Tag: trials
2024 CSU Perennial Trial “Top Performers”
The Perennial Trial Garden Committee at CSU met recently to determine their “Top Performers” from the 2024 trial. These “Top Performers” were grown for three seasons...
2024 Colorado State University Trial Gardens2024 Best Of’s
The 2024 growing season was more normal this summer compared to last summer. There were lots of great plants in the trials this summer. The...
CSU RESEARCH: 2021-22 Cool Season Trials Top Picks for Off-Season Color
This was the fourteenth year that Colorado State University (CSU) has conducted Cool Season Trials at the Annual Flower Trial Garden. The overall goal...
2022 California Summer Trials (CAST)
After two years that seemed like forever, it was great to attend California Annual Spring Trials (CAST) in person during its normal early spring...
CSU RESEARCH: First Year Perennials with Superior Flowering from 2021 Perennial...
The Perennial Trial Garden Committee at Colorado State University (CSU) met recently to determine which plants from our 2021 trial were “Superior First Year...
Top Annuals from CSU Annual Flower Trials
By James E. Klett, Ph.D.
Professor & Landscape Horticultural Specialist
Colorado State University
During the week of August 3, 2020, only about 90 professionals evaluated the Annual...
Hellebores for Colorado
A robust, relatively new perennial to many Colorado gardens is the genus Helleborus (common name: hellebores). The leathery leaves, which are mainly evergreen, are...