Web Special
National and Regional Plant Awards for 2009


NATIONAL AWARDS

• All-America Rose Selections
  
  Pink Promise
  Cinco de Mayo
  Carefree Spirit
   

• All-America Selections
  
  Viola ‘Rain Blue and Purple’
  ‘Honey Bear’ acorn squash
  ‘Gretel’ eggplant
  ‘Lambkin’ melon
   

• American Rose Society Award of Excellence
  
  Deja Blu
  Ambiance
  Warm and Fuzzy
   

• Ivy of the Year (American Ivy Society)
  
  Hedera helix ‘Eva’
   

• Perennial Plant of the Year (Perennial Plant Association)
  
  Hakonechloa macra (‘Aureola’)
   

• Tree of the Year (Society of Municipal Arborists)
  
  Quercus muehlenbergii — chinkapin oak

REGIONAL AWARDS

• Cary Awards (New England)
  
  Buxus spp. - boxwoods
  Nyssa sylvatica - tupelo
   

•  Florida Plants of the Year (Florida Nursery and Landscape Association)
  
  Acca sellowiana  - pineapple guava
  Arachis glabrata  - perennial peanut
  Bismarckia nobilis (silver form) -  Bismarck palm
  Dryopteris erythrosora -  autumn fern
  Hamelia patens -  firebush
  Serenoa repens (silver form) -  silver saw palmetto
  Torenia Summer Wave® series -  wishbone pansy
  Ulmus alata -  winged elm
  Viburnum obovatum (compact forms) -  compact Walter’s viburnum
  Zamioculcas zamiifolia -  ZZ
   

• Georgia Gold Medal Plants
  
  Angelonia angustifolia - summer snapdragon
  Amsonia hubrichtii - Arkansas bluestar
  Osmanthus fragrans - fragrant tea olive
  Cercis canadensis ‘Covey’- Lavender TwistTM redbud
   

• Georgia Native Plant Society Plant of the Year
  
  Quercus alba - white oak
   

• GreatPlants for the Great Plains
  
  Tree of the Year: Cornus mas - Corneliancherry dogwood
  Conifer of the Year: Picea omorika - Serbian spruce
  Shrub of the Year: Mahonia repens - creeping mahonia
  Perennial of the Year: Amsonia hubrichtii - Arkansas bluestar
  Grass of the Year: Panicum ‘Shenandoah’ - Shenandoah switchgrass

2009 GreatPlants Releases

Clematis hexapetala ‘Mongolian Snowflakes’
Eupatorium ‘Prairie Jewel’
Monarda ‘Prairie Gypsy’

• Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Medal Winners
  (USDA Hardiness Zones 5-7)
  
  Vitex agnus-castus ‘Shoal Creek’ - chastetree
  Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-Low’ - fragrant sumac
  Lonicera pileata - privet honeysuckle
  Lindera glauca var. salicifolia - spicebush
  Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Morioka Weeping’ - weeping katsura tree
   

• Plant Select (Rocky Mountain and Plains States)
  
  Agastache‘Pstessene’ - CORONADO® red hyssop
  Calamagrostis brachytricha - Korean feather reed grass
  Cercocarpus intricatus - littleleaf mountain mahogany
  Delosperma ‘Psfave’- LAVENDER ICETM ice plant
  Marrubium rotundifolium - silverheels horehound
  Rudbeckia - DENVER DAISYTM rudbeckia
   

•  Theodore Klein Plant Awards (Kentucky)
  
  2009 winners yet to be announced.