Every one knows all the advantages of planting in spring and fall: cooler temperatures and better conditions for establishment. Even so, it makes no sense to waste your money on an inappropriate plant. Be sure you're choosing plants that will thrive for years in your garden.

Learn from your friendly A Abby Group landscaping expert

Ask A Abby to recommend plants that have done well for them and follow their advice on planting and culture. Keep a disposable camera in your car and take photos of landscapes you find attractive. Our knowledgeable nursery staff can identify the plants and help you re-create the effect in your own landscape.

If you are still stumped on which plants do well in Georgia, save this list and choose from plants experts recommend for your landscape. Although not all plants on the list are commonly available, variations of the specie can always be gotten. Note some Gold Medal Winners require special care.

GOLD MEDAL WINNERS

Georgia Gold Medal Plants are selected each year by a group of knowledgeable horticulturists, nursery owners, garden center retailers, landscape professionals, county Extension agents and faculty from the University of Georgia. Organized in 1993, the program's goal is to promote the production, sale and use of superior ornamental plants in the state.

2003
Mexican zinnia
'Miss Huff' lantana
Cross vine
Henry anise tree
Chinese fringe tree
2002
'Lady in Red' salvia
'Blue Mist' bluebeard
Purple beautyberry
'Forest Pansy', 'Oklahoma' and 'Texas White' redbud
2001
Ornamental sweet potato
Autumn fern
Inkberry
Chaste tree
2000
Sun-tolerant coleus
'David' and 'Robert Poore' phlox
'Alice' oakleaf hydrangea
'Little Gem' Southern magnolia
1999
'Nova' pentas
Lenten rose
Mohawk viburnum
American yellowwood
1998
'Athens Gem' plectranthus
Japanese aster
Bottlebrush buckeye
Trident maple
1997
Blue fan flower
Three-lobed coneflower
Pink Chinese loropetalum
'Yoshino' cryptomeria
1996
'Purple Wave' petunia
Wild indigo
'Hummingbird' clethra
'Lipan', 'Sioux', 'Tonto', 'Yuma' crape myrtle
1995
'New Gold' lantana
Blue anise sage
'Annabelle' hydrangea
'Athena' elm
1994
'Bath's Pink' dianthus
'Homestead Purple' verbena
'Mount Airy' fothergilla
Japanese plum yew

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