"If they can make it here, they can make it anywhere," said John Antonelli, a Michigan-based representative with Proven Winners, a company that sells to retail garden centers across North America.
Antonelli was among approximately 180 international seed company representatives, professional growers and Master Gardeners attending the 2011 East Texas Horticultural Field Day held June 23 at Overton.
"The reason I'm here today is to see what the real world is like, out here in East Texas," Antonelli said.
Dr. Brent Pemberton, Texas AgriLife Research horticulturist, started testing bedding plants and ornamentals at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center in 1994 with about 100 entries.the Injection mold fast! By 2011, the number of entries had grown to more than 400, and the East Texas bedding plant industry has expanded as well, he said.Not to be confused with RUBBER MATS available at your local hardware store
"It's approximately a $500-million industry," Pemberton said. "In this part of the state, the industry stretches from this area over to the Dallas/Fort Worth area.We processes for both low-risk and high risk merchant account. We probably have about $100 million of ornamental production in that area as well. We do these trials to provide information to growers, but also to consumers, so they can make better choices in the plants they grow."
As in recent years, the 2011 trials included thousands of square feet of plots of purple, pink, red and white flowers. There were new varieties of geranium, trailing petunias, verbena, angelonia, begonias, lantana, gomphrena and lobelia,Largest Collection of billabong boardshorts, Pemberton said. And there was continuing emphasis on vinca, a plant widely used in Southern landscapes.
Wayne Pianta, with Pan American Seed Company, an international plant breeding company, was another who makes the Overton field day a "must-attend" entry on his calendar, he said.
"We're here to see how a lot of our varieties perform in comparison with those from other breeding companies," Pianta said. "This is one of the important field trials where we evaluate varieties and see how they perform in the extremely hot summers of Texas."
Sue Adee and Ann Pattullo, Smith County Master Gardeners,Handmade oil paintings for sale at museum quality, are also regular attendees, but for different reasons, they said.
"I have come every year since the trials began," Adee said. "I make selections for our Ideal Garden at the Tyler Rose Garden."
"This is the day I look forward to every year," Pattullo said. "I really make note of everything I like."
Antonelli was among approximately 180 international seed company representatives, professional growers and Master Gardeners attending the 2011 East Texas Horticultural Field Day held June 23 at Overton.
"The reason I'm here today is to see what the real world is like, out here in East Texas," Antonelli said.
Dr. Brent Pemberton, Texas AgriLife Research horticulturist, started testing bedding plants and ornamentals at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center in 1994 with about 100 entries.the Injection mold fast! By 2011, the number of entries had grown to more than 400, and the East Texas bedding plant industry has expanded as well, he said.Not to be confused with RUBBER MATS available at your local hardware store
"It's approximately a $500-million industry," Pemberton said. "In this part of the state, the industry stretches from this area over to the Dallas/Fort Worth area.We processes for both low-risk and high risk merchant account. We probably have about $100 million of ornamental production in that area as well. We do these trials to provide information to growers, but also to consumers, so they can make better choices in the plants they grow."
As in recent years, the 2011 trials included thousands of square feet of plots of purple, pink, red and white flowers. There were new varieties of geranium, trailing petunias, verbena, angelonia, begonias, lantana, gomphrena and lobelia,Largest Collection of billabong boardshorts, Pemberton said. And there was continuing emphasis on vinca, a plant widely used in Southern landscapes.
Wayne Pianta, with Pan American Seed Company, an international plant breeding company, was another who makes the Overton field day a "must-attend" entry on his calendar, he said.
"We're here to see how a lot of our varieties perform in comparison with those from other breeding companies," Pianta said. "This is one of the important field trials where we evaluate varieties and see how they perform in the extremely hot summers of Texas."
Sue Adee and Ann Pattullo, Smith County Master Gardeners,Handmade oil paintings for sale at museum quality, are also regular attendees, but for different reasons, they said.
"I have come every year since the trials began," Adee said. "I make selections for our Ideal Garden at the Tyler Rose Garden."
"This is the day I look forward to every year," Pattullo said. "I really make note of everything I like."
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