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All-America Selections For 2001

Saturday, January 06, 2001

FLOWERS

'Margarita Rosita Portulaca'has large semidouble deep pink flowers that thrive in hot growing conditions.

'Ring Of Fire' Sunflower' grows up to 4 1/2 feet tall. Each plant produces numerous stems of flowers with distinctive mahogany red rings and chocolate brown centers. The petal edges are gold to attract pollinators.

'Forever Blue' Eustoma' or lisianthus is a bedding plant that produces dense mounds of single blue flowers. Heat-tolerant, it is well adapted to container gardening.

'Avalon Bright Pink' is an improved dwarf nicotiana that produces star-shaped pastel pink flowers throughout the bloom season. This heat-tolerant plant gets to be 10 inches high with a spread of up to 12 inches.

'Profusion White' Zinnia' produces white daisy-like flowers from spring to late fall and is exceptionally resistant to powdery mildew.

VEGETABLES

'Honey Select' Corn is a triple-sweet variety that, unlike most sweets, does not require isolation from other corn pollens. Maturing in 79 days, the corn ears average 8 inches in length.

'Jolly' Is A Pink Peach-Shaped Tomato that grows on indeterminant vines, meaning it produces fruit throughout the growing season. It grows in clusters of nine to 14 and the flesh is meaty and sweet.

'Giant Macaroni' Peppers' are an improved Italian variety that tastes best when grilled. They are disease-resistant.

'Super Star' Onions' are milder, sweeter and larger than 'White Sweet Spanish' onions, their closest comparison. They do not require days of a particular length to produce bulbs.



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