Field Day Gardens for 2018

Guests of the Pollinator Garden were unexpected highlights of Field Day

Field Day is the day we review our gardens with you, our fellow professionals in the industry. We talk about the problems we face when approaching a particular bed, discuss the solutions we picked, and look at how well they performed in that spot. Then we decide whether we were happy with our choices in the end.

All this conversation occurs in front of everyone, and that sharing of knowledge is probably the best part of Field Day for us. Although we showcased about 16 beds (some very large ones, too) we are going to touch on six highlights we noted this year, starting with our Pollinator Garden.

A Monarch caterpillar crawls next to the milkweed pod of Asclepias ‘Silky Gold’

‘Superbells Yellow’ fills up and spills over

Colorful Calibrachoa is a multipurpose design tool for containers. It has a vigorous trailing habit so blooms tumble gracefully over the edges, plus the plants puff up in the center—so it fills as well as spills. Use low-maintenance Calibrachoa for lush baskets and window boxes that provide a nectar stop for pollinators in fall.

‘Superbells Dreamsicle’ blends right in with harvest décor

We have two warm Calibrachoas to add a glow to your harvest displays. Bright ‘Superbells Yellow’ makes a brilliant accent against more muted shades of rust and brown. Yellow-orange ‘Superbells Dreamsicle’ blends easily with orange, red, and gold tones of fall annuals—and the autumn leaves as they change their colors. 

‘Superbells Yellow’ and ‘Superbells Dreamsicle’ are available in the 4.5-inch pot.

 
Watercolor shades of ‘Beaconsfield’

Now is the time to order your fall Pansies. We recommend the elegant ‘Beaconsfield’—it’s a distinctive Pansy with a memorable face. Rather than a hard edge we get more of a soft flow of one shade into the other, as if we’re looking at a watercolor painting. It’s simply a beautiful Pansy. 

‘Beaconsfield’ is available in the 804 flat and the 6-inch pot.