World-Wide Winning Shrubs

It was announced last week that Campsis Summer Jazz Fire has won the Gold Medal award at this year’s Plantarium Trade Show in Boskoop, Netherlands, 2014.

Summer Jazz Fire was the only Gold Medal awarded in the shrub category this year… and there were more than 50 shrub entries!

Hoogeveen Plants entered two cultivars from the Campsis SUMMER JAZZ series for the new plant awards. The plants were bred by Mr. Koichi Sakaue of Takarazuka, Japan and are marketed by Ball Ornamentals. European PBR protection has been applied for. The varieties in the SUMMER JAZZ series stand out from the traditional varieties for their compact habit. This makes them highly suitable as patio plants on the terrace or balcony. However, this variety also constitutes an improvement for consumers as a climbing plant for a wall, fence or pergola. This healthy climbing plant has excellent growing habits and requires little maintenance on the part of the consumer. The flowers already appear at a height of 1.5 meters instead of 2.5-3 meters. The flowers keep their color and do not fade. The nectar in the flowers is very attractive to insects, particularly bees. Campsis 'Takarazuka Fresa' (SUMMER JAZZ FIRE) has orange-red flowers. Campsis 'Takarazuka Yellow' (SUMMER JAZZ GOLD) has golden-yellow flowers.

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