OVERTON — If you want to select for hardy bedding plants, forget New York; think East Texas.
“If they can make it here, they can make it anywhere,” said John Antonelli, a Michigan-based representative with Proven Winners, a company that sells to retail garden centers across North America.
Antonelli was among approximately 180 international seed company representatives, professional growers and Master Gardeners attending the 2011 East Texas Horticultural Field Day held June 23 at Overton.
“The reason I’m here today is to see what the real world is like, out here in East Texas,” Antonelli said.
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