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04/11 - 04/16/2015: California Spring Trials 2015 @ GroLink Plant Co. Oxnard, CA
Our Review: Skagit Gardens had an impressive display, showing off their full capability to produce an increasing line of plant material. Highlights included:
- EverColor™ Carex 'Everest'
- Salvia 'Ember's Wish' and 'Love & Wishes'
- Digiplexis® Digitalis 'Berry Canary'
04/05 - 04/09/2014: California Spring Trials 2014 @ Windmill Nursery Buellton, CA
Featuring Fine New and Proven Plant material at our New Location in 2014.
Our Review: Skagit features unique and creative ideas for growers and retailers and 2014 Spring Trials was no exception, featuring:
- Anemone 'Wild Swan™' offering light violet buds open to nodding, pure white flowers with violet sepals with a vigorous, spreading habit, blooming from spring to late fall
- Li'l Bang™ Coreopsis 'Daybreak', 'Enchanted Eve', 'Starlight' and 'Red Elf' featuring no vernalization with a very compact, mounding habit delivering lots of flowers and a long bloom time
- Erysimum 'Honeyberry' offering clusters of intense magenta flowers that rise above the foliage to 24 inches, featuring variegated foliage and a shrubby, upright habit
- Suncrest Salvia 'Autumn Moon' featuring a compact foliage that forms attractive deciduous ground cover with large, pale pink and pale yellow flowers with a dark, contrasting calyx
04/06 - 04/10/2013: California Spring Trials 2013 @ Hidden Oaks Clubhouse Santa Barbara, CA
By Appointment ONLY.
Our Review: Presenting at Spring Trials for the second year, Skagit Gardens presented several popular and new varieties, as well as marketing ideas, including:
- A clever use of "Tweets" to stir "Planterest" in their offerings.
- A full court press to introduce visitors to the virtues of the Helleborus Gold Collection to increase sales and offer something unique.
- New Suncrest Salvia: 'Bright Eyes', 'Golden Girl', 'Flemenco Rose' and 'Orchid Glow'
- Striking Brunnera 'Silver Heart' and 'Sea Heart'
- A beautiful, prolific Campanula Ringsabel 'Mulberry Rose'
- Absolutely brilliant Primula -- take your pick: Belarina 'Butterup', 'Cobalt Blue', 'Valentine' and 'Nectarine' or Kennedy Irish 'Innisfree' and 'Drumcliff'
- A beautiful garden performing Viola Celestial 'Starry Night'
03/25 - 03/27/2012: 2012 California Spring Trials @ Hidden Oaks Clubhouse Santa Barbara, CA
Visits are by appointment only.