Everybody likes an improve. Whether or not it’s a sooner automotive or a extra environment friendly mobile phone, it’s laborious to show down a greater model of one thing you already like. Crops are a lot the identical. When you already love that beautiful catmint that flowers all season lengthy, what not strive one which not solely has all the identical nice attributes but additionally has an improved behavior. As we speak we’re speaking about vegetation we’ve got an excellent affinity for, however that plant breeders have made simply that significantly better. Maybe it’s an extended bloom time, or stronger winter hardiness, or perhaps a completely different colour to the foliage. Regardless of the change could also be, it’s an enchancment that has made us fall much more in love with these traditional vegetation.
Knowledgeable testimony: Irvin Etienne is Curator of Herbaceous Crops and Seasonal Backyard Design for The Backyard at Newfields in Indianapolis.
Danielle’s Crops
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Traditional: Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica, Zones 4-8)
Improve: ‘Lamplighter’ Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica ‘Lamplighter’, Zones 5-9)
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Traditional: Holly-leaved mahonia (Mahonia aquifolium syn. Berberis aquifolium, Zones 5-8)
Improve: ‘Charity’ mahonia (Mahonia x media ‘Charity’, Zones 7-9)
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Traditional: Bowles’ golden sedge (Carex elata ‘Aurea’, Zones 5-9)
Improve: ‘All Gold’ Japanese forest grass (Hakonechloa macra ‘All Gold’, Zones 5-9)
Carol’s Crops
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Traditional: Variegated weigela (Weigela florida ‘Variegata’, Zones 4-8)
Improve: MY MONET® weigela (Weigela florida ‘Verweig’, Zones 4-6)
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Traditional: Langsdorff’s flowering tobacco (Nicotiana langsdorffii, Zones 10-11)
Improve: ‘Bronze Queen’ flowering tobacco (Nicotiana langsdorffii ‘Bronze Queen’, Zones 10-11)
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Traditional: ‘Walker’s Low’ catmint (Nepeta racemosa ‘Walker’s Low’, Zones 4-8)
Improve: ‘Kitten Round’ catmint (Nepeta faassenii ‘Kitten Round’, Zones 3-8)
Knowledgeable’s Crops
Irvin Etienne is Curator of Herbaceous Crops and Seasonal Backyard Design for The Backyard at Newfields in Indianapolis.
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Traditional: ‘Flamenco’ red-hot poker (Kniphofia uvaria ‘Flamenco’, Zones 5-9)
Improve: ‘Mango Popsicle’ red-hot poker (Kniphofia ‘Mango Popsicle’, Zones 6-9)
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Traditional: ‘Fireball’ hardy hibiscus (Hibiscus ‘Fireball’, Zones 5-9)
Improve: ‘Holy Grail’ hardy hibiscus (Hibiscus ‘Holy Grail’, Zones 4-9)
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Traditional: ‘Storm Cloud’ lily of the Nile (Agapanthus ‘Storm Cloud’, Zones 7b-10)
Improve: ‘Galaxy Blue’ lily of the Nile (Agapanthus ‘Galaxy Blue’, Zones 6-10)
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Traditional: ‘Black Knight’ butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii ‘Black Knight’, Zones 5-9)
Improve: ‘Grand Cascade’ butterfly bush (Buddleia ‘Grand Cascade’, Zones 5-10)
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Traditional: Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin, Zones 6-9)
Improve: ‘Summer time Chocolate’ mimosa (Albizia julibrissin ‘Summer time Chocolate’, Zones 6-9)
