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2017 All-America Selections Garden WInners
The document lists the 2017 All-America Selections winners in both edible and ornamental categories, highlighting key features such as flavor, yield, color, and growth habits for each plant. Winning varieties include several types of beans, peppers, tomatoes, and ornamental flowers like petunias and zinnias. Overall, the document emphasizes plants that are easy to grow, high yielding, and suitable for various gardening applications.
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- 2. Bean, Pole Seychelles 2017Edible Winner • Uniform stringless beans • Excellent flavor • High yields • Early to produce
- 3. Celosia Asian Garden 2017Ornamental Seed Winner • Early to bloom • Bushy habit, great branching • Sturdy stems support numerous blooms • Bright pink color • Pollinator magnet • 31-40” tall
- 4. Dianthus Supra Pink 2017Ornamental Seed Winner • Easy-to-grow • Interspecific • Unique mottled pink colored blooms • Compact, busy plant with prolific flowers that blooms for three seasons • No deadheading needed
- 5. Fennel Antares F1 2017Edible Winner • First fennel Winner for AAS! • Multiple uses: edible bulb, ornamental fronds, seed producer, pollinator favorite • Uniform, pure white bulbs • Much improved, almost sweet flavor • 7-10 days slower to bolt
- 6. Geranium Calliope® MediumDark Red 2017 Ornamental Vegetative Winner • Velvety, deep red flower color • Zonal type flowers and leaves • Mounded, semi- spreading habit • Loaded with blossoms • Works great in containers and hanging baskets as well as landscapes
- 7. Okra Candle FireF1 2017 Edible Winner • Unique round pods. • Can be used as an ornamental. • Easy to grow. • Crispy and slightly sweet in salads, • Soft, tender when boiled. • Fruit size: 4-5” long
- 8. Pea Patio Pride 2017Edible Winner • Compact form good for container gardens & small spaces • Sweet, tender, uniform pods • Early to mature (40 days)
- 9. Penstemon barbatus TwizzlePurple F1 2017 Ornamental Seed Winner • Vibrant purple blooms, unique color • First-year flowering perennial • Upright plant habit • Excellent flowering performance • North American native • Pollinator-friendly
- 10. Pepper Aji RicoF1 2017 Edible Winner • Unique baccatum pepper • Early to mature • High yield • Great taste, notes of citrus • Slight heat • Great fresh or dried for paprika
- 11. Pepper Chili PieF1 2017 Edible Winner • Mini bell pepper • Slightly hot • Compact • Easy-to-grow • High yield • Works well in containers
- 12. Pepper Sweetie Pie 2017Edible Winner • Small mini-bell peppers • Sweet taste • Easy-to-grow • Thick walled
- 13. Pepper Mad HatterF1 2017 Edible Winner • Unique, exotic pepper • South American native • Novel three-sided shape • Deliciously sweet taste with notes of citrus and floral • Vigorous, robust plants • Easy to grow
- 14. Petunia Evening Scentsation 2017Ornamental Seed Winner • Great fragrance, stronger in the evening • Stunning color • Nice, mounding habit • Medium sized multiflora type petunia
- 15. Squash Sugaretti F1 2017Edible Winner • Beautiful striped fruits • Spaghetti-type • Prolific producer • Short semi-bushy vines • Good disease resistance
- 16. Squash, Winter HoneyBaby 2017 Edible Winner • Very productive, compact plant with shorter vines (2- 3’) • Semi-bush habit • Powdery mildew resistant • Sweet, nutty, meaty flesh • Steam, bake or use in soups and stews • 8-9 fruits per plant
- 17. Tomato Chef’s ChoiceYellow F1 2017 Edible Winner • 4th in series of Chef’s Choice tomatoes • Large meaty fruits • Sweet citrusy flavor, low acidity • 9-10 ounce fruits • Disease resistant • 5’ indeterminate vines
- 18. Tomato Midnight Snack 2017Edible Winner • Great tasting indigo type tomato • Indeterminate, produces all season- long • Matures early
- 19. Tomato Patio ChoiceYellow F1 2017 Edible Winner • Compact determinate tomato specifically for small spaces and container gardens • Large yields • Bright yellow cherry tomatoes • Over 100 fruits per plant!
- 20. Verbena EnduraScape™ PinkBicolor 2017 Ornamental Vegetative Winner • Tough as nails verbena • Tolerates drought and heat • Also survives temps down to low teens • Long blooming • Unique bicolor blooms • Vigorous plants
- 21. Vinca MegaBloom OrchidHalo F1 2017 Ornamental Seed Winner • Exciting new series of vinca • Withstands heat and humidity without disease • Bright, rich purple blooms with white eye • Striking landscape display • Early to bloom, uniform and compact in the greenhouse
- 22. Vinca MegaBloom PinkHalo F1 2017 Ornamental Seed Winner • Exciting new series of vinca • Withstands heat and humidity without disease • Huge soft pink blooms with white eye • Striking landscape display • Early to bloom, uniform and compact in the greenhouse
- 23. Watermelon Gold inGold F1 2017 Edible Winner • Unique rind color • Golden yellow flesh • Crisp texture • Very sweet • Early producer • High yield
- 24. Watermelon Mini LoveF1 2017 Edible Winner • Asian watermelon well adapted for small gardens & patio. • Good choice for culinary gardeners. • Sweet refreshing taste, few seeds • 7-9 pound melons • 3’ vines with up to 6 fruits per plant
- 25. Zinnia Profusion Red 2017Ornamental Seed Winner • Fourth color in single flowered Profusion series to win AAS award • Compact form • Diseases resistant • Continuous blooms all season long • Perfect, deep red flower color does not fade • Pollinator-friendly • Uniform plants, outstanding greenhouse performance