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PROVEN WINNERS^® COLOR CHOICE^® SHRUBS SET THE STANDARD FOR SHOWY, HARDY ORNAMENTAL GARDEN PLANTS!

Adding color, texture and seasonal interest to your garden has never been easier with Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Shrubs. The Proven Winners^® brand name is one of the most recognizable brands for gardeners today. Proven Winners Color Choice Shrub continues the Proven Winners tradition with an extensive line of cutting edge, new ornamental shrub introductions that offer you, today's gardener, all the color and versatility of perennials, but without the work.

Several years ago we started growing Proven Winners® Color Choice® Shrubs at our farm and nursery and have remained impressed with the superior attributes that each of the plants in the Proven Winners® Color Choice® line possesses. Browse our extensive collection of exciting Proven Winner selected for hardiness, foliage interest, disease resistance and bloom. As with all of our hardy plants and perennials we grow our Proven Winners® Color Choice® Flowering Shrubs using only sustainable, green gardening, pesticide-free methods.

Becoming a Proven Winners® variety is not an easy task! A new plant variety must prove itself as superior through rigorous field testing in order to get into the Proven Winners® ColorChoice® program. Novelty alone is not enough. Potential varieties are evaluated over a 2-3 year period against existing varieties in side by side evaluations and are graded on the ornamental interest of the plant, the plant hardiness, disease and pest resistance and versatility in the landscape. Only the top plants make the cut at Proven Winners® and at Stargazer Perennials^TM.

Each year the master plantsmen at Proven Winners® Color Choice® release new, superior varieties that are sure to become old favorites of gardeners everywhere and 2009 is no exception. A few of our "new" favorite plants from the Proven Winners® Color Choice® program for 2009 are:

• Double Play Artist ^TM Spiraea: Wow! Blue-green foliage that emerges bright red with rich pure pink blooms on a very hardy, deer resistant plant to boot - a must have flowering Proven Winners® shrub for every garden.

• Oso Easy^TM Cherry Pie Rose: The Oso Easy line of roses from Proven Winners just keeps getting better each year. Gorgeous candy apple red blooms cover this extremely hardy rose all season long.

• Incrediball^TM Hydrangea: The ultimate Hydrangea is here! This very hardy hydrangea boasts massive 14" flower heads on beefy stems that do not flop. Read more about Incrediball^TM Hydrangea here..

While the new Proven Winners releases are exciting, we still reserve a special place at the Stargazer Perennials Farm and Nursery for some of our all time favorite shrubs from Proven Winners including:

Black Lace^TM Sambucus: The "Little Black Dress" for the garden. Black Lace Elderberry is a consistent Top Seller at our farm and nursery and for good reason. This tough flowering shrub from Proven Winners Color Choice is covered in delicate black lace foliage and large powder pink flower heads.

Black Beauty^TM Sambucus: A hardy, deer resistant flowering elderberry with intriguing dark, black glossy foliage. Black Beauty Elderberry excels in the garden as a versatile, must-have shrub. Learn more about Black Beauty^TM Sambucus here...

• Oso Easy^TM Paprika Rose: Another winning rose from the Oso Easy line! Showy paprika-orange blooms cover this hardy rose from late spring well into fall. Virtually disease proof, this is one no maintenance rose that every gardener can grow with success. Read about Oso Easy^TM Paprika Rose here...

• Sunshine Blue Caryopteris: Sunshine Blue® Caryopteris brightens up every garden with sunny lemon-yellow, burn-resistant foliage and electric blue-amethyst flowers that bloom in late summer into the fall. Read more about Sunshine Blue Caryopteris here...
  

• Blue Satin^TM Rose of Sharon: Hibiscus syriacus Blue Satin is without a doubt the strongest growing, most floriferous blue Rose of Sharon. The SATIN series of Rose of Sharon is much more vigorous than the older varieties and all Rose of Sharon shrubs are deer resistant!

• Wine and Roses Weigela: Another winning flowering shrub from Proven Winners®! Absolutely romantic in the garden! The intoxicating, dark burgundy-purple leaves shimmer like a fine wine! Hot pink-rose colored flowers in a mass display in spring with light flowering continuing throughout summer add a touch of romance when displayed against the dark glossy foliage. A favorite of hummingbirds!

• Hydrangea 'Limelight': Limelight Hydrangea is definitely a show-stopping hydrangea! This hardy hydrangea produces large, sturdy lime green flower heads ranging in size from 6"-9". As the seasons change and the air temperature cools, the blooms on Limelight hydrangea turn from lime green to pink to a rich burgundy!

• Little Henry Itea Sweetspire: Little Henry® Itea is one of our top picks at Stargazer Perennials! This versatile, attractive dwarf Virginia Sweetspire from Proven Winners with glossy green foliage performs well in full sun or part sun and is highly deer resistant. A true all season performer, Little Henry® Itea starts out the summer with a beautiful display of fragrant white flowers that blanket the shrub. As summer progresses the shiny, disease-free foliage takes over until fall when the foliage turns a stunning garnet-red, holding well into winter.

 
Order your favorite Color Choice® shrubs from Stargazer Perennials^TM today.

Photos from August 21st and 22nd -

   

Enjoying delicious Dutch Oven peach desserts at our farm / nursery!               April Simpson teaching How to Can Fresh Peaches in our farm classroom



       


A view inside our garden store.                                                                                      Nick consulting on plant choices in the nursery.