The Landscape Color Trials and All-American Selections Display Garden feature bold sweeps of colorful annuals, tropical plants, and tender perennials. Inspiration abounds with award-winning plants, just-released annuals, and creative trellising using repurposed furniture, fences, and other recycled props.
Many of the Trial Garden’s displays have won the prestigious All-American Selections award, an honor given to plants consistently ranked the best performing in trial gardens throughout the U.S. Every two weeks between summer and fall, a UDBG staff member ranks each trialed plant’s foliage and flowers.
Searching for low-maintenance plants? Explore these beautiful, adaptable and low-maintenance options. All plants grown in the Trial Garden are watered and fertilized for only a week or two after planting, then must subsist on only rainwater for the rest of the growing season.
