Trials

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Jul 4, 2022
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New video series showcases 2022 trial gardens

A new video series is showcasing the 2022 trial gardens.
Oct 27, 2021
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2021 Trial Gardens highlights video

Join Trial Garden Manager Rodger Tschanz as he covers five noteworthy performers from this year's plant trials.
Watering young plants that were propagated by seed in 288 cell plug trays.
Jul 6, 2021

2021 Trial Gardens

New plants on display at Landscape Ontario August 12.
A new salvia named Lancelot drew a lot of attention at the 2020 trial garden open house.
Oct 5, 2020

Dramatic looking plants are top picks at Trial Garden Open House

A look at the top new plant picks of the 2020 Trial Garden program.
Davis Anders casts a vote for his favourite new plant at the University of Guelph’s Trial Garden site at Landscape Ontario in Milton, Ont.
Sep 2, 2020

Latest plants on display

The annual Trial Garden Open House was expanded to two days this year.
Lillian Jojart checks in on the new container trial.
Jul 3, 2020

Trial Garden program sees major expansion in 2020

University of Guelph’s annual trial garden is taking place despite Covid-19.
The 2018 Trial Gardens at the LO home office in Milton continue despite construction both outside and within the property.
Jul 15, 2018

2018 Trial Garden and open house update

Industry open house set for August 23, 2018.
Trial garden manager Rodger Tschanz leads a tour of the Milton site.
Sep 15, 2017

New plants on display at annual open house

Guided tours of sites at GTI and LO give industry a look at new and exciting plants.
Companies are now marketing to Millennials through social media.
May 15, 2017

Latest plant breeder trends at CAST 2017

Annual event in California shows off new plants, packaging and marketing concepts.
Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) was the show stopper in the trial gardens in 2014.
Jan 15, 2015

Poor summer provides great conditions at Trial Garden

Last summer was the summer that barely happened, or so it seemed to the many of us growing warm season plants in our gardens.
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