienced gardener or a beginning gardener, following the correct cultural information for each plant leads you to success. Naturally, no gardener has any control over environmental conditions, but picking the best plants means “right plant, right place.”

Why pick a plant that does not do well in our extreme weather conditions? A good understanding of the location in your landscape that needs a plant is well worth the research.  There are organizations such as Plant Select, found at plantselect.org, which has trialed plants over seven years before being accepted into the plant program and then marketed over Colorado.

In addition, Colorado State University Extension offices have trial gardens in which we test out new plants all over the state.  This gives Plant Select additional information to add to their website.  Each year, CSU Extension offices get an evaluation form of the plants they are trialing. Some do well and some do not make it.

In our area we have a Plant Select garden at the Phillips County Fairgrounds and at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Go and visit them. If you have any questions about a special plant, I can help you with that.

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