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2009 Landscape Design Awards Application
Initiated in 1992, this program recognizes design projects that are exemplary in use of herbaceous perennials
to help...
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2008 Landscape Design Award Winners
The Perennial Plant Association (PPA) recognized seventeen designers
with the Landscape Design Awards at the 2008 Perennial...
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Students Recieve PPA Scholarships
The Perennial Plant Association (PPA) presented 2008 Perennial Plant
Association Scholarship Awards to five students...
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Great Lakes Regional Perennial Symposium
The Perennial Plant Association is sponsoring a one-day perennial
symposium in Columbus, Ohio, September 11, 2008....
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The Perennial Plant Association Speakers Bureau provides a convenient location for meeting planners for trade association and university sponsored events, garden clubs, or other green industry programs to find a speaker(s) to meet their program and budget requirements.
Programs include all areas of perennials including perennial plants, perennial design, and maintenance of perennials. Please contact the speakers directly for further information. |
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Geranium ‘Rozanne’
The Perennial Plant Association has awarded the title of Perennial Plant of the Year® to Geranium ‘Rozanne’. Donald and Rozanne Waterer discovered this strong performing hardy geranium in their garden in Somerset, England in 1989. It has 2 ½ inch, iridescent violet-blue, saucer-shaped flowers with purple-violet veins and radiant white centers. Bloom time is from late spring to mid fall.
- Hardiness – USDA Zones 5 to 8
- Size – 20 to 24 inches tall and 24 to 28 inches wide
- Light – Best in full sun to partial shade, afternoon shade is advisable in hot climates
- Soil – Prefers moist, well-drained soil
- Uses - Geranium ‘Rozanne’ may be used as a dynamic ground cover or as an attractive specimen plant. It is a good companion plant to Shasta daisy, perennial salvia, speedwell, hostas, and short ornamental grasses. Rozanne’senergetic habit makes it a worthy tenant of patio containers, window boxes,and hanging baskets.
- Unique Qualities – The large violet-blue flowers with purple-violet veins and small white centers offer non-stop flowering through the growing season. It has one of the longest flowering periods of any of the hardy geraniums.
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Perennial Plant of the Year - How Is It Chosen?
From time to time we receive the question, "How is the Perennial Plant of the Year selected?" The selection process is quite simple – PPA members vote for the POY. In addition to their vote, each member nominates plants for future consideration. The Perennial Plant of...
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