Celebrating Georgia’s Gold Medal Plants

Georgia Gold Medal Plants have been announced for 2011.

What is a Georgia Gold Medal Plant? Since 1994, plants have been selected by the Georgia Plant Selection Committee, comprised of faculty from the University of Georgia and Green Industry Professionals that include nurserymen, flower growers and landscape professionals across the state.

The plants are broken down into specific categories by best annual, perennial, shrub, tree, ground cover and native plant. This information is then made known to the public, which promotes the sale and use of these superior ornamental plants.

This list of special plants for our state is a great resource in planning for your landscape needs. If it is designing a large or small garden, planting a wonderful large shade tree or just finding native shrubs or flowering ornamentals for our area that have been hand selected by leading area plant specialists, look no further for this must-have list of great plant selections.

To read the rest of the story, please go to: The Gainesville Times