As promised, here’s another preview of a 2009 Georgia Gold Medal winner, as chosen by the good folks at the State Botanical Garden in Athens. This is Amsonia hubrichtti, ‘Arkansas Bluestar,’ and it’s a terrific perennial for Southern gardens.  In the spring, it produces mounds of billowy, willow-like foliage topped by star-shaped blue blossoms.  In [...]

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Did you know that North Georgia was once the site of a gold rush?  You can’t make a fortune in the mines there anymore, but you can strike gold in your own backyard when you use the 2009 Georgia Gold Medal winners in your garden. Gold Medal winners are plants that have won the approval [...]

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