Nursery professionals pay heed the 2019 Farwest Show chose Flame Thrower Redbud ( Cercis ‘ NC2016 - 2 ’ PPTBS ) as their multitude ’s Choice Best in Show award success in the New Varieties Showcase . The show was hold up August 21–23 in Portland , Oregon .
Flame Thrower was cover by Dr. Denny Werner in North Carolina and introduced by Farwest Show shower Star Roses and industrial plant , which had it available for ordering at the show as a bare root tree . fit in to Star , this breakthrough small tree variety has highly unique foliage color , with four to five different leafage colors ( Bourgogne , red , orangish , white-livered , lime ) on just one branch . young growth is burgundy / red and ages to bright sensationalistic , then green . Leaf singe is very minimum , and the tree diagram itself is downcast maintenance . It has a semi - pendulous habit , growing to 15–20 feet high-pitched and 15 feet wide .
Farwest Show attendees were able-bodied to experience 83 different new industrial plant launching at the New Varieties Showcase , where they could then vote for their favorites . In addition to Flame Thrower , the voters chose three other extract to take in Awards of Merit . They were as fall out :
Seaside Serenade Cape Hatteras Hydrangea ( Hydrangea macrophylla ‘ HORTHART ’ PPAF)This hydrangea was hybridized by Kolster BV in The Netherlands and introduced by Farwest Show exhibitor Monrovia , which had it usable for dictate at the show in # 2 and # 5 container . According to Monrovia , the deep burgundy red of this bloom is intemperate to conceive , and photos do n’t seem to do it Justice Department . The flush are offset with grotesque deep - unripe foliage and the stem are very impregnable to hold up the 10 - inch blooms . As a tetraploid , this plant is strong and knotty with thick stems and firm , deeply colored , leathery foliage and long - lasting blooms . The shrub peak in natural spring and summer , with an ultimate sizing of 3½ feet tall and 3 feet wide . It make a assertion in the garden or as an entrance speech pattern in a container . The blossom hold their color for an extended period of fourth dimension and make splendid dried flowers . The stocky habit without the utilization of industrial plant ontogenesis governor fits usefully into a variety of smaller spaces in the landscape painting .
Rock n ’ mature ‘ Pride and Joy ’ Stonecrop ( Sedum ‘ Pride and Joy ’ PPAF CPBRAF)This sedum was discovered by Hans Hansen of Walters Gardens Inc. in Zeeland , Michigan , and introduce by Walters Gardens Inc. It was made available for rank in 72 - count plugs and G1 bare stem plants from exhibitor Proven Winners at the Farwest Show . According to them , the drab pinko ‘ Pride and Joy ’ connect the light pink ‘ virtuous Joy ’ and the white - flowering sport ` Bundle of Joy ’ . This sport of ‘ everlasting Joy ’ share the same immaculate riding habit , excellent flower coverage , serrate folio , and other bloom time as its parent , but with dark leave and darker pink flower . It makes a durable , scummy alimony , low water necessity garden plant .
Heartleaf Brunnera ‘ female monarch of Hearts ’ ( Brunnera macrophylla ‘ king of Hearts’)This brunnera was interbreed by Hans Hansen of Walters Gardens Inc. in Zeeland , Michigan , and introduced by Walters Gardens Inc. It was made available for rank in 2 - enumeration and 72 - count plug from shower Proven Winners at the Farwest Show . According to them , this arresting foliation perennial will be the queen of the ghost . Brunnera ` Queen of Hearts ’ has extremely large , heart - shaped folio and a pronounced silver overlayer with narrower bands of dark green veining . From mid to late leaping , child blue , blank out - me - not type blossoms are held in clusters above the foliation . The plant life exhibits good anthracnose resistivity .
The New Varieties Showcase People ’s Choice Awards were announced on the final day of the 2019 Farwest Show , August 23 . Announced in the beginning , on the first day of the show ( August 21 ) , were the Judges ’ Choice awards . Nipponese painted fern ‘ Crested Surf ’ ( Athyrium niponicum ‘ Crested Surf ’ PPAF CPBRAF ) win the judge ’ Best in Show pureness , while Golden Falls Redbud ( Cercis Golden Falls ‘ NC2015 - 12 ’ PPAF ) , Manzanita ‘ Panchito ’ ( Arctostaphylos x coloradensis ‘ Panchito ’ ) , and Ground Hog Aronia ( Aronia melanocarpa ‘ UCONNAM012 ’ PPAF ) were chosen for judges ’ Awards of Merit .
Although the 2019 Farwest Show is number and gone , all of this year ’s New Varieties Showcase selections still can be viewed on-line atwww.farwestshow.com/new-varieties-showcase . The 2020 Farwest Show will include a whole new batch of selections at the New Varieties Showcase , and will take position August 26–28 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland , Oregon . For more information : www.farwestshow.com
