Fleuroselect 2012 Gold Medal Winners Announced
June 15, 2011 | 1 min to read
Every year, Fleuroselect – the International Organization for the Ornamental Plants Industry – awards special honors to those new flower and plant varieties that evidently improve upon their predecessors. For the coming year, five exceptional varieties have been selected, nicknamed ‘The Fabulous Five’.
The criteria for the Fleuroselect ‘Gold Medals’, for instance, include the aesthetic appeal as well as the ease of breeding of the new varieties. Only those flowers and plants which have passed the tests of various independent and expert judges actually make the cut.
The Gold Medal winners, which are considered to be the current pinnacle when it comes to breeding, performance and beauty, are the following five:
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