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| Bluebird Nursery: GreatPlants Program | Today's Date: Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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The GreatPlants program, a joint effort of the Nebraska Nursery and Landscape Association and the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, was introduced in 1997. It is designed to identify plants with potential to do well in the Great Plains area, promote public awareness of new or underutilized plants, generate consumer enthusiasm and increase the selection of plants available to the consumer.
A single echinacea flower from the GreatPlains logo will be found by our products which have been designated by the program. To learn more about the GreatPlants program, contact the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum at 402-472-2971.
GreatPlants (http://arboretum.unl.edu/greatplants.html)
Perennials of the Year
2003 - Purple Coneflower Genus, Echinacea genus
2002 - Cranesbill, Geranium sanguineum
2001 - The genus Penstemon
2000 - Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa
1999 - Lead plant, Amorpha canescens
1998 - Little bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium
Grass of the Year
2003 - Prairie Dropseed, Sporobolus heterolepis
(1998 Perennial of the Year - Little bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium)
GreatPlantsŪ Releases and Introductions
2002 Release - Stephanie Purple Prairie Clover, Dalea Purpurea 'Stephanie'
2001 Release - Comanche Campfire Primrose, Oenothera macrocarpa 'Comanche Campfire'
2000 Release - Logan Calhoun Poppy Mallow, Callirhoe alcaeoides 'Logan Calhoun'
1999 Release - 'My Antonia' Aster, Aster fendleri
2000 Introduction - Fremont's Clematis, Clematis fremontii
1999 Introduction- Mongolian Gold Clematis, Clematis fruticosa
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