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Southern Living™ Plant Collection Announces New Introductions New Plants for Fall and Spring Include Showy Agapanthus and Early-Blooming Crape Myrtles
For Additional Information, Contact: LOXLEY, AL --- The Southern Living™ Plant Collection has announced a range of exciting, new plant offerings for the Fall 2009 – Spring 2010 season. The Fall 2009 introductions include: the double-blooming Jubilation™ Gardenia, Blush Pink™ Nandina, showy Queen Mum™ Agapanthus and other additions. New plants for Spring 2010 include: new early-blooming Crape Myrtles, Cleopatra™ and Marc Anthony™ Liriopes and more. Each plant in the collection is the result of years of plant evaluations, plant trials and consumer research. The plants in the Collection are selected to perform especially well in Southern gardens. What’s New for 2010: Login in to media portal to download fact sheets for 2010 introductions. The Collection is available through retail garden centers across the Southeast. PDSI, a leader in horticultural innovation, was founded in 1996. Founder Greg Smith recognized a need for an industry resource that could manage new plant introductions. Of particular interest to PDSI are plants with unique performance attributes that can be patented, branded and successfully introduced to the consumer market. PDSI owns and/or licenses more than 50 patented plant properties, including the number one azalea brand in the world, Encore® Azalea. Growers interested in the program and plant breeders with potential new cultivars should contact PDSI.. Southern Living® is a premier lifestyle and entertaining magazine of the South and the 8th largest monthly consumer magazine in the U.S. (based on readership). It reaches nearly 16 million readers each month and enjoys a circulation of about 2.8 million. Published 12 times a year Southern Living® celebrates the heart of Southern life. #####
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