{"id":10487,"date":"2018-01-31T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=10487"},"modified":"2018-01-26T20:15:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T01:15:34","slug":"best-annuals-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2018\/01\/31\/best-annuals-of-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Annuals Of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each year Greenhouse Grower* magazine compiles a listing of the best annuals selected by field garden\u00a0 staff and garden visitors to 19 public and seed company\u00a0trial gardens across the U.S. Talleying the resuts, thirty-five (35) varieties appeared more than once, with Salvia<\/em>\u00a0‘Mystic Spires Improved’<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Alternanthera<\/em> ‘Purple Prince’<\/strong> appearing five times.<\/p>\n

Before proceeding further, keep in mind that this a non-scientific poll as not every variety was planted or evaluated at each\u00a0site. Climate and field conditions were major variables at each location.<\/p>\n

See chart below: * Varieties appearing three times;\u00a0 ** Varieties appearing four times;\u00a0 *** Varieties five times or more<\/span><\/p>\n

Varieties Appearing On Top Performer Lists More Than Once:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Alternanthera ‘Purple Prince’<\/p><\/div>\n

Alternanthera<\/em>\u00a0‘Purple Prince’***<\/span><\/p>\n

Begonia<\/em> ‘MegaWatt Pink Bronze Leaf’<\/p>\n

Begonia<\/em> ‘MegaWatt\u00a0Red Bronze Leaf’*<\/span><\/p>\n

Calibrachoa<\/em> ‘MiniFamous Neo Orange + Red Eye’<\/p>\n

Calibrachoa<\/em> ‘Superbells Rising Star’<\/p>\n

Canna<\/em> ‘CannovaBronze Orange’<\/p>\n

Coleus<\/em> ‘Flame Thrower Salsa Verda’*<\/span><\/p>\n

Coleus<\/em> ‘Main Street Michigan Avenue’<\/p>\n

Dianthus<\/em> ‘Jolt Pink Magic’<\/p>\n

Echinacea<\/em> ‘Sombrero Granada Gold’<\/p>\n

Echinacea<\/em> ‘Sombrero Lemon Yellow Improved’<\/p>\n

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Echinacea ‘Sombrero Sangrita’<\/p><\/div>\n

Echinacea<\/em> ‘Sombrero Sangrita’<\/p>\n

Ersyimum<\/em> ‘Bowles Me Away’<\/p>\n

Ersyimum<\/em>\u00a0 ‘Cheers Florange’<\/p>\n

Ersyimum<\/em>\u00a0 ‘Cheers Sunkissed Amethyst’<\/p>\n

Helianthus<\/em> ‘Autumn Gold’<\/p>\n

Lantana<\/em> ‘Havana Sunset’<\/p>\n

Miscanthus<\/em>‘Bandwidth’<\/p>\n

Pennisetum<\/em> glaucum ‘Copper Prince’<\/p>\n

Pentas<\/em> ‘Lucky Star Deep Pink’<\/p>\n

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Pepper (Capsicum) ‘Midnight Fire’<\/p><\/div>\n

Pentas<\/em> ‘Lucky Star Lavender’<\/p>\n

Pepper ‘<\/em>Midnight Fire’*<\/span><\/p>\n

Petunia<\/em> ColorRush Pink’**<\/span><\/p>\n

Petunia<\/em> ‘Supertunia Bordeaux’*<\/span><\/p>\n

Petunia<\/em> ‘Supertunia Lovie Dovie’**<\/span><\/p>\n

Petunia<\/em> ‘Supertunia Mulberry Charm’<\/p>\n

Petunia<\/em> ‘Supertunia Vista Bubblegum’<\/p>\n

Petunia<\/em> ‘Supertunia Vista Fuchsia’<\/p>\n

Salvia<\/em>\u00a0‘Mystic Spires Improved’***<\/span><\/p>\n

Salvia<\/em> ‘Rockin’ Playin’ The Blues Improved’<\/p>\n

Salvia<\/em>\u00a0‘Rockin’ Deep Purple’<\/p>\n

Thunbergia<\/em> ‘Lemon A-Peel’*<\/span><\/p>\n

Verbena<\/em> ‘EnduraScape Pink Bicolor’<\/p>\n

Zinnia<\/em> ‘Double Zahara Raspberry Ripple’*<\/span><\/p>\n

*Greenhouse Grower magazine (November 2017 issue), Meister Publications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each year Greenhouse Grower* magazine compiles a listing of the best annuals selected by field garden\u00a0 staff and garden visitors to 19 public and seed company\u00a0trial gardens across the U.S. Talleying the resuts, thirty-five (35) varieties appeared more than once, with Salvia\u00a0‘Mystic Spires Improved’\u00a0and\u00a0Alternanthera ‘Purple Prince’ appearing five times. Before proceeding further, keep in mind […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1462,1439,1319,985,1169,752,1040,605,768,1037,1464,645,674,1463,798,1324,1138,602,853,1098,689,688,799,983,625,907,1060,1059,729,1039,777,630,705,918,706,646],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10487"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10496,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10487\/revisions\/10496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}